does your baby still wear mittens?

dpraseutsinh · May 2013

i thought i could stop putting mittens on my daughter when she stopped clawing at her face, but when she gets sleepy, she starts scratching her ears and the back of her neck! i thought it was because it was dry so would put lotion on the areas all the time, but it seems like she always scratches it any way. so, now i had to resort to putting mittens on her at night when she sleeps! anyone else have these problems?

newenglander71 · May 2013

DS clawed at his face/ears for a long time when he was tired, well past the age when you normally put mittens on a baby. He will still occasionally do this when he is really sick. That being said, we never used mittens after he was a few weeks old. He started thumb sucking at 6 weeks, which was how he soothed himself, and then as he grew older and discovered his hands more and more, I figured it was better to let him explore and live with a few scratches.

melody921 · May 2013

DD never really wore mittens. She occasionally scratches herself, but I just try to keep her nails short and her skin moisturized. I'm pretty sure she would yank mittens right off though.

ForeverEverAfter · May 2013

My LO stopped wearing them when her sleepers stopped having flip over cuffs (2 months) because she would yank off any mitts or socks I put on her. She still gets some good scratches on her head, but I try to keep her nails short and filed and the scratches go away pretty quickly.

vettymama · May 2013

melody921:
DD never really wore mittens. She occasionally scratches herself, but I just try to keep her nails short and her skin moisturized. I'm pretty sure she would yank mittens right off though.

This.

kekis · May 2013

I honestly laughed when I saw this post because DD got mittens off starting day one! We just keep her nails cut short because she is like a wolverine if they grow! Hope your DD keeps the mittens on and it alleviates some of the scratches.

tortuga47 · May 2013

The pedi at our hospital told us to never use mittens when he was born - just cut their nails short so we've never used them.

beccalee721 · May 2013

kekis:
I honestly laughed when I saw this post because DD got mittens off starting day one! We just keep her nails cut short because she is like a wolverine if they grow! Hope your DD keeps the mittens on and it alleviates some of the scratches.

Exactly this. Occasionally LO will wake up with a scratch on her head / neck, but that's just a reminder I need to cut / file her nails!

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