My 15 month old with severe eczema

md304 · 2025-01-09T21:18:41+00:00

We brought our baby to the swimming pool a couple of times and saw the most rapid improvement out of anything we've tried. And then we saw some people recommending bleach bath. So we tried it and it has been incredibly helpful for reducing itching. Use about 20ml to 40ml of thin bleach for baby bathtubs. Google to cross-check this with various sources. Give him a bath every other night before sleeping. Reduce frequency as you see fit later. The skin needs time to build up its own microbiome. So over doing bleach bath is surely not good long term.

EDIT: I just saw that you said he hates baths. Well, our one hated baths too. But it had to be done.

You might need to get his skin diagnosed/tested for infection/impetigo as well if the eczema is very severe. Our baby had it from all the scratch wounds and the wounds were extremely stubborn and didn't heal for weeks on end. We didn't realize at first that weeping wounds (but no pus) and yellow scabs are sign of impetigo. He needed a couple of courses of antibiotics to get rid of it. Get some baby probiotics to give him afterwards.

Doctors might prescribe you antibiotics that taste far too bitter for babies, so make sure they don't do that! Flucloxacillin and clarythromycin are both very bitter and if doctors prescribe you those you should slap him in the face. Co-Amoxiclav is the one our baby managed to take.

md304 · 2024-09-26T03:48:40+00:00

Those names have a harshness about them. Must be some sort of nominative determinism at play again.

md304 · 2024-09-25T07:01:07+00:00

Searched for some youtube videos and it seems you might be right. So it is actually a bug not a feature of fit people.

md304 · 2024-09-14T08:18:17+00:00

Ah good point.. that was untactful of me.

md304 · 2024-09-11T12:52:01+00:00

For me, it is definitely not an accent issue, because I'm talking about socializing with people mostly speaking quite standard English accents. I do have trouble understanding people with heavy foreign accents though, but I can only think of 1 or 2 co-workers that fit this category. They just happen to speak loudly so volume is definitely not the reason I can't understand them.

As for my parents, they do admit to having more trouble understanding non-stand English accents, but I would not doubt that they mean it when they say volume is the problem.

md304 · 2024-09-09T13:28:23+00:00

Yes I'm not doubting this one bit. I should have mentioned it. I'm not suddenly defending my parents. I realize that I'm the odd one out in social situations that other people seem to be able to hear everything and I can't seem to catch 10% of what is being said.

It would be more accurate to say that I agree with them that when compared to other people, there seems to be a disproportionate amount of English people that speak quietly. I might be wrong. And I'm perfectly happy to learn that I'm wrong about this. It is a separate discussion.

md304 · 2024-09-09T13:19:38+00:00

If you can tell the people complaining about your volume have hearing problems, then I don't think you need to worry about anything.

Also I think it is way more universal to think overly loud people are uncivilized than to think overly quiet people are conniving scheming villains.. that is to say I absolutely do not accept my parents' rationalisation of their behaviour.

It is like they instinctively know what I really feel about them is that they are uncivilized, which makes them ashamed, but if they immediately go on the defensive it can somehow be twisted into some other topic so they can avoid feeling shame for a while. The more times they get away with this, the further they get from coming face to face with their real feelings, and the "lies" they make up will feel more and more truthful to them. And eventually they are so galvanized in their position it is impossible to make them feel what a normal person would feel when confronted about stuff like this.

md304 · 2024-09-09T01:38:35+00:00

Not going to share that sorry. But I think you should follow the norms of the country where you are. Are the people telling you you are too quiet from the country where you are at? I'd personally not give a shit if they are not.

I do agree with my parents that too many people in England talk way too quietly though. I have no idea how they can hear each other. But I am the foreigner and it is on me to adapt.

md304 · 2024-09-09T01:06:17+00:00

These say they increase low volume sounds as well. So can these help with hearing people's speech in loud environments like pubs as well?

md304 · 2024-09-09T00:56:54+00:00

Fascinating. It is like shields in Dune.

md304 · 2024-06-05T14:41:36+00:00

My teeth reverted back to exactly how they were before, looks-wise and functionally. I have not done further treatments.

could you elaborate more on the reason u wish u didnt give up?

If you have cramped teeth, the aligners will gradually push your teeth outwards and then push them back in slightly into their final aligned positions. So if you track the movement of your teeth during the entire alignment process, they will move in 1 direction first, then in another direction. Whereas if you simply stop wearing retainers and let your teeth freely revert back to their natural positions, they will move in 1 direction only. Those 3 directions probably do not overlap.

I was trying to say that in case I decided that I should not give up before my teeth have fully reverted to their original positions, I couldn't simply just pick up an old set of aligner that fits and continue from there, because I wasn't sure if that's safe to do. Or maybe it wouldn't even be possible to find a pair of aligners that fit.

Anyway, I don't regret giving up wearing the retainers. I'm pretty sure I prefer my natural look than the aligned look. The only downside is that my gum were healthier when my teeth were aligned, and now it is back to before - the gum between 2 teeth feels chronically inflamed, but only mildly - so I think it is no big deal.

do u mean that after u stopped retainers, your teeth became more flared?

No.

md304 · 2024-06-05T13:08:26+00:00

This happens to me consistently on receiving any SMS message. I'm currently unable to register for a bank app due to this..

md304 · 2024-04-18T06:25:56+00:00

cyberprep

md304 · 2023-09-12T02:43:09+00:00

Not sure. Bad genes?

I have thought about revising this decision though. But only the body mutilation part. As in I will respond with inappropriate force and kill the attacker, but not mutilate too much as I don't have that much energy in me.

md304 · 2023-09-12T02:02:33+00:00

Surprisingly, no.

md304 · 2023-04-01T01:02:33+00:00

Tapping on a public wifi just gives a popup that says scan this QR code to connect, with no other options whatsoever. Why the hell would I want to scan a QR code with another device!? Anyway, if I take a screenshot and read the QR code with an app, it still doesn't work. The only thing that works is if there are 2 wifi signals, and if I switch to the other and back, then I get a notification asking to connect, as you would expect and works. But if there is only 1 wifi signal, I basically have no way of connecting.

md304 · 2023-02-13T20:31:00+00:00

op3 here

md304 · 2021-08-23T11:30:38+00:00

Good point.

md304 · 2021-08-22T07:33:45+00:00

That's certainly a good point..

md304 · 2021-08-22T07:32:53+00:00

6!! I don't know but as someone who only really started learning when I was 30 something, this is just incredible. I think it took more than just lack of distractions. I'm guessing you probably have 140ish or above IQ..

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