DS constantly licking chapped mouth. Any ideas to stop him plse?

[mylittlemonkey]

He keeps licking round his mouth and it has become sore and chapped. Does anyone have any ideas about what I can do to stop him doing this.

Thanks.

Depends how old he is - and do you mean the skin around his mouth is red and sore, or just the lips?
Carmex heals chapped lips almost instantly, but stings a bit, so probably best for older kids.
When mine were little, they wouldn't let me put anything on, so I ised to sneakily put Vaseline on the red skin, either around the mouth or on the lips, when they were asleep. Works after a few days.

sudocream , tastes horrid so he won't lick

Bepanthen is good for clearing up ds teething drool chapped bottom lip and Vaseline as a barrier.

Thanks for all the suggestions will try them. DS is nearly 3 and he licks the skin around his mouth especially the skin between his upper lip and his nose and was trying to think of something I could put on his skin that would taste bad (but not harm him) to stop him doing it. Will try the Vaseline and sudocream and see if that works.

Marmite???

Ds went through a phase of this and he looked like a neglected child. I smeared vaseline round his nose and mouth which helped.

He's probably licking because it feels dry and sore. The Vaseline makes a good barrier and both stops moisture leaving the skin, plus the air or outside irritants can't dry it out - kind of.
Once the dry/itchy feeling is gone he won't feel the need to lick, so there shouldn't be any need to put something on that tastes unpleasant.

We had EXACTLY this problem
Before Xmas with our 3 year old DD, this Weleda weather protection cream not only healed the chapped skin, it also provided a barrier from any more licking and as soon as it started to feel better, she stopped the licking!

I bought it in Waitrose BTW,but I think Boots sells it too....