The Breast Feeding Support Thread

I'm currently EBF a 5 month old. Hes thriving and gaining weight and I'm past all the hurdles like latch issues etc which I had at the beginning. Only issue now is that he is presenting with eczema since hes 3 months. A steroid cream cleared it up but it came back again. I'm moisturising him with epaderm 3 times a day and bathing him in aveeno baby twice a week (and slathering him with emollient straight after).

Nothing I do seems to have any effect. The eczema seems to fluctuate randomly. The mid wives at my breast feeding support group are suggesting a referral to a dietician from my GP to start eliminating things from my own diet to see if it could improve the eczema. Last time I suggested to my GP she made a comment like "you dont want to go down that rabbit hole". I was reading into it and the studies on impact of maternal diet on infant conditions like eczema dont seem to be conclusive.

I am wondering if anyone has gone through similar and could advise on whether maternal diet changes could work? or have a routine or product that was really good.

I've tried below

Double-base emollient gel

Avene

Aveeno dermexa

Epaderm