Lick Lipping Problem ?(RAW)

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Hi,

Is anyone else having problems with their child with " autism " licking

around the lips or above till the point of them being extremely red and

raw. My son (7) has done this every winter for years...it always starts

with him having a stuffy nose (like in the fall from a bit of

allergies) or from a slight cold. Then he has the worst looking lips

for the whole winter..once in a while I get it healed for a day or so

and he starts it again...UGH...I don't know how to stop it. He is very

verbal and understands me when I say, Mommy is gonna have to keep

putting this vaseline on (which he dislikes...and I know...vaseline is

bad, but nothing else helps) and within seconds he's licking again. He

does it all day at school...if he's not licking, he uses his whole are

to swipe across his mouth...he winds up with the side area of his face

next to the corner of his mouth all raw too...well, so much for

Christmas pix, LOL! Sorry so long, but this is frustrating every

year...especially when it starts cracking. He literally never does this

in the summertime...