Over the warm months, MyItchyBoy has been lucky enough to try out a DermaTherapy® sheet and pillowcase sent to him by Espère Healthcare Ltd. They are made of a special fabric specially designed to help with eczema and other sensitive skin problems. On the hot nights we’ve had during summer, the sheet has helped keep […]
How do you take emollients out with you?
So we can manage MyItchyBoy’s eczema properly, we have always taken a small bottle of decanted emollient out and about with us. We use it quite often, especially on long days out when he needs a cream top up during the day. Decanting the cream is easy enough. I use the Epaderm Cream which has […]
Allergies and eczema: starting school
So, over the next couple of weeks, we are going through all the necessary preparations for school. MyItchyBoy starts this September but not before I seriously get my act together (I hope!). MyItchyBoy at school Prior to the end of the last term, I had the hour and a half meeting with the ‘inclusion’ person […]
Summer Sports Camp
Over the first two weeks of the summer holidays, MyItchyBoy spent 5 days at a local sports camp. The 5 days were spread over the fortnight as he is still only 4 yrs and I figured that with such a long day (8:30-16:00) he’d not manage every single day. I chose the camp as it […]
3 things we use to deal with eczema
1. Cloths to wipe our hands on We are still using the packs of muslin cloths that we bought before he was even born. Thankfully they are still in one piece, despite endless laundering, after 4.5 years. Every time we put cream on MyItchyBoy, we wipe our hands on one of the cloths. We also […]
Looking for a good night’s sleep?
Now, for some time, MyItchyBoy has been trialling an interesting new product. It’s not a lotion or potion, but a mattress. Kindly sent to him by Silentnight, MyItchyBoy’s new mattress is a Purotex® one, endorsed by AllergyUK He was so excited to receive the mattress almost two months ago now. Compared to his previous one, […]
For Crying Out Loud!
It’s nice when kids laugh at your jokes. Especially when you can get away with the really lame ones. However, MyItchyBoy nearly really rolled on the floor laughing tonight at shower time. It wasn’t a joke though. There was water shooting out everywhere and soaking the floor. Obviously channelling my mother, I exclaimed ‘For crying […]
Huge improvement for MyItchyBoy
This morning, putting cream on MyItchyBoy, I felt very emotional. Why? Well, this morning, about 80% of his skin feels weird. Yes, weird. Perhaps not to a parent whose child has never suffered with eczema, but for me, it feels weird. His skin is smooth and soft and almost silky feeling. Most unusual. After a […]
5 Things I Hate About Eczema
I hate eczema. It really sucks. Aside from watching MyItchyBoy suffer on a daily basis and the feelings of desperation, helplessness and failure that goes with it, there are a few other things that I really hate about eczema too. 1. Firstly, marks on the walls. I appreciate and understand that most kids will […]
Stopping the itch-scratch cycle
MyItchyBoy recently had a bad flare-up. Luckily we are now getting through the other side and he is sleeping a few hours longer. Although his skin has calmed right down it is still super dry. The itching is coming from the scabs that have formed over the worst scratches as well as the general dryness. […]