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Claws at face and head?

Jimsgirl5821Jimsgirl5821
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When DS is upset, and also does it in bed, he claws at his face and head horribly. He gets these big deep gashes on his head. I am always trimming his nails and started swaddling at night. He was just freaking out and was overtired nd was just screaming and gave himself a huge cut ;( he finally passed out in my arms :( anyone less LO do this?
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  • inateapotinateapot
    Mine doesn't seem to do it when she's upset so much as she explores her head & sometimes is a little rough - I can't keep her nails short enough either! She also has cradle cap, so I think her head might be a little itchy? 
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  • KimberskirbyKimberskirby member
    Yes - my DS does this as well.  He rolls over now so we had to take him out of the swaddle.  I put socks on his hands at night to keep him from scratching himself.  I am against doing this in the daytime because he needs his hands to explore, but at night - he doesn't need them, so we put the socks on.  We make a game out iof it and we call him "Mr. Sockhands."  He thinks its funny and it works great.
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  • Jimsgirl5821Jimsgirl5821

    imageKimberskirby:
    Yes - my DS does this as well.  He rolls over now so we had to take him out of the swaddle.  I put socks on his hands at night to keep him from scratching himself.  I am against doing this in the daytime because he needs his hands to explore, but at night - he doesn't need them, so we put the socks on.  We make a game out iof it and we call him "Mr. Sockhands."  He thinks its funny and it works great.

    Yeah I didn't want to cover them during day since he sucks his thumb. It's when he cries and is overtired or wakes up too early that he rubs and scratches his head :/ 

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  • mamathefoxmamathefox member
    same issue with me - I feel so bad and try to keep up with clipping but it gets to hard to keep up


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  • musiclover0007musiclover0007 member
    Thanks for posting I'm glad to know I'm not alone on this. I just found a scratch on her face yesterday and it broke my heart. DD's nails grow like crazy and I can only file them at night and when she's asleep and doesn't know what I'm doing. It might sound silly but I'm afraid she'll choke herself if I use the mittens at night. I used to use them all the time but now that she shoves her hands in her mouth for comfort  I'm afraid the mittens will choke her. I know probably unlikely I need to stop being so paranoid. 
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  • Jimsgirl5821Jimsgirl5821

    imagemusiclover0007:
    Thanks for posting I'm glad to know I'm not alone on this. I just found a scratch on her face yesterday and it broke my heart. DD's nails grow like crazy and I can only file them at night and when she's asleep and doesn't know what I'm doing. It might sound silly but I'm afraid she'll choke herself if I use the mittens at night. I used to use them all the time but now that she shoves her hands in her mouth for comfort  I'm afraid the mittens will choke her. I know probably unlikely I need to stop being so paranoid. 

    most likely she will just pull them off ;) I used to try socks on the hands when DD was a baby and scratched her eczema....she always got out of them, never choked ;) 

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  • musiclover0007musiclover0007 member
    Thanks that makes me feel better. I'll see about putting them back on at night I don't want to see any more scratches on her little face.
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