My Sweet and Precious (yet crusty) Baby

When Nathanael turned about 2 weeks old, he started to get this really bad eczema/baby acne thing going on all over his face. He has struggled with outbreaks all over his entire body on and off since then and I cannot for the life of me figure out what triggers it. It's all over his back, behind and in his ears, in the crevices of his arms and legs. It's bad. I have switched from Dreft to washing his clothes with free and clear detergent and put everything on a double rinse cycle. To no avail.

I am nursing him and have learned that what I eat is big time affecting his system. For the past 2 months or so I have not been eating the foods known to trigger eczema: dairy, eggs, wheat, peanuts, citrus, tomatoes, and cashews. It's been very difficult finding stuff to eat, as you can imagine. I cheat every once in a while, but have yet to see clear evidence that a specific cheating in my diet coincides within a day or two of one of his violent attacks of eczema. This drives me crazy.

A few days ago he started getting this really HORRIBLE red, wet, blistery rash all over his neck. It has progressed pretty bad over the past day or so and today it was unike anything I've ever seen! I didn't get any pictures of it because it is just so horrible looking. He's been drooling like crazy, so I put a bib on him and that pretty much hides it. He also has a wicked case of cradle cap going on too, which doesn't make him the most attractive baby around, but I love him to pieces anyway. He's my little, crusty, sweet pea and he has my heart and everything that goes with it.