Footless sleepsuits with scratch mittens

My 5 month old has eczema, and while the cetraben and oilatum we have been prescribed is generally keeping her skin at bay, we are really struggling with her scratching the back of her head and her neck. She is drawing blood when she does this. We’ve relied heavily on sleepsuits with fold over mittens to reduce the skin breakage, but she has outgrown 3-6 month sleepsuits and to my horror, it turns out the 6-9 month ones don’t have the fold over mittens anymore!! I am aware some brands like Jojo Maman Bebe carry sleepsuits with fold over mittens up to 9 or 12 months, but my little one is also starting to try and crawl and can’t get any grip on the floor with footed sleepsuits.

Long story short, ideally I am looking for recommendations for sleepsuits that:

- Have fold over scratch mittens in 6-9 months upwards

- Are footless (or have fold over feet)

- Ideally with a zip (not strictly necessary, but I feel like they look slightly less like pyjamas than the popper ones 🥲)

- Less than £23 (Zipster is the best option I’ve found so far but they are so expensive!)

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Have a look at scratch sleeves they have been amazing for my little boy literally a mitten short cardigan x

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ScratchSleeves-Stay-Scratch-Toddlers-Cappuccino/dp/B00AVOUMXA/ref=asc_df_B00AVOUMXA/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310552167016&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=3468159295922515820&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046752&hvtargid=pla-699203657758&psc=1&mcid=2c254070a91b3adf9feb9a0df2e5daac

100% recommend a scratch sleeve like the above comment! x

We had the same issue but needed mittens and footed as he uses his feet to scratch his legs 🤦🏼‍♀️ but the scratch sleeve has been a life saver. I put it under sleepsuit at bed time then during day time I just pop it over the top of outfits say when he’s napping/just chilling/if I need to leave the room for a second to go to the toilet etc so I know he’s not ripping apart his face/chest/arms x

Happy skin have bodies with mittens
https://amzn.eu/d/dlxtJmK

Bonds wondersuits!!
They have inbuilt mittens all the way up to 12months and are footless with zips. I got all mine on Vinted as they are expensive new. Xx

We also use clinifast garments they are like leggings and a vest with built in fold over mittens to wear under clothes and for wet wrapping. Our doctor prescribes these so they don’t cost might be worth trying to get them on prescription if your doctors prescribe them x

this is really interesting, how did you go about getting these prescribed?

the nurse at the doctors popped them on his prescription for wet wrapping but you can use them for wet wrapping and general use moisturisinguntil flares etc have gone but we use them at all times. They are clinifast garments they should prescribe them you could easily just say you know someone that has them prescribed x

I’m looking at ordering from Happy Skin, do you have a referral code / link I could use?

oh sorry I don't have one

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