6mths and still needs to be wrapped

[Mum2SweetCs]

Hi Ladies,

My DD is 6mths and she still needs to be wrapped with 2 wraps. If she doesnt, she rubs her eyes (due to ezcema) continuously and wont go to sleep.

The problem is, the weather is getting so hot and she is getting too big for the wraps and more wriggly.

She rolls and gets out of her wraps so easily now that it becomes exhausting just trying to rewrap her.

What can I do to stop her from itching her eyes?

Thanks all!

[Beatrix]

umm i have no help

just wanted to let you know my DD still is wrapped..

with warmer weather i tend to strip down and use a muslin warp, you can get very very thin blankets

[Laranna]

Can you try cotton mittens?

With the wraps, how about muslin ones? At least 1 sqm in size and wrap on the diamond instead of on the straight edge? This gives you more length and width to wrap with.

[Sequoia]

Sorry, no suggestions but just wanted to say we still wrap here too!

SG
xo

[Mum2SweetCs]

I got very thin muslin wraps 120cm x 120cm, she wriggles out of them the easiest! I think cause they are thinner and yeh i use the diamond wrapping approach already lol

Cotton mittens, no help, she pulls them off!!

Aghghh, it just gets frustrating!

Thanks for the replies though ladies!!!!

[Laranna]

Doh..

Oh how about the bond wondersuits, you can turn the cuffs out so it covers up their hands? I do it on DS when it's really cold at night.

[Ezz]

I wrapped right through summer last year - just used lightweight wraps & put the air-con on if necessary. DS was wrapped until he was 9 months old - he wouldn't sleep without it either. You may find the eye-rubbing is just because she is tired - not just because of the eczema. DS rubs his eyes too (so much so that it used to stop him going to sleep - he would just flap his arms and rub his eyes). Now that he is older he doesn't flap so much.

Re. the shape of your wrap - I actually found it better to wrap on the straight edge with a big wrap (mine was 150 by 150). Then I could wrap the two sides & tuck them under his bottom, then fold up the bottom of the wrap & do the same thing - tuck the sides in. You can buy muslin that is 148cm wide from spotlight.