Hi Ladies,
I've read the threads on here and have officially scared myself into thinking the worst!

My DS is 8 months and has terrible eczema on his neck, back (up to the base of his skull), armpits, in the crooks of his elbows, on the back of his knees and a few small patches on his legs. It's gotten progressively worse over the last few months to where it is now, but seems to have stopped spreading. It started with a few light patches on his cheecks, which has completely cleared up. They are small patches, but still all over.
I was reading the post about celiac's disease and he has none of the symptoms. But I'm still afraid that he definitely has an allergy to something. He's still ebf and on solids 3 times a day. We really just do fruit/meat/veggie purees and sometimes oatmeal and rice. We have no known food allergies in our house. DD had a slight egg allergy when she was younger but seems to have outgrown that.
Since we don't have any food allergies, I've been eating whatever I wanted...including my morning breakfast of either peanut butter toast or egg white omlettes. I've stopped eating peanut butter this week to see if that may be the culprit but I'm not seeing any results. Anyone know how long it takes to rid the body of the peanut proteins? I don't do a ton of dairy but occassionally do eat yogurt or cheese. I do have a bit of milk in my morning cup 'o joe.

Do I just need to stop eating ALL of the food allergy triggers and see what happens? I really don't want to wean DS to formula, but will if that's the LAST possible step. Although from what I've read, many of the formulas contain the same milk proteins that DS may have an allergy to?
DS is much less bothered by this than I am. The more I read about eczema, the more frightened I become that this is food related. We saw the Ped a few weeks ago and of course I got a prescription for a steroid cream and was told not to worry. Well, covering up the problem doesn't do much to make me feel better. I'm tempted to take him to an allergist to see what the next steps are.
Any other moms dealing with eczema in their LOs? Any remedies that work? I've tried limited baths, more baths, shea butter, aquaphor, cetaphil. I guess diet eliminations is next (other than peanut butter). I hate to sound like a paranoid mother, but something is clearly wrong and my Ped isn't listening...
TIA!!!
Casey