advice re hot nights and eczema

[whenwillisleepagain]

ds is 5 months, eczema was well controlled but not so great at moment. Dreading the forecasted warm weekend as ds uses one leg to scratch the other - usually sleeps in sleepsuit and baby sleeping bag. Any tips on getting thro summer? He's also teething, so assune sleep is out of question for time being! Feels like having a newborn again - lots of misery

Can sympathise, my dd was the same age in last year's heatwave. These are things we found helped.
Try tepid baths with a couple of handfuls of salt before bed.
Use lots of emollient, I'd recommend Aveeno.
Do you use a lightweight (1tog) bag in summer? If not, try to get one as it will make a difference. (We got ours in TKMAXX a lot cheaper than High St prices.)
Get a fan for the room, variable speed if possible and keep the room as cool as you can.
I found that suncreams irritated my dd's skin, so I went for keeping her in the shade as much as possible.
I found loose cotton clothes/sleepsuits worked better for my dd as she scratched her skin in shorts/vest.
Calpol/Calprofen good for teething.
Hope this helps a bit

thanks a lot, I've already got the 1 tog bag but will try the baths with salt. Be interested to know if you have a view on nappies, I've been using disposables but have also got some reusables as I feel they might be cooler as long as I keep an eye on whether they are wet and act quickly when they are.

I use disposable nappies.
I found the best ones for my dd are George at ASDA, followed by Huggies.
Pampers were absolutely useless for her, nappy rash like you wouldn't believe !
Metanium cream (stinky yellow mucky one) works like magic on nappy rash, if that's a handy hint for you

Thanks macdog, I need to experiment with nappies, been using pampers from day one and wonder if they could be improved upon. Also meant to say, hope you are looking forward to a better summer this year and that your dd is finding eczema less difficult. I feel optimistic about our situation, as both husband and myself had eczema as children and outgrew as do vast majority.

dd's skin much improved this year. Only flares up when she's out of sorts.
I have excema myself, and never outgrew it .
I would definitely recommend that you try the ASDA nappies though. Very good value for money.