Scratch Mittens for Your Baby

If you want your child to look like a boxer about to enter a ring , then by all means buy a pair of sratch mittens. Do they stop your child from scratching? No, because you spend so much of your time putting them back on your childs hands as they keep falling off. My son hated me putting them on him so much that I gave up after a few days as it was just a waste of time. I bought mine from Asda, George for approx £1. Thankfully they weren't expensive but that pound would have probably have been better buying a lottery ticket!!!! I tried using some socks and they actually stayed on better but they did look daft. Babies do scratch themselves a lot at first but mine soon ...

Scratch mittens are small little mittens designed to be placed over your babies hands to prevent them from scratching themselves. They are usually made of cotton and are usually white in colour. In my opinion scratch mittens are a complete waste of time. I think that the idea of them is great, as my first baby was always scratching himself in the night. Sadly though the reality of this invention was that they would keep falling off. I bought several different pairs and they all did the same thing. I found that you could get baby sleep suits which have an extra piece of material on them so that the ends fold over the babies hands. These were brilliant, as there was no way ...

Scratch mits are a total waste of time. Babies are born with nails that are often long and they can scratch their delicate skin easily. Even if you cut them often (and boy is that hard - you will put it off at any opportunity because it is so scary!) they grow so quickly that they can scratch themselves shortly after a nail cut. However, although you want a solution to the pesky sharp nails, scratch mits in my opinion are not the answer, simply because they fall off so easily. Also, my baby is a BIG thumb-sucker and our one attempt at covering his hands did not go down well with the little man! If you do want to cover their hands and ...