26/09/2011 by spindlygiraffe.

School is going well.  No wheezing, little sniffles and coughs but that could be expected.  I am so pleased with how well school has started off.  What a great teacher to start off his schooling - 14 years ahead…

His eczema is not too bad.  His face is really quite clear at the moment.  When he cries I fear we will be back to square one, as the redness appears, but it is pretty short lived.  After waking up scratching and coughing for a few nights, he seems more settled again.

His body has been relatively good too.  Coconut oil works well in his hair (even applied just before hair wash).  His hands are still pretty bad but given the rest of him is ok, we can cope with that.

I am so relieved that he has had a ‘clearish’ start to school. Unfortunately it is difficult to look at someone when their face his puffy, inflamed, sore looking and their eyes exhausted.   Kids and staff have seen him how he should be - my wee man just bouncing with life.

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09/09/2011 by spindlygiraffe.

James has got on well this week at school.  Yay!  It is such a relief.  I am delighted he has been told to use a ‘classroom voice’ as he is being too loud.  I would prefer that to need taming rather than being too quiet, which is often the case.  He likes to hide behind people.  His teacher is brilliant and will sort him out!

Handed creams over the first morning and all seems fine.  Yesterday, I got called over at the end of the day.  The teacher was concerned about James doing cooking and putting his hands into the food to mix.  I said he would be fine and just to make sure he washed and creamed his hands afterwards.  Then he added it was more a concern regarding hygiene with the other children.  His open cuts being put in the mixing bowl. Ermmm, I don’t know, never really thought about it.  Obviously the cotton gloves are not that suitable but in school they have latex gloves.  So we decided to try cotton gloves with the latex gloves over them.  He could have had his own separate bowl but that would have made him stand out from the class.

I have phoned the GP to see what they would suggest.  I will phone next week and see what the response has been.  Today James told me they had made apple crumble and he enjoyed eating it. (I spoke to him last night about wearing the gloves so he was prepared!)  Wonderful peer pressure, he does not usually like crumble.

They have a school trip to Pizza Express in under 3 weeks.  I wonder if it will be the same then with double gloves.  I presume so.  I just wish I was going - a school trip that I have never been to with my own class and always wanted to.

His eczema is good at the moment.  Coconut oil really does help his scalp and back of his neck.  I am so pleased that he has started school this way, so relieved.  Good skin = good sleep.  Now to step the creams down again and monitor it.

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