It is a while since I last posted on here. Why? Well, my little boy is no longer itchy. Which is great news! That’s not to say that eczema has completely left our family, but, it’s such a vast improvement that life is barely recognisable from before. Over the winter he’s had a few small […]
Free from chicken: orange, honey and rosemary
Not sure where this recipe came from as it’s hand written in a pad on my recipe book shelf. It is GF, DF, nut free and soya free but totally delicious! A friend recently brought us some Greek honey that MyItchyBoy wanted to try in a recipe so I dug this one out and it […]
Eczema: 5 dilemmas for parents in summer
Eczema is a pain any time of the year and each season brings it’s own problems – too hot, too cold, too dry, too wet (and too much time indoors!). Summer though, seems to bring most of my dilemmas over MyItchyBoy’s skin: Sunscreen or eczema – Sunscreen helps protect his skin, but irritates it too […]
Allergies: Eating out in Edinburgh
Plans for the big Scottish Adventure began to take shape earlier this year as we realised how many years have gone by since we last visited and MyItchyBoy could no longer remember going. A train was booked, accommodation sorted and suitable entertainment found to keep a 6 year old amused on a four hour long […]
Food allergies: How to deal with kid’s parties
We have yet another birthday party coming up. I don’t know the parents – or even the child particularly, so we’re instantly on allergy alert. Here’s our list of things to think about when the invite arrives: MyItchyBoy is now six so we’re entering the phase where most parents drop their kids off for a […]
Packing an everyday bag for your allergy child
We have a bag for MyItchyBoy that goes everywhere with him. Over the past few years we’ve learned the essentials we need to keep in there. Ask your local pharmacy if they can sell you a small medicine bottle. Ours charges 30p. Decant liquid antihistamine into the bottle and label it with your child’s name, […]
Handling soft play with an eczema child
If your child suffers from eczema, beware the soft play party invite if you’ve never been before. Soft play places are noisy, full of kids going crazy and lobbing plastic balls at each other and therefore usually one of the last places I want to spend time with my child. They are also not great […]
Eczema: Finally some true respite!
Since November 2014 we’ve had an amazing breakthrough with MyItchyBoy’s eczema. MyItchyBoy has had eczema for over five years. Not just a little bit, but the kind of eczema that takes over the life of the whole family. The hospital letters refer to it as ‘severe’. In the last two years I don’t think we […]
Dermatology Consultants: 3 things I want you to do
Listen to me I don’t want you to have made up your mind before we sit down. I don’t want you to blindly follow your guidelines. I want you to listen. I want you to listen to how my son is doing, how well we are coping, what the actual issues are. And, I want […]
Christmas 2014 – allergies and eczema
A bumpy start to the holidays MyItchyBoy missed the last few days of term before the Christmas holidays as he was running a high temperature and was clearly not well. In an attempt to bring the temperature down, I gave him ibruprofen. Now, he’s only had it a couple of times in his little life. […]