Quote Originally Posted by Maresche
I'm sorry to hear that Lil' Hugo is having issues with Eczema, but I've glad to hear that you're going to do the testing before rehoming your cats. Payton's new home with your mom sounds good, though; you can visit often. I really hope the cause of his exzema turns out to be non-cat related.

When we were "interviewing" pediatricians for Mimi, we asked every doctor about their opinion on pets with children. If they didn't seem positive on the issue, we crossed them off the list. One was surprised that I was pregnant and we hadn't gotten rid of our cats yet. It just proves how uninformed some doctors are.

Truer words have never been spoken. I have never heard of exzema being cat related. Jonah has exzema. Neither of his pediatricans (we switched) ever mentioned this as a concern, and both knew/know I have a house full of cats. What has helped is the cetaphil soap, the aquafor lotion, and NO powder on my boy. I ONLY use special lotion on him....and watch the baby wipes. I rinse mine before they touch him.

Please don't rush out and do anything drastic....I think some more research might be in order. My girlfriend's son has asthma...and she has 5 cats, 3 dogs, and he has gotten much better as he ages.