Hi Emerald,

I'm always late on the scene, but if your still looking for options I have a couple.  Most definitely with babies adding a herbal infusion to there bath is a good way to go.  Calendula & chickweed are particular favourites of mine to add to a bath. When my daughter was little she had eczema & we would make up a big batch on the stove & divy the infusion up into ice cube trays & add 1-3 cubes (depending on size of bath) when needed.  I know a companywww.earthboundorganics.co.uk that makes beautiful creams which are pure & medicinal.  Of there range I feel the BABY CREAM (chamomile & calendula) or the CHICKWEED & CALENDULA would help a great deal.
But there are many reasons to why people have skin conditions.  Internal/external allergies, babies livers & digestive systems arent fully developed. so the skin being the largest organ in the body does its job and eliminates.  Also if the babies digestive system (bowel flora) has been disrupted eg: mum having antibiotics whilst pregnant &/or child having them, there is a good chance skin issues will follow.
Anyway hope this is of some help & that your grandaughter is getting some relief. She is lucky to have a nanna like you
 

I suffered with very bad Eczema until I was 40 & Little S was born with it but we both use only natural creams balms soaps etc and I also use Homeopathy which cleared Little S up within a month.

I would second Barbara's products - gets rave reviews and she uses them on her son who suffers from excema.

I hope you have found something to help your grand daughter.

Just wanted to add that the cause of baby eczema could be anything (diet, bathing water, etc.)  I used to include oats in my son's bath when he was younger to help with his eczema, then massaged his body with sheabutter.

There were times when I added coconut oil infused with calendula to the shea mix.

My youngest son had a small patch just below both his eyes.  I was told to get an evening primrose oil capsule and break it open and put it below his eyes, it is supposed to work because of the GLA.  I must admit I did not try it because it was below his eyes anywhere else I would have done.  Instead I got some cream from the doctors.  He is now a teenager and has now grown out of it, but I have still to be very careful with suncream and he can only use organic chemical free (as much as possible).

Sorry this was not much help.

 

Thank you Lynne, Akua, Sarah, Chicken lady and Danielle for your help. It really is appreciated! Akua, I thought about shea butter but didn't know that much about it. Do I use it as it comes and can you tell me what the oats do to help eczema and how much i should use in the bath? Soz for so many questions
Thanks again to you all!

Yes, you can use it as it comes or mix it with another oil (olive, coconut, avocado, etc) as the natural stearic content makes it slightly harder in cold temps.


Without making any medicinal claims, I have found oats to be both a skin softener and soother.  I used just a handful tied in a muslin bag.