Monday 6 January 2014

It's A New Year and A New Montessori School...and Eczema!

After an eventful year end of wedding dinners and christmas parties, it's the start of a bright new year!

My girl starts Nursery in a Montessori kindergarten this year.   I hope that she'll get more challenging work in a Montessori school compared to the school she attended last year.  So far so good, she has been cooperative in going to school, and happily gets dropped off.

What is sad for me is, my girl suddenly developed eczema.   It happened about 2 weeks ago.  The rash started from the back of her knees and eventually it's all over her body.  Her doctor prescribed Fucicort to treat the eczema, as well as a soap-free cleanser (Milderm) and moisturiser (Ceradan) to keep her skin moisturised.  Milderm is nice but the lack of bubbles is annoying as I can't tell whether I've washed her thoroughly, especially since I am using it for her hair too. It also lists parabens in its ingredients list. However, it keeps her hair tangle-free (big plus!).  My girl misses her soap bubbles and has been asking when she can use back her old soap (Calfiornia Baby Calendula wash).  Ceradan kept the itch in check, but it did not prevent the recurrence and spread of the eczema rashes to other parts of the body.  Therefore I decided to give Physiogel AI cream a try. Let's see if it works!

[update: I eventually brought my girl to National Skin Centre where the doc dignosed her rashes as a viral rash - Pityriasis Rosea. She said it was not eczema (arrghh..the amount of money I'd spend on expensive creams was redundant!).  The diagnosis was made based on the Christmas tree pattern of the rashes on her body.  The rashes will and did eventually go away on its own without any medical intervention.]