I am getting fed up with New Year! New You! magazine articles telling me that the secret to happiness, health, success is a good night’s sleep. Simple! Great! How??? The only suggestions they have on how to achieve this are things reserved for the childless: enjoying a warm bath, clearing the room of any distractions, […]
“Mummy! My legs are stuck!”
Yes, this is something I’ve heard a lot of lately. Since moving house MyItchyBoy has ceased sleeping through the night. This is not a good thing and my mood, temper and general health are suffering as a result. He himself has a few theories on it. He likes his new room, a lot, but apparently […]
My hot night of three in a bed
Yes, we had another hot night down south – over 20 degrees. MyItchyBoy was already suffering an eczema flare-up from Friday so the heat was not at all welcome. We had all the windows open throughout the house as well as the loft hatch, to let the heat up and out. However, sleep was still […]
And on the way to bed last night, we put on….
MIB woke up yesterday morning with a cold and by the time bathtime came he was suffering quite a bit, with a stuffy nose and his skin. Between getting out of his Oilatum bath and going in his room for a story, I put on him: 1. A good slather of Epaderm Ointment 2. Sudocrem […]
Bad labelling on supermarket clothing
So, we went to Sainsburys today to get our normal shopping and to pick up another pair of their cotton pyjamas. MIB was with me and as I was looking for the right size he spotted a great 2-pack of fun looking monster pyjamas. They looked like the same thing, but with different pictures on […]
Good cotton pjs for eczema kids
After the usual hunt for pyjamas for MIB that are the right size, 100% cotton and not extortionate in price, I was really pleased to find a two pair pack in the supermarket. I usually find it so hard to find something as simple as cotton pyjamas. So many shops sell what would be 100% […]
Sticky Child
Finally, the sun is starting to shine. And with it, comes warmer weather. Hot days and nights are not always a good thing for a child with eczema. We are fairly lucky that heat itself doesn’t seem to worsen MIB’s eczema, but he often comes out in a heat rash if he gets too hot […]
One slippery boy into bed
When MIB is a pickle and tantrum-y at bedtime, it is hard. Last night he was quite spectacularly uncooperative. Because of his eczema, I can’t just plonk him in bed in his pj’s, I still had to wrestle cream onto him. I even had to struggle with the steroid ointment last night as well on […]
Ouch
MIB woke up today with scratches all over his lower back. They were not bleeding particularly, but the top layer of skin was scratched away so that there was plenty of fluff from his pyjamas stuck in the largest scratch. He gripped my hand as I tried to clean it with wet cotton wool. Poor […]
Sleep Aversion Syndrome
At the moment we are struggling with his skin being used as a procrastination tool. I don’t think he has full realisation that his skin is such a sensitive issue with us parents, it is just one thing in a long line of “I wants” – “I want a drink”, “I want the light on”, […]