For the past 2 weeks, Richard and I have been giving Jasmine a bottle of breastmilk just before putting her to bed at night. Jasmine is 100% breastfed so far. We want her to be able to take the bottle, in case if one day I am not around then she won't starve.
It hasn't been easy. Jasmine fights the bottle until she is absolutely ravenous (she pushes the bottle away and cries). It took about 40 minutes the first couple of nights and then gradually, it went down to 11 minutes on the 5th night. All was going well and then suddenly, she won't take the bottle again. It took 1.5 hours the 6th night. Apparently, if you want to introduce the bottle to a baby, you need to start around the 4th week (as babies prefer soft, warm breasts). We started at week 7.
During this week, Jasmine developed several dry skin patches on her face (related to eczema). We are not sure if it is because of my diet (from breastmilk) or if she is allergic to something or if it is from stress (how can a baby have stress?). She's been scratching her face constantly, causing swollen red rashes around her face and eye area.
We are trying to improve her skin condition so that she can get back to being a happy baby again. We are doing the following things:
- I've cut out the following things out of my diet: diary, soy, peanuts, egg and wheat.
- I've also washed all of Jasmine's clothes with a detergent called Sunlight Ultra for sensitive skin, which doesn't have any fragrance, dyes or enzymes.
- We've also stopped giving Jasmine the bottle at night.
On her skin, we are using a prescribed hydrocortizone cream (1%) as well as moisturizers to control the itch. I've tried Eucerin cream, Aveeno Baby cream with oatmeal and Gentle Naturals baby eczema cream. So far, none of these creams are helping much. I am currently trying Glaxal base cream. We'll update in a few days.
Here's a really cute pictures of Jasmine that Winnie took last week:
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