If you are not sure whether you have eczema or not, you should do a little research first. I recommend reviewing what is available on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eczema

Eczema is difficult for children to deal with, still the good news is that many children grow out of eczema. Statistics demonstrate by their teens almost 75 percent of children grow out of their eczema. What follows is a few tips to help you with your child's eczema. I hope you find it useful.

• Ask Your pediatrician for advice. Maybe obvious but should be number one, very important!

• Develop a bedtime routine -- If you're the parent of a child with eczema you know that children can often have problems sleeping because their skin can get hotter and itchier at night. Keep your child's bedroom cool and use cotton sheets.

• Some kids have a tendency to scratch in their sleep, this kind of uncontrolled scratching can be really damaging to the skin and even leave scars on the body and face -- keep childrens nails short and filed.

Apply moisturizer 25 minutes before bedtime to allow the skin to absorb and metabolize it. Keep pets out of the room and attempt to keep allergens to a minimum where your child sleeps. Allergens, dust, and mold can cause severe eczema flares.

• Wash the baby with a good soap (this goes for your self too) -- the wrong soap can cause skin to DRY OUT, and this leads to eczema flares. Johnson's tear free products are good, also Dove soaps w/cream and cetaphil (google cetaphil soap) are good for preventing eczema flares from soap. Bath your baby once or twice a week, and clean your baby's face, hands and bottom daily.

• Keep your baby's skin moisturized. A good tip -- try mixing organic cold pressed coconut oil in with the lotion you've chosen for your child. The coconut oil is high in vitamin E which is like skin food, it helps the skin repair itself through the body's natural process.

• Monitor your baby's diet -- Eczema usually starts at around 6 months, and does not normally result from the introduction of new foods. However, sugar is known to cause inflammation and eczema flares, it is important to monitor the amount of sugar (especially processed/refined sugar) in your baby's diet.

• Your baby is still developing and it's body is identifying what foods and allergens that are not harmful, however, it is possible that your child is allergic to some foods, if you consistently notice an eczema flare up after your child eats a certain food try to isolate precisely what that food is and consult your pediatrician. Eczema can be triggered by foods in about 10 percent of children.

My child got eczema from me, as it does not run on my husband's side of the family. I was a bit distraught when I found that my baby had eczema, but I was glad that I had experience with it, and I knew I would be able to help more effectively. I was tired of dealing with my eczema and trying to find a permanent treatment to help my self, and all of a sudden I found out that my baby had eczema too. Eventually I found a treatment that I decided to use for my self. One night during a flare-up I was browsing online,  and I decided to throw $30 dollars at this problem. I was surprised at how useful what I learned from this book had been. If your interested in the treatments that helped me manage my eczema and the stuff the I applied to my baby's eczema you can find what I used to alleviate my Atopic Dermatitis and prevent flare-ups here: What I used to manage my Atopic Dermatitis and prevent flare-ups.