Tuesday, June 18, 2013

加濕器 Humidifier

Crane UltraSonic Humidifier  $50
after reading reviews online, i decided to buy this one.  There are many pros and cons, but i still like it b/c the design is very cute.  I was excited to try it on the 1st night and thought i got a defective one b/c i can't see the mist after turning it on and our gauge did not change a bit.  Finally after 30 min. i can see mist coming out of it and i can feel the difference in room. it works great, but took a while to get the job done... i guess you get what you paid for. other than that, i am still happy with it b/c i love the design.
Honeywell Humidifier
we got it during clearance for like $20 bucks. it does the job, very easy to clean, just very noisy. there are 2 fan power you can switch to. The bigger fan is very noisy and the small fan doesn't seem to humid the room much.. there's a filler inside need to change every couple months which is no big deal.  after using it for 4 month, it's still in good condition, but we decided to change it b/c it's just too noisy.

Monday, June 10, 2013

Iron man 3

finally have some time to watch the movie after the baby. i like #3 better than 2.  i really don't think the enemy in #2 is worth fighting.  the character is not strong enough and not good looking~ lol~ don't know if Iron man is going to have #4 or not.


Wednesday, June 5, 2013

異位性皮膚炎 Eczema

i never thought my baby would have eczema before since me and my husband don't have it in the family.  My baby's face rash started when he was 2 months old. It was only a little bit on the face, and got worse on cheek, forehead, ears, chin, back, and arms.  his entire face is covered with redness and dryness. i've searched and used many products and none of them seems working.  Doctor also prescribed hydrocortisone 0.5% for the face rash. but after putting it on for weeks, it didn't go worse, but it didn't gets better either. Everybody knows steroid has side-affect, so i wouldn't want to use it for long period of time.  i bath my baby w/ 茶葉水 according to doctor's suggestion. It helps recovering the open wound, but his skin felt more dry afterward. Moisture is the most important part to prevent eczema, but since my baby's face as a lot open wound, we could not put lotion on him as it sting his face. 
Here are the products i've used so far.
1) AD 小護士
Product from Japan. A lot taiwnese moms are talking about it and said it keeps the itchiness down and keep the skin moist.  it's the 1st item we try for my baby's face, and it seems working, so we continued for 3~4 weeks.  but it couldn't hold his eczema down and we discover it actually itches his face.  so we stopped it.
2)  at 3 months, his rash started to grow, so we have to use hydrocortisone. it was on and off, and never completely recover. We also tried to changed our milk to hypoallergenic formula enfamil  nutramigenbut our baby doesn't like the taste and doesn't sleep well with the new formula.  after 1 week with no improvement, we go back to the old routine. [5/20~5/24]
3)  Avenoo baby
it was recommended by our doctor. It looked good the 1st time we put it on, but my baby's face started to react the next day. his eczema got worse, breakouts and watery.  i tried twice, and each time is the same thing. looked good at the beginning and got worse the next day. i would not recommend it and would not try it again.[5/25~5/26]
4) Cetephil
i researched online and gave it a try.  i brought lotion designed for eczema, and safe to use on baby as young as 3 months. i put it on after bath on his face, arms and legs. it helps soften his skin a little bit, but he still has face rashes. when he scratched his face, the lotion wouldn't work on open wound as it sting his face. [6/1~6/2]
5)  at 4 months, he started to have rashes on eyes and nose. it seems more like milk allergy to me then the outcome such as weather or detergent.  We started trying hypoallergenic formula again with similac alimentum.  also moved on to a new cream Vanicream, recommend by our friend.  will see what happen. [6/3~6/16]