DD has a pus filled bump-pimply thing on her hand. It looks like it may start to drain. I want to put on polysporin & a bandaid, but she wont leave the bandaid on. Any suggestions?
I wonder if you put a clear bandaid on the boo boo then put a cartoon character bandaid on a different part of her body if she would be so fascinated with the cartoon one that she would leave the plain one alone. They have some water proof bandaids that are just almost invisible...maybe that would fool her!!!
Can you wait til she's sleeping and put something on it, then a band aid, then a sock?
Try to put it on during naps and when she's sleep for the night.
We bought bandage tape for this reason. I would wrap round and round and the child couldn't get it off.
use gauze and tape
I found a bandaid that was made to stay on feet and is totally waterproof. It looks like a gel bandage, and is meant to take the place of a scab in order to help prevent/minimize scarring. It comes in boxes of four, 2 in. sq. bandages. When you put the bandage on, it blends into the skin, and moves with you. You can barely tell it's there. And to remove it, you loosen an end, and gently stretch it. I love them and think they would work wonderfully for your daughter.
Um...that's a tough one. Can you wrap packing tape around it or something? Hopefully someone else will have a better idea, but that's probably what I would try to see if it would prevent her from being able to take it off.
Put on the band aid or liquid band aid when she is sleeping. Or just let it be unless it is actually open. My kids pulled the band aids off at that age too and I let it be unless it was actually bleeding or open (no scab yet).
Maybe you could put the band-aid on, then a sock that goes up to her armpit... put tape around the sock to hold it up, but not so it's on the skin. make sure you can still fit at least one finger in between her arm and the tape... Then put a shirt on her so she can't reach up to pull it down.
