Marguerite
Active Member
Cotton gloves or socks on the hands is especially important at night because they can scratch in their sleep. Oatmeal baths, bicarb soda baths, witch hazel sounds good (I don't think it stinks; I like the smell, I use it in my home-made skin toner).
And keep them occupied somehow. Can you set up some educational software on the computer for them? Even difficult child 2 - kids do well with computer learning. difficult child 3 was using the computer before he was 12 months old. A very simple program, matching the number on the screen to the number on the keyboard. There are all sorts of things, including interactive books (she should enjoy "Arthur" if someone reads the words to her). You click on various things and they move or make noises. It's really good for even very young kids, they have fun and keep distracted from their spots AND they also learn without even being aware of it!
Or - you could read books to them, lots of books. Let them fall asleep as you read, at least in the early stages.
Marg
And keep them occupied somehow. Can you set up some educational software on the computer for them? Even difficult child 2 - kids do well with computer learning. difficult child 3 was using the computer before he was 12 months old. A very simple program, matching the number on the screen to the number on the keyboard. There are all sorts of things, including interactive books (she should enjoy "Arthur" if someone reads the words to her). You click on various things and they move or make noises. It's really good for even very young kids, they have fun and keep distracted from their spots AND they also learn without even being aware of it!
Or - you could read books to them, lots of books. Let them fall asleep as you read, at least in the early stages.
Marg
