3 Year Old, Peeling Toes

Hi C.!
A silly question of me but do your have your little one in socks while wearing shoes? If not wearing socks try them. It just sounds like a rubbing issue. Also try to put lotion or even vaseline on those little tootsies!Put some on yours too!
Hope this helps!
L.

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It sounds like the skin is dead skin that just isn't getting scrubbed off in the bath. Just start washing her toes with a washcloth each bath and it should get better.

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My 7 year old daughter has peeling skin under her toes. I try to buy canvas shoes as much as possible & never let her wear synthetic material shoes. As much as she will try to have her sleep bare foot. She still gets peeling skin just less of it. She has her father's really sweaty feet. No croc's or anything like it. You could use powder just make sure there is no corn starch in it, that is hard to find though.

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C. I don't want to scare you but you may want to take your child to the doctor IMMEDIATELY especially if she has or has had a fever recently....there is a virus known as Kawasaki Disease and it can potentially cause a lot of harm to your child...here is a website to read up more about it http://dermnetnz.org/bacterial/kawasaki.html .

My cousin's child had the same symptom and she luckily caught it and mentioned it to her doc....her son ended up needing to be put on high doses of children's tylenol (for clotting) for 6 months and he was hospitalized for a few days. She was lucky she caught it in time because it can cause a lot of harm to the heart. I believe John Travolta's son Jett had this when he was a child and to my knowledge they didnt get it treated because of religious beliefs...

anyway....i really dislike when people come up with the worst scenerio and try to scare me about things...but I really feel like it is worth considering this possibility.

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Do her feet sweat alot? My kids had the peeling toes when their feet would sweat in their shoes. I wanted to compare it to athlete's foot, but it wasn't that, no itch, no pain. But I sprinkled baking soda in their shoes at night, took a hair dryer to remove the moisture as well. Then when I put their socks on, I dusted their feet and in between the toes with baby powder. They loved the extra attention and it didn't take long for the peeling to stop. Their shoes were leather and didn't breathe like a fabric tennis shoe or sandal would. So it was just a habit we got into, one that my boys continue to do as teenagers/young adults. They are distance runners, and their feet take quite a pounding and work out. This just provides that extra protection from any mold or fungus that might take up in their shoes or in their toes. Take good care!!

Hi C.,

Her feet are probably just growing and shedding some extra skin. My kids' feet peel from time to time when they are having a growth spurt. As long as it doesn't bother her, I wouldn't worry about it. There is no need to put anything on it as long as it doesn't bug her. It will come off more rapidly if she takes several long baths, or runs around barefoot. If it starts to crack and get red looking, maybe try putting straight coconut oil on them, that works really well for my dry skin. And it is a great antifungal as well.

I too grew up in Alaska and my husband goes up to Bristol Bay every summer for 5 months, so I am right there with ya sister. :) We go up every summer after school gets out and spend summers there, I love Alaska and miss it a lot. Can't wait to move back. :)

I would suggest you that you see a dermatologist. I have eczema and exfoliative keratolysis on my feet. This makes my skin peel off on the bottom of my feet and sometimes on my toes. It does not hurt or bother me (I have a pretty mild manifestation) and there is no real treatment or cure. It does get aggravated by having wet feet though. There are a few other related conditions, and you should make sure to exclude a fungal or bacterial infection.

This happened to my boys.. because they love to wear 'Crocs'
I try to have them wear them with socks sometimes and not wear them so much this winter at all.
But i'll likely have them right back in them this summer :)
it's important to have the right size,. my doctor had checked my 5 yr old for this very thing at his appt. and said it was from the way kids hold the shoes on by scrunching their toes up. He didn't tell us to stop wearing them..but just him checking clued me in.

-mk

The tips of my fingers and toes peel because the air is so dry around here, especially in winter. However, when my daughter had peeling skin on her feet, it turned out to be a fungal infection. We thought it was just dry skin and the home treatments we used actually made it much worse. The doctor recognized it and prescribed lamisil which is now available over the counter. After our goof, I think I'd check with a doctor first before treating by trial and error.

Maybe dry skin? Get some good lotion and lube up her feet and see if that helps.