Sleepless Nights! Ringworm?

Hi H.. A friend of mine put me in to this website and I have no kids but I do know about ringworm. I have numerous neices and nephews and friends with children which unfortunately had led to me getting ringworm. The BEST thing was Desenex. It is in a yellow tube and I picked it up at Wal-Mart at the advice of my best friend. Her daughter had gotten it from another friends daughter that gave it to me and her. confusing I know, bu the Desenex is in a little yellow tube and it is great! t'll be gone in a day or two. Hope that helps!

R. Dixon
Indianapolis, IN

Nine months is usually a combination growth spurt and heavy separation anxiety phase. It'll pass, but he needs to know that you'll be there when he needs you. I agree that he'll need to learn to self-soothe, but in my opinion, letting babies cry it out is not the way to do that. If you always respond when he cries for you, he'll learn that he can always trust you to be there for him and he will be more independent later. It may seem like it takes forever, but they're little for such a short time! My nine month old twins are going through exactly that right now and it's driving me crazy! But my older son did it too and it's just a normal, passing phase. Hang in there!

I'm no help on the ringworm. Could he be teething? My dd will have lots of sleepless nights when she gets teeth. I give her some children't Motrin and she sleeps much better. He could also be going through a growth spurt. My dd didn't sleep through the night till she was almost 10 mos old, so I can feel your pain.

He's bored mama, he wants to play. I remember when my now 12 year old was 3 to 4 months old. She would sleep from 8:30pm until 4:30am and she would wake up bright eyed and bushy tailed ready to just explore and play. I was always too tired around that time. And her daddy couldn't stay awake with her. So, I would lay on the floor with a blanket for her to lie on as well and I would set toys out in front of her. Shake the rattles and sing to her until I fell asleep. A few minutes to about an hour later I'd find her curled up next to me on the floor. So I'd get up and lay her into her crib. She did this kind of thing until she was 3years old when she finally would wear herself out pretty good. As for the ringworm thing...I've never had the problem and never had to deal with it. You can MDweb it or google it?! Sorry no help there. Good Luck and Take Care!

Hi H.,

In my experience, babies often shift in their sleeping habbits for various reasons.
In my case, the most important thing was to allow them to self-soothe and learn to go back to sleep.
If you don't, you may deal with this for years to come since he will have an internal clock waking him up to get the attention.
If he has been fed and everything is okay let him learn to put himself back to sleep.
It benefits them in MANY ways to learn this other than just sleep or allowing you to get proper rest.
Even obesity has been found to be directly connected to bad sleeping habbits and not being able to self-soothe!

Send me a PM if you want me to tell you in more detail some things I tried that have worked great. I know it's hard. ;)
Amy

I'm the opposite of the others.....I'll give you some advice on the ringworm, but not the sleeping. Generally, I wouldn't recommend using peroxide on the rashy area. It is good to bubble dirt out of fresh wounds, but it can actually bubble away the cells that are promoting healing of the spot. Also, I always recommend going to Walmart foot care aisle and getting their "Antifungal Cream". It is clotrimazole cream 1%, which is the same medicine that is in Lotrimin. The best part is that you can get a 60 gram tube for about $5. You can use this cream twice a day, and you can alternate it with antibiotic ointment (like Polysporin). Topical antibiotics have anti-inflammatory properties, so they can be helpful in that respect and they won't worsen the problem. Neither the clotrimazole or the antibiotic ointment should irritate the area. If you notice any worsening of the area at all, your little one could be sensitive to some component in either medicine. I've not seen anyone sensitive to the clotrimazole, but I have seen many people that develop sensitivities to topical antibiotics.

Other than using those two types of topical medicines, you should try using soapless cleansers (like CeraVe or Cetaphil) for washing his face so that his skin keeps from getting dried out. Also, moisturize the area after washing his face (again, with products like CeraVe or Cetaphil) throughout the day after meals and at diaper changes. This will help his skin barrier to function better and want to rash up less.

Hope his rash clears soon!

A.

Hi H.! I also have a 9 month old baby girl, and she's not one to sleep through the night either. Actually, she just got to the point where she's only getting up once -- thank goodness! It used to be anywhere from four to eight times a night. Some kids just don't sleep well. I've had two out of three who weren't good sleepers. We tried the cry it out method several times with her, but it just go to the point where she just screamed for hours, and we weren't willing to listen to it for that length of time. We were getting no where and making no progress. Sometimes, I think you have to pick your battles. We've discovered over time that if we let her cry too long, it goes on and on. If we get her when she starts, it usually isn't near as bad. It may last from 15 minutes to an hour. Maybe he's not much of a sleeper either. Just keep whatever you are doing as consistent as possible. That way he will know what to expect. As for the ringworm, I don't know what to tell you about that but to try and keep it as clean and dry as possible, which certainly isn't easy if he's a drooler. Maybe ask the doctor about Gold Bond, that works for a lot of things. Good luck!