Advice in Longview, TX Area

I'm a 44 year old mother of 2 grown daughters and grandmother to 3 boys. And have another grandchild due Halloween! I have custody of 2 of the grandsons ages 5 adn 18 months. Well let me tell you this........times have changed since my girls were babies and they now tell me things I did with my children were wrong and not to do them anymore! So what I now do in cases like this is I google everything. I google the words rash on babies face and press enter. Then I look at all that is offered trying to see if anything looks familiar. Then I call the doctor if I am unable to find what I need. Now if the child is feverish or has other issues I consult the doctor right away. And like someone else mentioned if they say no need to bring in, I call make appointment and take in anyway or I make visit to ER. Hope this helps.

Hi V....

I am very familiar with Longview, my family has spent WAY TOO MUCH TIME at Good Shepard although I live down in the Houston area. I used to live there too...great place.

Anyway, it might be Excema. If it is, it is very treatable and can go away with the right skin therapy/lotion. Here is a link I found to learn more about Excema http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eczema You can search online for more photos to see if you think that is it. There is a great photo there as well.

If you believe that is it, there is a fantastic product called Renew Intesive Skin Therapy that I use for my Super dry skin and that has been clinically better than Eucerin (name brand lotion) at treating Excema. I have friends that use this for their kids with excema to keep it from coming back once it is gone. It is just a lotion, not a "treatment" and it smells great and feels good. It is not mecidinal smelling or greasy. I use it daily and LOVE it!! If you are interested in using it, give me a call I can let you know how to get some for yourself through Melaleuca, they are know as The Wellness Company. I would love to help you!!

M. L. ###-###-####

HI, I have a 9 month old baby girl and she had the same problem. I thought it was a heat rash too so i made sure she went to bed wearing something light. My daughter has problems with dry skin too so i thought that might be the reason. I made sure she was always clean especially after feeding..and since she's teething, clean her drool all the time too and I use Vaseline petroleum jelly. Now the rash is gone.

Try it. Could work for you too. If not and your doctor keeps saying it will go away but you are not happy with it, seek another doctor's advice.

well does it look like bumps see my oldest daughter had gotten a hand,foot and moth disase and it look like bites but with it being around the ears i dont know what that would be i really think that u should take her to the doctor i wish that i new what it was i an really sorry that i couldnt help u any futher but if it looks like bites then it could be that and it just spead but just take her to the doctor

My daugther had Baby Acne from about the time she was 5 weeks until she was almost 3 months old. It was aggravated by breastmilk that she spit out and let run down her cheek. It was totally harmless, but still worried me. (Especially come picture time.) My doctor was totally unconcerned but eventually prescribed a face cream to help clear it up. He told me that unless there is a fever, there is basically nothing to worry about.

I know as a mom that is not really what you want to hear. We want the doctor to tell us to come in right away so they can look at it. As a mom, I don't always wait for that next week. If I want the doctor to see what is going on, I just make the appointment anyway. It may cost me an extra co-pay, but it's worth it for my own peace of mind. I'm sure it is nothing, but if you feel that your child needs the doctor, then don't wait. Mom knows best!

It could be eczema. My son was diagnosed with it when he was about 4 or 5 months old. We later found out he was allergic to milk, and he would break out all around his mouth from breastfeeding. Once I cut milk from MY diet, he stopped breaking out. Now he only breaks out if he comes in contact with milk (from someones hands or something that has milk in it)or if he is around animals. Ask your doctor if it could be eczema, and/or try cutting regular milk from your diet. We drink Silk Very Vanilla Soymilk. I hope this helps.

Hello, well my friends daughter had the same thing it was called exma and there is a cream for it but if your dr doesnt seem to have any intrest in the baby i would find a diffrent dr. they sell over the counter creams and stuff for exma its like a heat rash and it will go away but i woould really talk to a dr that wants to get involved with your child other then telling you to go wait a week then come back.i hope that all it is is exma and hope that you can find out what it is as well befor it ends up being somthing else good luck from S.

Hi! My name is L. and I have a 9 week old baby boy he had the same rash but it went away on its own. He had it from about 6 weeks to the 8th week just make sure you keep her face clean and it should clear up on its own!

Your daughter may be allergic to something you are eating. I'd try a very bland diet and eat the same thing for a little bit and see if it goes away. Then start slowly adding new foods back into your diet to see what might be causing the allergy.
Also you might see if something like Aveno might help. Both of my child have excema and I have to use a steroid cream on them. You might call a dermatoloigst and see if they can get you in.
Do you eat a lot of milk products? I know lots of babies have milk allergies. If you eat lots of milk products I'd try and remove those from your diet and see if that helps.
Good luck.
J.