I talked briefly in my previous post about the fact that the helmet makes Miss C sweat and that we had made a little sweat band to go under the helmet as per the instructions for her helmet.
Miss C has terribly sensitive skin. She gets itchy and dry eczema and if you factor in winter plus a dribbler you get one uncomfortable baby. If you then further add a helmet onto said baby's head which makes her sweat and irritates her already dry, sensitive skin.....you get....well it ain't pretty (even if the overall package of Miss C is incredibly pretty).
The sweat band we originally created was just like a grown up persons sweat band. not very wide and basically sat around the rim of her head. Well that was just silly. The sweat band mopped up the area it covered and left the rest to be irritated.
So we made it wider. This was far far more efficient except that because it is made from a singlet cut across the chest, it was prone to slipping down and again left a very small area to be irritated immensely.
So we went wider again....in the form of a little cotton baby hat, which we cut off the seam band so it sat smoothly on her head. Its perfect!!!!
The irritation in itself was really frustrating because we had gotten through almost 3 weeks without any problems. But due to the weather and the constant sweating there was a slow breakdown and irritation.
But suddenly in the space of two days, those rashes....they were spreading.
This was not just a sweat rash, something else was going on. It was down the backs of her legs, from her chin, down her neck and onto her chest and in her nappy area a bit too.
We went straight off to the Dr. Our very wonderful family Dr looked that baby of mine over from head to toe. No, this was not just a mild sweat rash and sensitive skin issue any longer. My baby had had an allergic reaction.
Dr Maria put her on an oral medication for a few days to help the reaction as it was fairly significant and a cream to rub into the still affected areas for another week. It looked like it was causing her a fair bit of pain too. But the oral medication worked wonders in those 3 days and now she only has a few small areas of affected skin.
Unfortunately due to bubs age they cant do any tests to see what caused the reaction. It could be environmental or it could be dietary from what shes getting through me. So i have to go on an anti allergen diet, just to be sure. That means cutting out the big reaction foods like eggs, peanuts ( id eaten both of these the 2 days previous to the rash so that is sticking in my head like glue) and preservatives too. But it could be anything. Could be pollen or dust or horse hair.......
Our Dr said that it showed up in her neck and head most because those areas were already affected by the weather and the skin was already mildly irritated.
Miss C thankfully is a trooper and besides a few cranky days, she just gets on with the game that girl. Shes incredibly awesome and for that I'm grateful.
Whilst swinging is entirely serious business, you can see the evolved sweat cap sticking up through the top of her helmet. I do miss that crazy tuft of hair sticking out but her lil face is just as good for kisses.
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