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Hi all,

 

Has anyone any ideas on how to stop a 2 1/2 year old picking her face, she fell over a while back scratched her nose, that took ages to heal up as she would not leave it alone, she has since had chicken pox, hand foot and mouth all of which she has worried, she currently has a bramble scratch that she will not let heal.

 

We have tried distraction techniques, which is great til nap time, putting plasters on face or fingers, her nails are kept short, we have tried nail varnish as a distraction and well as a specially designed necklace, nothing seems to work does anyone have any ideas please?

 

She woke up from her nap today with the bramble scratch bleeding again.

 

she has been to the dr and keeping her nails short was the only advice.

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I would say give her something else to distract her, maybe a tactile ball or something that she can fiddle with......

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Thanks for the replies, she does it whenever her hands are not busy. We do not give her any attention for it, we can tell by the way she acts that she has made herslf bleed. We have tried keeping it soft with vaseline and she still picks. Gloves/ mittens she removes. We are just struggling to find a solution meanwhile i am sure another round of impetigo is due soon ( despite the best will in the world).

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I'm sure my mum would have had some ideas - probably to put TCP on to make it sting - that was her answer to most things (or iodine) with the phrase "Well, you've only yourself to blame, I told you not to ....."

 

That aside, there's only so much distraction you can do, isn't there!? I wonder if it itches, or if it's just a habit. I had a school friend who used to eat the skin of her fingers till they bled, she grew out of it eventually, but I can remember it quite vividly

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