**breathe, breathe..deep breathe...in, out...**
I am feeling like I want to take my baby Ady and hide in a closet or scream at every one of the people handing out advice to me right now. Neither is a good solution.
Adyson has had eczema since she was a baby and she has flare ups every once in a while. She has one right now. It looks bad. We have NO clue what, if anything, causes her to flare up. We have seen multiple dermatologists who are just as clueless, along with our pediatrician. We are told she may grow out of it or she may not. We find a routine that helps. We make a little progress just for it to stop working.
We, my husband and I, are frustrated. Ady is frustrated.
We, me for sure, am tired of being prescribed another ointment. I have a handful of them laying around my house. I want to shake anyone who tells me "it's really not that bad". (yes my pediatrician almost died that visit) I have bottles of different lotions all over my house as well.
I've been given bags full of products. I've been given herbal treatments.
I've been given some weird crap!
(Snake, anyone?)
By everyone I know.
I am grateful.
So happy to see everyone is concerned and want to help my precious,
sometimes miserable Ady. We DO want to see her get better and relived from her eczema.
I know it's all advice from a good heart and place.
But...a BIG but...
We are trying to do what we think is best and what works for us.
Have we tried everything?
No.
Will we try everything?
No.
With every new thing we try we have to worry and pray she doesn't have a bad reaction.
I am tired of feeling pressured and like a terrible parent.
We are working on it. I just don't know what else to say to people.
I guess we could try to hide from everyone.