No scratch mittens

ECZEMA..... ugh!  Anyone else who deals with or has dealt with this understands the UGH!  It's a constant battle for us.  Some of you know the early days of this blog were mostly about sharing recipes dealing with various food allergies because all 3 of the girls have dealt with eczema at one point or another and sometimes brought on by food and others still undetermined.  We've tried every wash & cream imaginable without a lot of success.  Our youngest child has it far worse than the others had it and she's a scratcher!  Sometimes we wonder if it's just out of habit but there are times that she's just itchy.  Poor girl has scratched until she bleeds and has been on the verge of causing scars.   Now, she still scratches in her sleep but we've been able to reduce how often she's able to break the skin so I call it a step in the right direction.   The great thing with this is that it's CHEAP! The only tools you need are a pair of tights in child's regular size, the thicker the better, and a pair of scissors.

 Lay the tights flat on the floor and locate the seam that normally runs right by the belly button and cut them down to the flat area.  Once cut I pull them to stretch the area that will go across the back. 

 Slide your child's hand in where the feet would normally go and run the flat area across the back.  If it's too tight in the arm pit area it can be cut more or get a larger size, this should be snug to keep it from sliding but not tight. 

Then just put on pj's as normal.  =)  or as normal as your family may be haha

 Wonder Woman Girl (her words) showing some muscles!   We call them mittens but call it whatever you need to get your child to wear it!