Poison Ivy Year One. Key points about poison ivy rash in children. Poison Ivy is an enemy and lover of Batman.
Avoiding contact with the poison ivy plant is the best prevention. Poison ivy rash is the single most common skin irritation in North America. Your baby either touched the plant oil or something with the oil on it - for example, a ball, a gardening tool, or a pet that had come in contact.
Most cases show up in the spring and summer, when sap's plentiful and the plants bruise easily, but it's possible to get poison ivy, oak, or sumac any time of year.
Poison ivy is a perennial plant that grows back from the roots and often spreads by underground runners.
Poison oak looks similar, but the leaves are. Removing poison ivy completely might take three or four tries. When they ripen (in late summer to early fall), they turn from a pale green to a whitish color.