Should I stop breastfeeding as my son was born with smooth skin and during that time I do breastfeed him but after he was 4 months he has cradle caps whole head and red rashes which I see doctor and Doctor said that he got eczema , my mum said that it might be bcos of drinking my breastmilk as I anyhow eat and now baby got eczema.

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Oh no please do not stop bfing! It’s partially true that whatever you consume might trigger some episodes of eczema especially if some members of the family have that but what the pd advised and i did was to eliminate certain foods from my diet. Shellfish, seafood, eggs, peanuts. Did that for two weeks before seeing improvement and then slowly introducing them back into my diet. Mommy will have to give up some food for your lo but i’d rather do that than give up bfing totally!

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