Hi

My newborn has developed a very bad case of what looks like baby acne.

It started at around 3 weeks of age and looked very mild. At her one month visit, I asked her doctor about it and she said it was just baby acne.

Now she is six weeks old and the rash looks horrible. She was given 1st dose of Hep B at birth and 2nd dose at the 1st month visit. I had given her sulphur 30c about an hour before her second dose (GM's suggestion).

She has red splotches all over her face, ear, behind her ear, neck and some on her shoulders too. Her skin is full of minute raised bumps, some of which have an yellowish point.

Since it is in her scalp too, I'm wondering whether it is the beginning of cradle cap. I'm not putting any soap on her face and am washing the rest of her with baby magic baby soap once a day.

My eldest daugher has eczema, so I'm scared that the second one might have it too, and this is the beginning.

Can anything be done about it, or should I do anything about it? It looks very uncomfortable to me and I wonder whether it is irritating her, she sometimes rubs her face against my dress.

thank you
Bijo (Sarah)

[This message has been edited by bijo (edited 28 June 2000).]