One Step Forward, Two Steps Back

So, I decided to try the Exederm Ultra Sensitive Skincare Intensive Baby Moisturizer.

As I've said before, the Vanicream seems to be working but wearing out quickly. As LW suggested, however, this could be a probably with the humidity in out house. We haven't had the Crane humidifier plugged in downstairs for the last few days. We have had the Winnie the Pooh Humidifier on at night, but I'm not sure how well this is working to increase the humidity in his room. I looked at the humidity levels on the hydrometer last night, and it was 28 percent before we turned the humidifier on. This morning, the levels were only 32 percent. That's not good enough!

Anyway, last night, we decided to give him a bath because he was scratching at his neck. We're wondering if he might have a slight allergy to squash, his first food aside from rice cereal. His neck turns slightly red when he eats it, but maybe his neck just turns red when he eats. He doesn't swell like he did when we applied Aquaphor. There's an interesting chart on Wholesome Baby Food.com that shows how likely you are to be allergic to a food. Squash isn't the most likely food allergy, but it is possible. He's had squash a couple of times over the last few days. The first day, he turned really red, but that could have been due to other factors. He has seemed to enjoy eating it overall.

This morning, he looked pretty good, but I am just frustrated because the Vanicream seems to wear off so quickly.

Our bath routine now is bathe him in Aveeno baby oats and then apply Vaseline. Well, after I put the Exederm on, his neck turned red, and he got little red bumps on him. We waited a few minutes and then decided to give him a bath since it seemed to be irritating him. While I was getting his humidifier plugged in and turned on, he scratched his neck and made it bleed. I feel bad. We're only trying to help him, but it's been tough figuring out the best remedies.

His allergist said it would be okay to give him Zyrtec twice a day, so we're going to try that. Since the Exederm moisturizer cream seemed to irritate him, I don't know if I should try the shampoo again. Is there any shampoo out there that won't irritate him?