Before I Dr. Google it, I wanted to see if anyone had this happen before. I noticed yesterday on my daughter thumb, that her skin is dry and cracked and a little red. It is on the skin side of her thumb from her knuckle up. Is this normal? I want to put coconut oil on it to see if that helps. She only sucks her thumb to go to sleep and then she spits it out before she gets in a deep sleep. Thanks!
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Did the coconut oil help? My LO sucks her thumb a lot and we will probably run into this issue soon!
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We ran into this a couple of times. It was when he was teething and sucking very vigorously. We didn't put anything on it and it healed on its own.
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My LO gets a dry cracked spot on her thumb too...i put aquaphor on it when she is awkae bc she doesn't suck her thumb when she is awake...and after a day it looks back to normal...but a few weeks later I have to repeat
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Interesting...I'm wondering if we're going to run into this when the weather finally gets cold (we're in Asia and it's still pretty warm). We've had to use physiogel (similar to Aquaphor) and an antibiotic/steroid around my LO's eyes because she was rubbing her drooly hands on them and irritating the skin, so I wouldn't be surprised if her thumb is next.
Is coconut oil edible? Did you have any problems with it staining everything your LO touches? I think I'd have to put BabyEllie in mitties if I put anything on her thumb....
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