https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 17:40:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/scratching-head-until-it-bleeds#post-662234 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:19:48 +0000 matador84 662234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: yes, that's a good idea. It breaks my heart! I coated HS head in cetaphil!<br /> @littlecasita1122: I have thought about putting a hat on him.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/scratching-head-until-it-bleeds#post-662097 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:46:54 +0000 littlecasita1122 662097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO has dealt with this since he was 3 or 4 months old - he would just itch itch itch all night and he'd wake up with oozing patches all over his head. He's never been a huge thumb sucker and wasn't a fan of pacifiers so I think this was his way to soothe himself. </p> <p>He also has pretty bad eczema so we've tried a lot of different products over the past few months. Things that work best for him are hydrocortisone cream, Mustela newborn shampoo, and also keeping his nails short. I remember one time the patches were oozing really bad and I had him wear his newborn hospital hat (it was really stretchy) all day after I put lotion all over his head! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/scratching-head-until-it-bleeds#post-662070 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:33:18 +0000 mrs. wagon 662070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LMW does this to her ears :( so sad. The only things we have been able to figure out have been to douse the area she's scratching with aquaphor so that if she does scratch, it's at least lubricated; and keeping her nails super short and filing them not only along the tops, but along the surface of the nail at the ends to make them weaker. </p> <p>Does he have a lovey? Ever since she took to her lovey around 7 months, she tends to rub her face in it instead of scratching her ears. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/scratching-head-until-it-bleeds#post-662004 Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:46:17 +0000 matador84 662004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 7 months and when he gets upset he will scratch the back of his head until it is bleeding. It is so sad. Has anyone ever had a similar experience? I don't know what to do to get him to stop. He can take mittens off so that isn't an option. He also has some eczema so I think that's why he's used to scratching as a response. </p>