I still remember the day the pediatrician told me that the rough, dry spot on my baby’s chin was “pre” eczema. I wasn’t really sure what that meant, but the thought of my beautiful baby boy’s soft skin covered in red, scaly eczema patches scared me to death. The doctor prescribed cortisone cream, but I knew that steroids were only going to suppress the symptoms, not cure my baby’s eczema. I didn’t know if eczema in babies was common, or what, if anything, we could do about it, but I set out to learn.

Back then there was no Internet and few places to turn for help, but I’d been in the health food business for a few years and that was the only place I could think of to go to for help. Ten years previously, my older son had been cured of his constant earaches, runny nose and eye infections by a local Naturopath, so I decided that was the route I’d try again. The Naturopath I’d gone to before had retired and finding a new one who had lots of experience with eczema in babies proved difficult.

Meanwhile, the cortisone cream cleared up the rough, red patch on the baby’s chin… until we stopped using it.

We finally found a good Naturopath, but he was far out of town (we had to take a ferry to get there). The trips were expensive enough, but, on top of that, the visits weren’t covered by our medical insurance. The supplements and natural eczema treatments he advised us to use were also expensive. It wasn’t unusual to spend $300 per visit, by the time we’d paid for the ferry, gas, restaurant food, the Naturopath’s fees and the supplements he advised us to get each time. Besides that, the trip pretty much took up the whole day. Fortunately, the natural eczema treatments I discovered this time around are simple, easy and cheap.

I wanted to tell you a bit about me and my story, because I think you can probably relate. Likely you found my Web site by searching for “eczema in babies” or “eczema babies” in Google. So, you’ve probably got a baby or toddler who has eczema, or “pre” eczema, at least. I want you to know that there is hope, more than hope, there are things you can do that cure eczema, and that don’t cost an arm and a leg…

Things that I didn’t know about back then, but that I recently discovered when my grandson showed signs of extreme skin sensitivity that set off all kinds of alarm bells in my head.

His face would turn red and blotchy all around his mouth when he ate certain foods. And I started to envision the expensive visits to the Naturopath that my son and daughter-in-law would soon be facing.

However, I’m an Internet junkie (you can ask anyone who knows me!) and so I decided to search online for answers.

Meanwhile, my daughter-in-law tried eliminating, one at a time, any foods that seemed to cause my grandson’s face to break out in those rough, red patches that looked so much like my son’s had years ago. That certainly helped a little.

Then my grandson caught ringworm at daycare and that triggered something new, because even after the ringworm cleared up he had red patches on his arms, legs and chest. These went away with cortisone cream, but returned as soon as the cream was stopped. I was seeing a pattern here! My research grew more determined. I have great faith in the Internet; you can find the answer to almost anything if you keep digging.

I accumulated a lot of information on my hard drive… and then I ran across an ebook online called “Beat Eczema: An All Natural Cure” that changed our lives forever.