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DS constantly licking chapped mouth. Any ideas to stop him plse?

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mylittlemonkey · 28/12/2012 20:32

He keeps licking round his mouth and it has become sore and chapped. Does anyone have any ideas about what I can do to stop him doing this.

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ArthurPewty · 28/12/2012 20:38

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ShotgunNotDoingThePans · 28/12/2012 20:38

Depends how old he is - and do you mean the skin around his mouth is red and sore, or just the lips?
Carmex heals chapped lips almost instantly, but stings a bit, so probably best for older kids.
When mine were little, they wouldn't let me put anything on, so I ised to sneakily put Vaseline on the red skin, either around the mouth or on the lips, when they were asleep. Works after a few days.

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ggirl · 28/12/2012 20:39

sudocream , tastes horrid so he won't lick

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GlaikitFizzogTheChristmasElf · 28/12/2012 20:41

Bepanthen is good for clearing up ds teething drool chapped bottom lip and Vaseline as a barrier.

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mylittlemonkey · 28/12/2012 20:56

Thanks for all the suggestions will try them. DS is nearly 3 and he licks the skin around his mouth especially the skin between his upper lip and his nose and was trying to think of something I could put on his skin that would taste bad (but not harm him) to stop him doing it. Will try the Vaseline and sudocream and see if that works.

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Mrsrudolphduvall · 28/12/2012 20:58

Marmite???

Ds went through a phase of this and he looked like a neglected child. I smeared vaseline round his nose and mouth which helped.

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ShotgunNotDoingThePans · 28/12/2012 21:25

He's probably licking because it feels dry and sore. The Vaseline makes a good barrier and both stops moisture leaving the skin, plus the air or outside irritants can't dry it out - kind of.
Once the dry/itchy feeling is gone he won't feel the need to lick, so there shouldn't be any need to put something on that tastes unpleasant.

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lolalotta · 29/12/2012 06:55

We had EXACTLY this problem
Before Xmas with our 3 year old DD, this Weleda weather protection cream not only healed the chapped skin, it also provided a barrier from any more licking and as soon as it started to feel better, she stopped the licking! Grin

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lolalotta · 29/12/2012 06:56

I bought it in Waitrose BTW,but I think Boots sells it too....

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