Eczema: Can you stop you dc itching at night?

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I was going to call this thread HOW can youstop your dc itching, then thoughtm just CAN you do it at all?

DS is 3 months and has mild / m,oderate eczema on his face, knees and elbows. He was up for an unhappy hour last n ight, and I'msure it was his eczema bothering him.

I am currently swaddling him but he has made it clear that he has had enough of it. SO how can I unswaddle him, but stop him irritating his face in the night?

Mittens ?

Ok, this may be a bit weird (I feel like I shoudl change my name but can't be bothered) but I have mild eczema and find that breast milk (my own, i hasten to add) really seems to help. It doesn't entirely cure it but it seems to bring the itching under control and makes it heal a bit faster - why, I have no idea.

Might be worth trying if you are still breast-feeding?

Yes, I agree and did not know why I did not mention it. Its very good for sticky eyes and cracked nipples it is well worth a try.

Try one of the PJ tops with built in mittens from www.eczemaclothing.com (sorry can't do links) it changed my life, my DS now sleeps through the night.

my ds gets itchy if he is too warm at night.

I got lots of help via the GP referral to the "skin nurse". You get cream, bath stuff, and bandaging advice if necessary.

dd2 is now 4 years and still suffers whenever she gets hot- a sickness temperature or one hot car journey equals 6 to 8 weeks of itching and bleeding. It's probably too hot for swaddling now, I'd go for 100% cotton sleepsuit type things so he can't get at the knees and elbow. In fact with hindsight I would invest in the proper eczema clothing now and maybe reduce the scratching-for-comfort habit forming.

I have to constantly suppress my instinct to keep her warm at night and by day, she wears one layer less that everyone else in the family.

I use alternatives star flower cream or chickweed cream is good, also calendula.

I find that heat is a trigger for ds's excema as well and he wears a layer less than the rest of us. He is also in a summer gro-bag throughout the winter and has been fine. I have also found that not bathing him everyday and applying loads of emollient everyday has really got it under control at the moment.

another vote for the eczema clothing - I think it is purecottoncomfort.com.

yes I agree on the eczema clothing. My dd goes to bed in them all the time. Using the really thin cotton ones at the moment. Still getting me up itching but atleast her skin looks great and is protected.

thanks everyone.

the emmolient we have really isnt working - i thin k I need to go back to the doctors AGAIN. Feel like such a hypochondriac mum, but I need something to help reducehis eczema. I will try some breast milk too, as I do express everynight...

those sleepsuits look good, but they don't do his size. Typical. I am quite handy with a sewing machine, so Iwill try to make some - Ialready have 100% cotton sleepsuits anyway.

and if heat is a trigger (which I think it is) then it would be good to drop the swaddle wouldnt it.