help,please,tips on helping a baby to sleep at night

TillyTrippit

Hi goldilocks - so glad that your little one slept, there is nothing worse than sleeplessness. Our eldest was a complete nightmare, used to wake up at 2 am and that was it, it was 'tomorrow'. We used to take it in turns to sleep, and going to work after 6 hours of 'Teletubbies' was less than fun. We tried everything and at the grand old age of 41/2 a small tent did the trick - don't ask how we found that out, we were taking advice from everyone and anyone, no matter how crackpot it seemed!
Our little one started to follow the same pattern but with the added trauma of the eczema. We then found the miraculous Liz Earle - pure active botanicals. We used the body wash in her bath from 3 months and covered her in the cream twice a day from the same age. The results were amazing and in a week she was clear. The lovely smell helped her to sleep - as you can imagine a huge relief.
She is now 6 and only really stressful times will cause flare ups - but the Liz Earle stuff contains it. The last flare up was caused by the death of my Mum a few months ago - kids really close to her as she had lived with us as she was disabled.
Liz Earle is on QVC but we order from her website - one lot of postage and they send fantastic freebies - trial sizes of new products etc.
My DD inherited it from my DH who was a mess for most of his young life - paraffin bandages and was one of the guinea pigs for Oilatum when it came onto the market. He was devastated to have passed it on, but really chuffed with the effect of the Liz Earle stuff - we have only had to go to the GP once for cream in 6 years.
HTH,
Tilly
xx

cakemaker

My son had severs eczema for 3 years, now well under control. Eczema sleep suits cost loads, but fantastic. Wet wrapping good, get it all on prescription. You can get special tubigrip garments to use for the wraps. The best thing for us was a referral to the dermatologist nurse. Loads of great practical help.

Good luck.

goldilocks

yes, i was right,it was just a fluke.the 7 hours i had the other day,was such a joy,woke up fully refreshed.at least it can be done,we will persevere.thanks to everyone,at least i am not alone

teedy23

If I were you Goldilocks (and I used to be 32yrs ago) I,d be in my bed now. It,s all trial and error trying to find something that works for each baby. My daughter had it all over, her forehead used to open up, and you just couldnt stop her rubbing her head on the bedding. Nothing worked for any length of time, just time itself. Ihope you have another fluke soon. Good luck and sleep whenever you can.

tootyh

Like teedy23 says it's all trial and error. The only thing that worked for us was Aveeno cream applied very frequently - every nappy change. I can't recommend it highly enough, it was a real sanity saver. It worked like a dream but unfortunately my GP wouldn't prescribe it, although some do so if it works for you it's worth asking. It's based on oatmeal and there is some evidence that the colloids in oats can help. Something else that was suggested to me was putting porridge oats in the bath (use a pop sock or muslin or it makes a terrible mess).

sunflower37

hi there, i have a 7 yr old boy who suffers from severe eczema. we had to bandage him from head to toe every night but he still scratched all night and did not sleep.
a friend recently saw a 13 yr old girl on 'this morning' with severe eczema who was contacted by a doctor who said he could help her. the results were amazing. on the back of this we booked an appointment to see him.
it has been 3 wks since we saw Dr Aron (who is a dermatologist), we cant believe the difference his eczema has 95% cleared up. we have a happy son who does not scratch, sleeps through the night and does not have to wear bandages any more.
the results have been life changing.
have a look on his web page and decide for yourself. https://www.draron.com
https://www.lauraswish.co.uk
we only wish we had known about him 7 years ago x :j