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Ok, guys, weird topic coming to you: eczema treatment! But I’m doing this because I know I’m not the only one out there that’s putting obscene amounts of lotion on their hands in this cold, dry weather.

And if you’ve ever had eczema before (and if you have, then I’m willing to bet your lovely kids inherited the miserableness!), then you’re probably dreading what’s inevitably ahead of you this season: a horrid case of eczema…that just doesn’t. go. away.

I’ve had it, my son had it, and with my daughter’s first winter has come her first case of eczema.

Which brings me to this post…because last year, I FINALLY found a cure for our eczema. I’m not kidding. And this year, I’ve already had a chance to test it out once again…and AGAIN, IT WORKED.

I started using our secret weapon on my daughter a week ago and…voila! Her stint as an eczema sufferer is looking to be the shortest this family has ever experienced. And my son’s (and my) eczema still hasn’t come back.

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Sometime between my first child and second child a new product was born: the NoseFrida. Had I not come across a Facebook thread full of raving mothers I probably would have never even considered trying this medieval-looking device. But I was a heavily pregnant woman and there’s one thing I remembered vividly from my first – those snot sucking bulbs are worth their weight in gold. I had forgotten it once on a trip and that was the last time it ever left my side. When you’re baby is stuffed up, it’s the only thing that will fix it!

But this snot sucking device was different. You suck the boogers out of their nose with your mouth. I’M SERIOUS.

Why?? Isn’t there another way? Is it really that important for the suction to be coming from our mouth? Would this really be any different from the age-old bulb aspirator?

Basically – is the NoseFrida really worth it?

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The Eczema Cream that Finally Got Rid of Our Eczema

Is the NoseFrida Really Worth It?