Eczema Relief For Babies and Toddlers

This is sort of a continuation of my recent post “Dealing With My Toddlers Eczema” . I wanted to share my review and my personal opinion about baby moisturizers and creams that I’ve used on my daughter to treat her eczema.

My #1 choice for the best eczema relief is AQUAPHOR BABY HEALING OINTMENT combined with AVEENO BABY Soothing Relief Moisture Cream.

Just to give everyone a brief overview my 19 month old daughter suffers from eczema. Her eczema is not as severe as before but it still occasionally flares up. She’ll get red with rashes and she’ll just itch all over. The itchiness was her #1 problem. She would scratch her arms, her legs, chest, tummy, forehead, ears and neck. This mostly happens at night. I don’t know why, but it does. Sometimes she’ll wake up with scratch marks all over.

We’ve been using Aquaphor since she was a month old and it works wonders on her skin! It works fast, it relieves her itch, moisturizes her skin and it takes away the redness.

To tell you the truth, I didn’t like Aquaphor at first because it was so greasy. Her skin would feel so slippery and she would just shine from the grease. But I guess the grease works because her eczema would diminish fast after applying Aquaphor on her body and especially her face.

Even though this product is thick and greasy ….. it works GREAT AWESOME on her skin!! Her skin got smoother and there was less redness every time we use it. I love it!

If you don’t like the grease, then I would try Aveeno Baby Soothing Relief Moisture Cream. It’s non-greasy, and it does the same thing as Aquaphor, it soothes and relieves dry itchy skin.

Using both Aquaphor and Aveeno

I actually like to use both, Aquaphor and Aveeno. I use Aveeno during the day when we have to go out or when she goes to daycare and Aquaphor at night after her bath. Sometimes I just use Aquaphor on her face when it gets really red and irritated and Aveeno on her body. I found that Aveeno does not take the redness out, at least not for her. But either way they both work very well on her skin.

I’ve also tried other brands such as Gentle Naturals Eczema Body Wash, California Baby and Vanicream but I also go back to using Aquaphor and Aveeno.

Pickymommy recommends Aquaphor and Aveeno to other parents out there who are looking for eczema relief.

Review: Snoogle Maternity Pillow

On my 32nd birthday my husband gave me a gift I never thought he would buy….a Maternity Pillow. I am 31 weeks pregnant and my gigantic belly has been giving me not just back aches but all around body aches. Sleeping at night has been a pain in the ass for me. I’ve stolen my husbands pillow and surrounded myself by 4-5 pillows, just to get myself comfortable. Did it work? Not really.

Then comes Snoogle, the all over body maternity pillow!! What a blessing! It’s amazing how one long pillow gave me comfort and support on my neck, my back, my legs and my big belly! I slept like a baby that night and my husband got his pillows back!

The only drawback I found was that it was a little bit hard to reposition myself with the Snoogle when I turn around to sleep on the other side. But overall, I love this pillow and so does my 19 month old daughter.

Review: Dyson DC17 Animal. The Best Vacuum Ever!

We have a 3 year old, gorgeous Victorian Bulldog that sheds like CRAZY!! His sheds huge chunks of dog hair that would stick to our clothes and our couch! And no matter how much we brush him, his hair would continue to fall out! It’s crazy!!

So my husband called me one day and asked me if we can buy a Dyson Animal. Of course the first thing I asked him was “how much”? He tried to sugar coat it at first, then he said “probably more than $500″.

“Hell no! More than $500 for a vacuum???” I wasn’t about to fork over hundreds of dollars for a vacuum. But then I thought about our horrible shedding problem so I did some research.

Well anyway to make the story short, after hours of research and looking for other reviews I finally gave in and we bought a Dyson DC17 Animal at Lowes that night!

I was still somewhat skeptical but excited to use it. We’ve used other brands of vacuum cleaners before and they’ve never really satisfied our cleaning needs. The other brands still left a lot of dog hair on my carpet, my clothes and furniture. So I was hoping that this will solve our dog hair problems.

Our first try was the living room. We went over a small area once we couldn’t believe our eyes! Hair, dirt and dust started to accumulate inside the container fast! My eyes were fixed on the clear container and my jaw just dropped!

My dear fellow moms and consumers, my heart beats when I say this with passion….

“THIS IS TRULY THE BEST VACUUM EVER! IT’S WORTH EVERY SINGLE PENNY”

We could not BELIEVE how much dog hair, dirt and dust it picked up. It was so disgusting. We were both staring at the container in awe. We could’ve made 2 new puppies with all that dog hair that we picked up.

So we put our new Dyson DC17 Animal to another test. Vacuum one of our rooms with the regular old vacuum (starts with B ends with issel) and see how much dirt and hair it picks up. Then vacuum the same spot with the Dyson DC14 Animal and see if there are any leftovers.

The results. The Dyson STILL picked up A LOT of leftover loose dog hair and dust after vacuuming the same spot with our old vacuum. Amazing!!

Can I just say it again…

“THE DYSON ANIMAL IS THE BEST VACUUM EVER! “

In addition to it’s awesome and powerful suction the Dyson also comes with a bunch of other attachments that makes cleaning a lot easier. We’ve used it for our curtains, hardwood floors, upholstery, our stairs and even our car!

Sometimes we vacuum for entertainment. We show it off to our friends and family and their all SOLD!! Dyson should hire me in Sales! I suck at selling but I can sell this product easily because I truly believe in it.

I don’t think I can ever go back to using the other vacuums. Yes, I forked over hundreds of dollars but it’s really, really, worth every penny, especially if you have pets who shed. I love this vacuum!!

Did I mention that…

“THE DYSON ANIMAL IS THE BEST VACUUM EVER! ”

Picky mommy gives the Dyson DC17 Animal 5 stars!