Mitrophics

Please STOP listening to doctors who tell you to "just keep moisturising" your baby's eczema. That advice nearly destroyed my daughter's skin. The GP looked at Emma's face for exactly nine seconds. I know because I counted. Nine seconds to look at the angry, cracked patches covering her cheeks. Nine seconds to see the scratch marks around her eyes. Nine seconds to notice the dark, rough skin that

Please STOP moisturising your baby's eczema with creams that were never made for her skin. I learned this the hard way. For five months, I did everything the blogs told me. Everything the paediatrician recommended. Everything other moms in my Facebook groups swore by. CeraVe. Aquaphor. Aveeno. That expensive Tubby Todd cream everyone raves about. None of it worked. And I kept thinking... what am I

Please STOP listening to doctors who tell you to "just keep moisturising" your baby's eczema. That advice nearly destroyed my daughter's skin. The GP looked at Emma's face for exactly nine seconds. I know because I counted. Nine seconds to look at the angry, cracked patches covering her cheeks. Nine seconds to see the scratch marks around her eyes. Nine seconds to notice the dark, rough skin that

Please STOP using shea butter and cocoa butter on your baby's eczema thinking it will heal like it did for your ancestors. That advice from my grandmother nearly destroyed my daughter's skin. I grew up watching my grandmother mix shea butter with oils she brought from Ghana. That golden paste healed everything. Cuts, burns, rashes. Every baby in our family had skin like silk because of that recipe

Please STOP using shea butter and cocoa butter on your baby's eczema thinking it will heal like it did for your ancestors. That advice from my grandmother nearly destroyed my daughter's skin. I grew up watching my grandmother mix shea butter with oils she brought from Ghana. That golden paste healed everything. Cuts, burns, rashes. Every baby in our family had skin like silk because of that recipe

Please STOP listening to doctors who tell you to "just keep moisturising" your baby's eczema. That advice nearly destroyed my daughter's skin. The GP looked at Emma's face for exactly nine seconds. I know because I counted. Nine seconds to look at the angry, cracked patches covering her cheeks. Nine seconds to see the scratch marks around her eyes. Nine seconds to notice the dark, rough skin that

Please STOP moisturising your baby's eczema with creams that were never made for her skin. I learned this the hard way. For five months, I did everything the blogs told me. Everything the paediatrician recommended. Everything other moms in my Facebook groups swore by. CeraVe. Aquaphor. Aveeno. That expensive Tubby Todd cream everyone raves about. None of it worked. And I kept thinking... what am I

Please STOP listening to doctors who tell you to "just keep moisturising" your baby's eczema. That advice nearly destroyed my daughter's skin. The GP looked at Emma's face for exactly nine seconds. I know because I counted. Nine seconds to look at the angry, cracked patches covering her cheeks. Nine seconds to see the scratch marks around her eyes. Nine seconds to notice the dark, rough skin that