Toddler's Back Itches at Night

My kids do that and it just tends to be dry skin. Maybe some lotion is all you need...?

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His skin is probably just dry. The air this time of year does dry out skin. I have the same problem with myself. Try using an oatmeal bath (Aveeno or your store brand), that calms itchiness, and using a lotion specifically designed to moisturize. While it is possible that he's doing it just for attention, I would be more inclined to think of dry skin.

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Maybe he's just suffering from dry skin. Have you tried using lotion on his back?

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Perhaps your son needs lotion on his skin.

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My daughter has excema, the first thing the doctors have always asked me is if I have recently switched laundry detergents. I have to use the baby detergent on my kids clothes, and actually started using it on everyones because of lack of time to do several different loads. At walmart, they sell Baby All. That is probably the cheapest your going to get.
It probably only happens at night because hes actually laying on the clothes for a long time. It is kinda weird that he doesnt have a rash or anything. I mean if it were dry skin, you could probably tell its dry.....weird. Try using a sensitive detergent.
It could be a reaction to the juice. That stuff has SO much sugar in it. There are more Cons than Pros in juice. I would just give him water, if thats the only thing he will drink, its a lot better than just drinking juice.
Thats all I got! Hope it gets better soon!

I would contact his pedatrician and explain since many things and some serious internal can cause itching, without noticable skin redness.
Call for peace of mind also, safe than sorry.

Just dry skin.
You mentioned he is drinking a lot less milk than he used to ..... replace some of that lost liquid with something else.
Lotion will help, also a humidifier in his room.

He is probably enjoying the extra comfort of having you relax him off to sleep, too.
;)

My guess since he doesn't have a visible rash is too much sugar in his system (maybe an allergy to yeast?). First I'd call the dr ASAP to rule out anything internally serious, then if all is well there I'd cut down his sugars and carbohydrate intake to near nothing for a few weeks and see if that doesn't help.

you didn't mention what his skin looks like. when my son has an itchy back it's because he had something he is allergic to. i can see raised red bumps on his back. so to treat the itchy back, i give him children's benadryl or apply cortizone on his back. of course..that's if it's an allergic reaction.

could it be there might be a foreign object on his bed? we found out the hard way that my son accidently broke a light fixture and had tiny glass pieces on his bedding. of course he didn't tell us and we found out when hubby stepped on a piece of glass.

or another thought is the detergent on the bedding. have you changed that recently? i would suggest switching to something that is nonallergenic.

Hi, S.:
Two quick thoughts: I, too, have had itchy skin after I lie down for a few minutes switched from soap to shower gel because it was drying out my skin. Does lotion help at all? Also, a little out there, but itchy skin, especially a back, is sign of allergies. Maybe not the juice (or maybe so?), but perhaps a "general" reaction to spring or something you came across on vacation.
Hope he can get some relief.

S.,
i would try some lotion as soon as he starts it. let him know that this is "magic itch lotion" so that if it is an attention thing, it might nip it in the bud. i highly recommend "dermarest" eczema medicated lotion, if regular lotion won't do. it has "immediate itch relief" and hydrocortizone. (any hydrocortizone lotion may do, but my "expertise" is in eczema, that's my son's particular trial!) i have used it at times and it is a great moisturizer. i'm sure you'll get lots of good advice for moisturizers, but just another option. good luck! after three hours i'd have been tempted to tell him he was on his own! lol!

switch out that laundry detergent! It's the heat of his body triggering & releasing the allergens...seriously, you itch more when warm.

BED MITES. They are actually there. If you have his mattress tested you will be surprised. Even new ones have been known to have bed bugs. You can't see them; but maybe he is more sensitive that anyone else. Couldn't hurt to check.

Ask your pharmacist if he is too young to use a lotion called "Sarna" on. It is an anti-itch lotion that is used in a lot of the compounds that we make at the pharmacy where I work. It is sold over the counter, and is really great when it comes to relieving minor skin itching!!! Maybe you could start putting it on his back BEFORE you put him to bed, and as someone else said, really play up the "magic anti itch lotion" aspect of it. Could you consider putting an undershirt on underneath his pajamas, just in case it is a contact problem from the sheets.
Good luck!!!