My 5 week old daughter has a rash. HELP!

[MomofTwo83]

My one month old daughter has a rash all over her face, her chest and now has a little on her arm. She even has it on the back of her neck and on her head (she has tons of hair, but you can tell she has it on her head). She doesn't have any other symptoms (no fever, no spitting up and not extremely fussy). She eats just fine.
I know I need to get her into the doctor, but we don't have insurance and I just moved to Belding, MI. And haven't found a doctor yet who will accept us with Medicade (which she will be on soon, but isn't right now).
I was hoping that someone can tell me what I should do or if their baby might have had something like this. I am going to add some pictures on my page, please look at it!!!!! I know that I cannot get a diagnosis, but anything that could calm me down or give me some advice would be appreciated.
Oh, she started getting the rash on her face, so we thought it was baby acne (that was about 7-10 days ago). Now it has spread and doesn't seem to be getting better. Also, I thought that baby acne mainly just stays on the face, not the chest, back, arms etc. PLEASE HELP!!!

[Vanessa Lacuesta]

Hi.

This may be a case of atopic dermatitis or infantile seborrheic dermatitis. This  however are just differentials. Your child is only a month old. Atopic dermatitis rarely occurs in infants of this age group. At this point, only use a mild and bland cleanser to wash the area. If there are no signs of irritability and no fever, lack of appetite, eye redness and nasal discharge then this may not be infectious in nature.

Your family physician may be able to help. If this is not feasible, you may ask mothers with infants who might have similar conditions before. Just don't apply anything on the area without doctor's advice.

[MomofTwo83]

Thank you for your reply.  I have searched those on the web and from the pictures I saw it doesn't look like the same rash.  And her skin really isn't dry and it's not peeling.  But thank you for your reply.

Thanks again.

[LittleJoe316]

I never did get a reply from anyone.  Regardless, after much convincing from my husband and mother-in-law, I gave it some time since he wasn't exhibiting any other significant signs or symptoms, and the much of the rash has disappeared.  I have kept an eye on it and have noticed that it is exacerbated in the heat, so I try not to put any unnecessary clothing on him and I try to leave him unclothed as much as possible.  It has helped significantly!  I hope this helps...

[cythi]

My daughter went through the exact same thing before discovering she had exzema (eczema). It came out of no where with no other symptoms. I think it is just the beginning of exzema (eczema), hydrocortisone helps but nothing will never stop it completely. You can only try to minimize the flaring. Dont use any soaps to bathe just warm water, if she has cradle cap use a dandruff shampoo like t-gel or even head and shoulders and only give a bathe like twice a week. I found these to be helpful and even with medication it still might take a few weeks to get better. This could have happened if you were overdue during pregnancy. The hormones causes the out break which if doesn't get better may be exzema (eczema)