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Baby Rubbing Head Aggressively

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JoeyEthan · 31/12/2021 02:46

Hi, thought I'd post on here as I'm desperate for any advice. I have a 4 month old, that when he falls asleep/waking up rubs his head extremely aggressively, this had drawn blood several times. Even with cuffed baby grows, with trimmed nails. I have had to resort to him wearing socks on his hands. Although these have been pulled off a couple of times. I don't use anything on his head as he has very dry skin and was advised not to use anything by HV. The rubbing is clearly not an irritant though as he only does this when falling asleep. However it's extremely distressing for me to be woken up with him having a bloody head , it looks awful. Thankfully the only tears are mine and he seems perfectly fine and smiley. I'm not sure what else I can do, I think I have exhausted all options, apart from ringing the docs as it's more a soothing/, comfort thing and not sure what he'll be able to do. Anyone else had this issue?

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KiloWhat · 31/12/2021 06:57

Do they maybe have a headache?

Heepers · 31/12/2021 09:11

He's rubbing because his dry skin is itchy. Mine does the same. Use epaderm ointment or similar to relieve the itch.

JoeyEthan · 31/12/2021 09:44

Thanks, although I don't think it's an itch as he never does it during the day, only when he's falling asleep. I have to put socks on his hands unfortunately as if I don't he'll rip his head up.

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