We had a persistent rash while trying to get food allergies under control but Dypers unfortunately exacerbated it.
We started keeping a roll of paper towels next to the changing table and using them after wipes to make sure everything was super dry before the cream and diaper went on. We also started mixing boudreaux’s butt paste with A&D prevent. The butt paste has the highest amount of drying agent that we could find over the counter but it seemed to absorb into the diaper too quickly so mixing it with the A&D provided longer protection.
Our son has sensitive skin and also needed a surgery in the area, which could not happen if there was any rash at all. The urologist swore by calmoseptine, available at basically any pharmacy. It’s pink and feels disgusting on the hands, but it clears up every diaper rash really really quickly. It’s not cloth diaper safe but doesn’t sound like that’s an issue.
In case anyone comes across this looking for cloth options, we have used Burt’s Bees Zinc (it has a huge percentage of zinc in it) pretty successfully as well, although we switch to sposies and calmoseptine for any bad rashes.
There was also a period of time my son had his very own “hair” dryer with the cool button permanently turned on for a spa like drying experience at every diaper change…
At one point we were applying diaper cream then petroleum gel over it as a barrier between the cream and the diaper itself. That whole process was a mess though and difficult to do with a wiggly baby and I always had to scrub my hands thoroughly afterwards because petroleum jelly is meant to repel water so that’s what it does when you’re trying to wash it off.
Petroleum jelly hack- wipe it off with a paper towel first. Makes a huge difference actually haha. Or, just a box of nitrile gloves makes cleanup super easy.
When we tried the honest co diapers they gave toddler E a terrible rash and then at around 2.5 months old we visited Mr E’s sister and used Luvs brand. The luvs aren’t cottony like all of the others they are filled with something that turns into squishy gel when it gets wet. Ever since then anytime we’ve tried any of the normal cottony diapers she has gotten a terrible rash after 2-3 diapers in a row. When she’s awake we change her every hour. The luvs are the only brand we can use now.
It’s basically a throw everything at it recipe- antifungal, antibacterial, zinc, petroleum- and the Mylanta as an antacid helps soothe the acidity of stool on their skin.
It worked like magic on my kid’s horrible diaper rashes.
Agree, though- if it is persistent, or if there are open sores (my son had open bleeding)- ask a Dr!!! And the younger a kiddo, the more likely I would say ask a doctor.
I recall wearing one as a preschooler and elementary schooler.
Or did I grow up in an age where it would have been HORRID to see a trace of a child’s nipple on their shirt, and there is actually no reason at all?
Only under button-down shirts/blouses (typically my “fancy clothes” for birthday parties and holidays and first day of school bc we didn’t go to church). I didn’t know about nipples until after I learned about bras.
Just realized I was probably confusing. The blouses experience was my own circa age 7-10 or so, because not yet a parent. But I’m not aware of any parent friends putting them on their kids, and would not do so do mine except “Sunday best” occasions, maybe, if any.
I’m 36 and I had some but didn’t wear them daily. If there was a reason for wearing them sometimes it was probably either under a sweater instead of a t shirt under a sweater or maybe under certain textures or colours that made my mum itch? I think that we were taught that historically they saved on washing. But kids, unlike some adults (me) dirty clothes from the outside in so…?
I’ve never put my kids in an undershirt. I didn’t know it was a thing. Besides, I will flout any societal shaming of visible nipples on children. (I’m not even pro-shaming for the adults but admittedly fall into line because I still need to function in this society and it’s not a battle I want to fight.)
Hmmm, I think we saw noticable improvement after a couple days but it may have taken a week to completely clear?
There was a long-ish period of time where we had to stay vigilant with the butt paste even after it cleared but now we are back to normal (we put it on sometimes? when we feel like it? she seems fine).
Ah, helpful to know! I probably should have gotten more aggro about treating it after the first week of habit changes didn’t work.
We were haphazard about zinc cream after a friend swore they never had diaper rash using Water Wipes only. It worked for the first month at home and I thought we were in the clear! Now that I think about it we did mix in Honest Wipes that were gifted. Anyway, maybe I should be more consistent or scientific with products. Only change one thing at a time.
It’s impossible to know what will work. And water wipes are pretty pricey. Our system is using fairly natural wipes, and then after a poo we do petroleum jelly or zinc and at night we do petroleum jelly or zinc. We do the zinc if there is any hint of redness. But I don’t actually know if there is a risk to using the zinc cream. And if every baby is just different.dont beat yourself up over diaper rash
. We did a virtual doc appt today and got prescribed an antibacterial too.