Help! 6 mo baby w/chicken pox!!

[colditz]

He has them all on the back of his head and every time I put him down him his cot he wakes up and cries. He has so much calamine lotion on he practically has a crash helmet of it.

I gave him medised at 6 - does not seem to have done a fat lot tbh. In the house I have medised, baby hnurofen and calpol.

What can I do to make him happier, and therefore sleepier?

boots calamine and glycerin cream. thicker, stays on better and seems to help a lot more than plain calamine.
I have to admit to medised-ing my 9 month old when he had chicken pox because he just could not sleep otherwise.
Thankfully we only had 2 or 3 really bad nights (think buggy walks at 1am) and then it started to get better

Yes I took him out for a buggy walk, but he just boogled at everything. SDidn't sleep.

Have got calamine cream but he rubs it off. the lotion seems to stick better in his hair

have you tried laying him on his side? tuck him in tightly so he ca't move