MSE Newborn to 1 year Baby Club 1

moneypenny21

Not had time to catch up properly sorry but Marta we have
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Braun-ThermoScan-IRT4520-Ear-Thermometer/dp/B0001D0LMS

The Braun Thermoscan that fluff mentioned, only because I'd seen it mentioned on here and it came down to about £22 on Amazon. I've used it (probably too much ) and its easy to use and the baby doesn't fuss over it at all. The in-ear thermometers are used by hospitals on babies and I'm sure thats why the Braun one is so well thought of. Anyway, its easy to use and not too expensive. Hope that helps

martafdz

The avent one has a few bad reviews for inaccuracy, I might have to resort to credit card and go for the Braun, not cheap!

She's got heat rash all over her face and neck, on the areas that are in contact with my skin when she falls asleep. Any suggestions to clear it up? She's not bothered by it at all and it seems it's not itchy, just looks bad and it's all over. Would sudocream or e45 be ok?

martafdz

Your post just came up as I posted, that one is cheaper than the one I saw, I guess it's an investment!

moneypenny21

Its definitely worth it for peace of mind in my opinion. I got mine for £26 I just checked the order. The price does fluctuate though, not sure if the link will work but these are recent price changes through camelcamelcamel

http://uk.camelcamelcamel.com/Braun-ThermoScan-IRT4520-Ear-Thermometer/product/B0001D0LMS


Is it definitely heat rash? My littlie has had milk spots for about 2 weeks, can't do anything about them apparently they just go eventually.

martafdz

I think so, they are red and clustered around the areas that are usually in contact with my skin, such as cheeks, ears, chin and the eyebrows' line. It seems to be just aesthetic, it doesn't bother her at all. I've cleaned the area with ccooled boiled water and put sudocream. She looks funny, as if she were a shaman of a tribe lol

katiechoc_2

This is probably a stupid thing to say but - if its heat rash won't it go down when he cools down? Does it work like that? In the summer when it was really hot and G was tiny he got it a bit on his tummy and we just stripped him off and kept him cool. Seemed to do the trick for us

*her, sorry, I wasn't paying attention to who'd asked the question!

martafdz

I guess so, katiechoc, but the area is often in contact with my skin and I guess I don't give her a chance to heal. I'm trying to put now a muslin between her face and my chest or arm. I guess that's what it is because I was getting a red area myself on the chest where she usually had her head, it stopped once I started to put a muslin in between, but I guess her skin is more delicate. Her dad also gets heat rashes because of his own sweat if it's hot or the clothing does not breathe well, so I think there's no need to worry. I'm going to see the HV tomorrow, so I'll get her to have a look as well.

I've bought that thermometer, thanks for the suggestion!!

My parents are arriving tomorrow from Spain, it could be a disaster, or it could be surprisingly ok, let's see! We don't get along but they are putting a lot of effort because of the baby, so I'm just on standby, waiting to see which way it goes. They are staying until Sunday morning. I might come and rant often lol

aventurine

martafdz wrote: »

I think so, they are red and clustered around the areas that are usually in contact with my skin, such as cheeks, ears, chin and the eyebrows' line. It seems to be just aesthetic, it doesn't bother her at all. I've cleaned the area with ccooled boiled water and put sudocream. She looks funny, as if she were a shaman of a tribe lol

My LO has had this over the past couple of days too Marta, I also put it down to a reaction to contact with me and OH kissing her cheeks and stroking her face. Certainly doesn't seem to bother her in any way. I remember my DS's were always coming out in rashes as babies, if I'd have gone to the GP over every one of them, I may as well have moved into the surgery LOL.

DayDreamBeliever_2

Hi ladies, hope you and your little bundles of joy are all well! Sunshine, I hope your lil man is improving and you and your oh are ok x
Well today we've tackled lil miss' cradle cap, its taken ages but looks so much better! She has a lot of hair so my mum said to leave it as people couldn't really see it and I'd run the risk of leaving her with bald patches but I didn't want to so didn't lol. I covered her head in olive oil, left it a few hours then brushed against the scales gently with a fine toothed comb and 90% of it came away so very pleased with it, the combing relaxed her so much she slept through the whole thing, is still asleep now and no hair was lost lol. Will wash the remaining oil out when I bathe her tonight! The hv had mentioned it at her weigh in on Wednesday and said if it didn't improve the could prescribe something so I'm really glad the olive oil worked so well as would rather limit medication/drugs where appropriate.

Oh and only 1 week left till my bf is home, will NOT be spending 3 weeks apart again its been horrible especially as in the 18 months we've been together we've only been apart 1 night previously lol.

dizziblonde

We've had a nightmare shifting cradle cap - doesn't look like she's got much of it as she's got so much thick dark hair (not something she got from me since mine's as fine as it comes and blonde!) but you catch yourself looking down on her and seeing patches of it and dentinox shampoo is RUBBISH!

Think in the end just gentle hairbrushing with a baby hairbrush has done the bulk of the trick for us - with her eating the fine toothed comb while I was using the hairbrush!

Witless greyhound they've thankfully managed to fix her sore foot without needing to put her under anaesthetic at least - brings the potential £300 bill I was dreading back to a less eye-watering (but still painful just before payday) £60.