Why do babies like to scratch their faces?

If there are babies at home, some parents may find that their children sometimes scratch their faces, which may be mosquito bites. At this time, timely treatment is needed to prevent the children from scratching their skin. At the same time, make sure your child's nails are not too long. In addition to mosquito bites, it may also be caused by eczema or dehydration of the face. Parents need to be clear about the reasons. So, why do babies like to scratch their faces? Let’s take a look.

Culprit 1: Habitual Actions

Babies like to scratch their faces, and this may be a habitual action.

Suggestion: Parents should pay more attention to their baby’s behavior, stop their baby in time when he/she scratches his/her face, and slowly use actions to teach him/her that this is wrong. Every time this action is stopped, the baby will subconsciously stop doing it and gradually develop the habit of not scratching his face. Every time the baby scratches his face, mothers can give the baby his favorite toy. If his little hands are not free, he will naturally not scratch his face.

Culprit 2: Lack of water on the face

The main reason why babies scratch their faces is that their faces are dehydrated, their skin becomes dry, tight and rough, which in turn causes itching and makes the babies feel uncomfortable.

Recommendation: Mothers should immediately apply professional baby moisturizer to their babies to maintain the softness and elasticity of the skin, moisturize the skin, and prevent the baby from scratching his face.

Culprit 3: It’s all caused by eczema

If your baby likes to scratch his face, it may be due to eczema on his face. Some skin diseases can make the baby's skin itchy and unbearable, and the baby's little hands will scratch wherever it itches.

Suggestion: When mothers find that their babies often scratch their faces, they should carefully observe whether their babies have any abnormalities on their skin, such as rashes, desquamation, and other skin diseases, because these will make the baby very itchy and unable to control himself. If your baby has eczema on his skin, you must do a good job of moisturizing and apply moisturizing cream on your baby's face. For moderate to severe eczema, you can also use appropriate amounts of hormonal ointments, such as hydrocortisone ointment.

Ps: When you find that your baby likes to scratch his face, you should trim his nails in time and smooth the edges of the nails to prevent the nails from scratching the face and giving bacteria a chance to invade.

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