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I’ve been going down the eczema rabbit hole trying to find a way to resolve my infant’s eczema. Someone mentioned “candida overgrowth” or “yeast” and I suddenly feel overwhelmed because it’s another avenue to look into. Is my baby’s eczema actually a yeast infection? Should I be doing an anti-candida protocol? Will eliminating yeast finally…

They can. In this post, I’m gathering information about food proteins in breastmilk. As a breastfed baby with a good gut health score, I did not understand why my infant had eczema. Sometimes I find myself sitting there with nursing my baby, but your mind is racing. There was dairy at lunch. Will it trigger…

(Even Though Doctors Say Food Doesn’t Cause Eczema) We’re living in a frustrating contradiction. Your pediatrician tells you “Food can be a part of your atopic dermatitis symptoms, but it is rarely the root cause of the disease” and that “there is no overall benefit to food elimination for patients with AD.” Yet when you…

I know you’ve been scrolling through social media, seeing those before-and-after photos. A mother posts pictures of her baby’s clear skin after starting a carnivore diet or GAPS protocol, and your heart leaps with hope. Maybe this is the answer you’ve been searching for after another day of dealing with rashes, itchy skin, and lathering…

I see you, mama. I see you researching at 2 AM while holding your little one’s hands because they’re itchy. Sometimes they scratch until they bleed. I see you washing those tiny sheets again, your heart breaking as you wonder what you could have done differently. You’ve been told your child will “grow out of…

Do you live in Canada and are interested in purchasing a Tiny Health stool assessment test? Here’s what you need to know for the baseline test: Overview of Shipping Samples back to Tiny Health:1. Fill out the Canada Post Online Customs Form2. For the field Package Declaration, select Other and add Human Specimen Sample3. Under…

Tiny Health is a gut heath test targeted for babies and mothers using stool samples to understand what their microbiome looks like. I’ve done three Tiny Health tests for my eczema baby desperate to “cure” his eczema and one for myself during my second pregnancy hoping the next baby does not get eczema (gut health…

Breastfeeding is your choice that is right for you and your family. Due to work schedules, convenience, and help from your support network, feeding formula may be the best option that works for you. But what if you want to breastfeed and have doubts that your breastmilk is causing your baby to have eczema? The…

The top non-presciption topical MDs and dermatologists have recommended to us is Vaseline. But why? It is an occlusive that acts as a moisturizer and protective barrier that locks in the moisture and prevents it from escaping the skin. Since it protects the moisture from leaving, it also helps prevent irritants from entering into the…

The cause of eczema for every baby is unique to their own body, health, and environment. I recommend keeping tabs on when the flare-ups happen to identify any common factor(s) as there can be many culprits to go over in this day and age of highly processed and engineered foods, pesticides and chemicals, ingredients in…