STOP THE ITCHING

My lo has pretty bad eczema and is itchy literally all day. We’ve been told it isn’t dairy and are waiting to get in with a ped dermatologist to figure out what’s causing it. We’ve been using hydrocortisone per his ped to relieve the itching and that’s the ONLY thing that works and clears his skin. But you can only use it 5-7 days 2x a day (we’ve only been using it 1x before bed) and by the time it hits evening, his skin is bad again. Because he’s scratching ALL DAY. We lather him in aquaphor all day and night and that seems to mildly help his skin, but it doesn’t help the itchiness. He wakes up so many times at night to scratch and then cries because he’s itchy. When we use the hydrocortisone he sleeps all night. I mentioned this to his ped and she said “talk to the dermatologist cause I personally think you can use hydrocortisone every day.” But isn’t that super bad for him?? I’m at a loss. Please pass along some tips and things I can do to help my itchy guy.