Battle of the bedtimes - The deadly itch

Ho ho ho. I've been struck by toddler bedtime wars again. Of course now that little dude has grown up a little, it's the baby's turn! We've put little dude and the baby into the same bedroom. So bedtimes are now twice as fun... for them (not us parents).

It's bedtime, but look at these guys

Do your children itch as much as mine during bedtime? They're normal during the day but when the lights go off at bedtime, suddenly, their whole body itches. Little dude used to 'itch' a lot when he was a toddler. Just as he needed to sleep, his head suddenly develops this urgent itch which we have to 'spatch' for him... then his back gets it... then his buttocks... hands... legs.... essentially every part of his body.

Now my fifteen-month-old daughter's got it too. But it's mostly confined to her EARS. She'll fidget around and around and around until we offer to put our pinkie into her ear and sort of massage it a bit. And we've got to do this for like... an hour or so. If we stop, she'll remind us by saying "er dor! er dor!" in mandarin, which means "ear! ear!". Sometimes even though we try to continue massaging the ear, she'll grow fidgety again. So I try my luck and give her a head massage, which works and keeps her lying down still for a while. But sometimes, nothing seems to make her comfortable and she had to let out several big howls and cries before finally falling asleep.

Yeah, and I mentioned that little dude was in the same room? After watching her sister get VIP treatment, he asked for some too. So I end up scratching him all over. Just like old times.