One of Phoebe's earliest allergy signs is eczema. So we're primed and ready for the ensuing asthma, and can start treating her early.

We spent a while finding what helped Phoebe's eczema the most. I usually try to go with the least interventive thing, and work up as that doesn't work - at least in cases such as this (non life-or-livelihood threatening, where she's generally okay with what's going on, and further hates treating it anyway). So we started with Aquaphor alone. Then we tried Aquaphor with baking soda, etc etc. Ultimately we came on using hydrocortisone and then locking it in with Aquaphor. The results were magical.

I don't love automatically jumping to a steroid cream, but it works, and it works quickly. After one night, she's generally significantly improved, and after night two, it's pretty much completely gone.

Now, to catch the asthma before she requires prednisone...