Health: Preschooler, Aveeno

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Almost 3 Year Old's SEVERE Dry Skin

My son's skin has always been real dry, but especially in the past year or so. I'm quickly running out of ideas on how to help it. He's almost 3 years old (will be three at the end of next month). He has big patches on his scalp that hurt him when I try to gently comb it out after his baths to get some of the patches out. He'll let me do it real gently for a little while and then pulls his head away and says it hurts. Baby oil to loosen them up and cradle cap treatment by Orajel have helped as little short term fixes. Both are messy,...

Bladder & Kidney

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*3 Year Old with Rash Around Her EYES*

okay i dont if i've addressed this before, but my 3 year old is DEFINATELY my rashy kid! its always something! she went to the pediatrician 3 weeks ago for a check up, and she had just began to develop this rash AROUND her eyes. the doc said it was just some kind of outdoor/indoor allergy (not a food allergy)... so it starts getting a bit worse, so i called the doc back and she told me to give her 1 tsp of kids otc allergy meds daily... well THREE WEEKS LATER its not any better. it doesnt bother her, its not contagious, it doesnt itch or...

Diapers & Diaper Changing

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Diaper Rash, Only It's Not!

I have been fighting a horrible rash on front and back of my 3 year old. You name it, I've tried it. Thing is, my sitter can keep her for two nights and almost make it disappear. She is out of diapers except for at night and then they come off dry. We have compared notes for months and I cannot come up with anything that works from her house to my house. I took her to the dermatologist last week and came home with a tube of antifungal that looked about like a toothpaste tube for a co-pay of 63.00. It is making her skin bright red and...

Hair

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Daughter's Hair Is So Hard - and Breaks Easily

My daughter is adopted from Korea and always had beautiful black silky hair. About 1 1/2 years ago.. her hair got very course... it breaks easily and doesn't have that soft feel or shine to it anymore. Help... I've tried so many conditioners even left some in. Tried some hair oils too... only to have her hair still feel so hard the next day. She also has very dry skin... wondering if it goes hand in hand. If we brush her hair.. it breaks because it's so dry... HELP!!! I want her silky hair back....

Home Remedies

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Natural Remedies for Severe Eczema

Hello mamas, My 2 y/o son has severe eczema. Mostly on his legs. His legs have red patches, and it feels like coarse sand paper. He is itching badly. I don't want to use steroids on him. Frequent use of lotion doesn't seem to help. Just wondering there are any natural remedies that you know of to help with eczema. Thanks

Illnesses

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*3 Year Old with Rash Around Her EYES*

okay i dont if i've addressed this before, but my 3 year old is DEFINATELY my rashy kid! its always something! she went to the pediatrician 3 weeks ago for a check up, and she had just began to develop this rash AROUND her eyes. the doc said it was just some kind of outdoor/indoor allergy (not a food allergy)... so it starts getting a bit worse, so i called the doc back and she told me to give her 1 tsp of kids otc allergy meds daily... well THREE WEEKS LATER its not any better. it doesnt bother her, its not contagious, it doesnt itch or...

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Mentally Ill Father

To make a very long story short, the father of my 5 month old daughter has a...

Illnesses & Symptoms

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3 Year Old with Poison ivy---Help!

My 3 year old has poison ivy. He has had it for a couple weeks now. We have done he Aveeno bath a about 4 or 5 times. There are days it is all about gone, to only come back a bit worse the next day. It's Friday, we will take him to the doctor on Monday, however does anyone have any advice?????

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Constant Runny Nose

Hi momma's since starting preschool my DS constantly has a runny nose every...

Medicines

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Chicken Pox and Medication

Hi! Today my daughter broke out with what we believe to be the chicken pox. We are all fine with it and consider it part of growing up. I brought her to the dr this evening, just to make sure I wasn't misdiagnosing. He believes they are chicken pox, and wants to put her on a medication to help minimize the effects. From the little research I have done, the recommendations for the meds are more for older people, or people with weakened immune systems. She is a healthy little 5 year old. I guess my question is...did you use...

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Desitin Diaper Cream

I have used Aveeno diaper cream on my daughter since birth with no problems....

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Really Itchy Skin

My 21 month old son has really itchy legs. Soon as I take his pants off to...

Potty Training

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Almost 3 Year Old Girl with Itchy Bottom

Hello- I am the mother of an almost 3 year old girl that has been complaining about her bottom itching for 2 months now. It is right between her two butt cheeks going up to the top of her bottom. We've been to her doctor twice now and he is stumped. Both times he's given us a dose of the pinworm medication even though we've never seen anything to indicate pinworms but he was grasping at straws. He said to put hydrocortisone cream on it but doesn't seem to be doing the trick any more. We have been potty training for a month now and...

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Diaper Rash Trouble

After 8 man years (mom years?) of dealing with diaper rash you'd think this...

Respiratory

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Strange Rash with Fever

Hi Ladies, I am hoping to get some feedback from some of you, My daughter broke out on sunday with her cheeks looking brite red, by monday afternoon she had a temp of 103, I immediately took her to her PC who looked at her and said it was a "Virus". Said it was not the swine. That was monday, so then I wake up tuesday to find that now the rash had gone to her thighs and back, and she still had a high fever even with the motrin and tylenol. THEN, Wed, she wakes up and now its all over her arms, and really dark red almost like a massive...

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Help with Pneumonia

Hi all, my son will be 4 in October and this is his 4th time getting...

Skin

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Almost 3 Year Old's SEVERE Dry Skin

My son's skin has always been real dry, but especially in the past year or so. I'm quickly running out of ideas on how to help it. He's almost 3 years old (will be three at the end of next month). He has big patches on his scalp that hurt him when I try to gently comb it out after his baths to get some of the patches out. He'll let me do it real gently for a little while and then pulls his head away and says it hurts. Baby oil to loosen them up and cradle cap treatment by Orajel have helped as little short term fixes. Both are messy,...

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Really Itchy Skin

My 21 month old son has really itchy legs. Soon as I take his pants off to...

Stages & Milestones

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Doc Says to Start Rice Cereal at 4 Mo

Hi moms, At my son's 4 month check up appt this morning, the doctor recommended starting rice cereal. I'm just a bit weary of this and here is why.... Brayden was born 3 1/2 weeks early, and I have noticed in the last few months that he is slightly behind in his developmental milestones- Not anything to worry about as he catches up quickly. He is also in the low percentiles for growth, but again, I was told that he is within normal limits and that it takes a little time to "catch up" when they are preemies. ALSO, Brayden also has ezcemca...