my two youngest both experience eczema. it was caused from having milk and yoghurt in their diets. my eldest was bf til 20 months and my 16 month old is still currently bf. if i consume milk or yoghurt, it flares up in my son as we are bf. if i avoid these two products he's okay. he doesn't consume any yoghurt or milk himself. however, if i do give him yoghurt, it does flare up behind his knees and on his face. i take calcium supplements to ensure i'm getting my calcium, and i also eat lots of items within food groups that contain calcium.

eczema can be an allergic reaction to milk.  you can read more here.

My sons eczema is food related, i have him on a special formula and he cant have canned baby foods. It is an allergie and i also suffered it as a child. Most sufferers end up with asthma as adults. I found i was alleric to quiet a few things as a child, mainly if i ate foods with colouring and flavoring my skin would break out. But as i got older and the eczema resided, i would get itchy from patting cats, my lips would swell, i even had an occasion where the white of my eye puffed up and i had to get a needle to stop it..I get allergies to plants these range from hayfever allergies to itching...I personally think it has something to do with the immune system and dna. Obviously sufferers of these conditions must be missing somthing in there motabolisim that others do have, making this the reason of why some people have allergies while others dont..I had it 30years ago my son is a sufferer now, you thing researchers would have found a cure for it by now seeing they have for cancer..There has to be an easier explaoination to the cause of eczema than cancer as it isn't deadly..An undiscovered bug like hives apparently hives are a microscopic bug that live under the skin, hibernating. And react when your hot. I also used to get hives..There has to be an answer there somewhere..

I don't know much about eczema, but there are several parents on Minti who do.  Here is a link to one comprehensive article:

www.minti.com/parenting-advice/1613/Eczema-Basic-Treatment-Plan/

There are lots of other articles that you can check out as well.  Just type "eczema" in the Search box in the upper right hand corner of the page.  Good luck to you :)