Split lip and split ear lopes!

[Murl]

OK, so they are probably unrelated but did not think this warranted two posts.

My 1 year old DD has had a cracked bottom lip for a couple of weeks now, and bleeds every now and again. I am piling on the vaseline but it has not got better. Any one else out there found a way of helping little ones with sore/dry/cracked lips?

Secondly, and something I am more worried about is that where her ear lopes meet her head, the skin has become red and sore - this was on just one ear but is now on the other as well. I have been using sudocrem and savlon but no improvement. Been a couple of weeks now. It almost looks like her ear has 'torn' from her head - but there has been no screams and no blood - just looks red and sore.

Has anyone had anything like this? I am phoning the docs on monday as worried it may be an infection or a fungal infection??

[cheekeymonkey]

Sounds like eczema, my dd had it as a baby but doc gave a good emolient to use after bathing and had no repeats if use emolient if skin looks dry. Do try not to overbathe though as we tend to be a bit over the top with washing and it dries the skin out. Go to docs, nothing to worry about

[Murl]

thanks cheekymonkey - could it really be eczema? never crossed my mind to be honest as she does not have any dry/red patches anywhere else

[cheekeymonkey]

Could be, can be really localised. You can be completely clear all over your body but just get it on your toe! Always worth checking in case it gets infected.