plunket/mw/nappy rash
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Topic: plunket/mw/nappy rash
Posted By: ElfsMum
Subject: plunket/mw/nappy rash
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 11:32am
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Now firstly i love my mw..after a few issues it went great and she was fab :) anyway she does have a habit of putting people in labour ahead of everyone ;) and so she was supposed to come thur....then fri and rang sat to say she would ring to let me know when she was coming...
anyway i rang her last night to ask if she wanted me to go in(she's been coming to me) and no reply:( Ethan hasnt been weighed since 2.5 weeks cause he was asleep 2 weeks ago when she came:( so anyway she told me last time Plunket is supposed to have contacted me and they haven't...am i supposed to ring them...or do i just wait? if so how long do i wait..he's 6 weeks on Friday ...? and he slept 5-6 hours last night but woke up with nappy rash.. i have put sudo(something of other) on it and last time it happened it cleared it right up(we put it on at most nappy changes but i forgot at 9pm,1am one last night  anyway any tips to stop it besides putting cream on everytime? sorry TMI..as he's a boy and the scrotum was red looking i put it on there but now the cream kinda sticks..i assume its suppose to..makes him look weird though:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
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Posted By: susieq
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 11:49am
| I would ph Plunket and see how you get on |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 11:50am
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It probably wouldn't hurt to give plunket a ring, also if you just want him weighed then the docs will do that at the 6 week check.
With the nappy rash giving him time without a nappy works wonders, I always use to do nappy off time and tummy time together to try to minimise sprinkles. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 11:54am
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well she hasnt seen him really in over 2 weeks as he was asleep last time..so thought she might at least want to check him or look at him or something:( everyone else seems to have had a lot more from their mw's:( 6 week check on monday ..well fri for me at hospital and then monday for both of us and jabs:(
yeah i might have to as every single time we take it off he pooes and wee son us:) lol but i will try! ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 11:59am
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just rang the nearest one and left a message ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 1:57pm
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Re: the nappy cream, there's no harm using it every change. I did when my girls were tiny coz they pooped so often they were prone to nappy rash.
How many home visits have you had from your midwife? You are entitled to between 5-10 and it should be closer to 10 in your case as you are a first time mum. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 2:37pm
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cant remember how many btou 7-8 ..i understand plans change but she said thur, then fri...then she would call me and now hes nearly 6 weeks so whats the point:( just feel like im missing what im supposed to have..
the last visit was 2 weeks ago tomorrow.. yeah i forgot to put on the cream and that part has cleared he still has a red patch on side of leg where it meets groin though..is that something i should be concerned bout or just mention to doc on monday? i have my hospital appt friday ...what will they do..maybe just check bp?.. i think thats what she said it was for..i have normal 6 week one on monday.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: pekemoemum
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 3:07pm
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hugs Kaww thats' frustrating not to have any contact by them! keep on at them
I agree with the other ladies.. I found no nappy time THE best medicine for nappy rash. a good clean with water/cloth, then lay them on a big old towel or something so you don't have to stress about 'accidents'... specially this lovely weather, he won't get too cold 
Then slather the cream on (sudo is great, but also have used the cheap vit e/castor/zinc cream from the supermarket and it's fine too!) you must be doing really great and that's why the mw not worrying!  I BET you're ready for a weigh in for him eh! that was always really exciting for me!!!
hugs and al lthe best! ------------- Gina, Reef 15/6/03, Tyde 12/2/07 http://www.pekemoe.co.nz - Peke Moe - Unique NZ Made Baby Sleeping bags for babies who get out of swaddle/wrap |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 3:09pm
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lol thanks..its partly as he is EBF and sometimes it is hard to latch him and i want to know hes growing ok..i mean i know it but i want weighing proof:) but yeah she did say shes not worried and she would be here straight away if i was (like in the beginning..
i meant to ask you is i hard to go from being wrapped into one of the sleeping bags...do they startle for the first little while in it? ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Danash
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 3:32pm
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Kaww, when my MW came she would weigh him even if he was sleeping. We would just strip him off and he'd wake she'd do all her bits and then I'd put him back down again. (mind you I've never had issues with him settling). My plunket nurse made contact with me the day my mw discharged me. |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 4:03pm
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yeah everyone else said that too..she said last time'you can wake him to weigh him but i dont recommend it..its up to you though'... :( im just sad him and i missed out..we dont know his progress..sad for me..he doesnt care he's getting very fat:) as far as plunket she just kept asking me so i assume she thinks they will contact me first....? so i rang i guess she will just tell me to wait till im discharged..im annoyed everything is a week behind and now he will get behind in Plunket too..i hate being late for things:(
i think he's bigger...from this to this:) stupid photobucket having issues:( had to use different photo.. 
------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 4:08pm
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Use Cornflour for his nappy rash. Just sprinkle it on his bottom and do the nappy up. It works wonders.
As for Plunket. They'll only call you for you first visit if your midwife has done the referral. Mine didn't so I didn't see Plunket until Cooper was 9wks instead of 6. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 4:13pm
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:( to that bout Plunket...and thanks for the tip ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 5:26pm
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Our little girl hates tummytime so doing tummytime with a nappy off has never really been an option. During the day we use lucas paw paw stuff, but pretty much anything will do during the day as we changed the nappy frequently (big wetter) but at night because she was sleeping through and having the most horrendous nappy rash we apply daktozin before she goes to bed. It's an ointment bought off the shelves at my chemist that gets slathered on and sticks to her skin. Not very attractive, but no nappy rash in the morning either.
Can't remember if Cath startled when she went from being wrapped to a sleepbag, we made up her moses basket as follows cos we didn't get a sleeping bag till she was about four months: *Take out the mattress, then put cot sheets blankets widthsways in basket ensuring that sides of blankets hang out equally. Make sure that you have the widthways stuff covering the lower half of the basket. *Put mattress back in, then whatever stuff you put on the mattress for baby to lie on. *Put baby in. *Wrap one side of the hanging out blankets over the baby, tuck in, do the same with the other side. *Your left with a neatly wrapped baby but with a lot of blanket hanging out at the bottom. Cath could still get out this. So I grabbed the excess at the bottom of the basket and instead of folding under the mattress, folded the excess up and on top of her and tucked material down the sides to create a cocoon - that she couldn't wriggle or startle out of. She was a winter baby in a cold room so we then put a wool blanket on top and tucked down the sides for extra warmth. |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 7:20pm
| We always have used curash powder. It worked better than creams and easier to make sure it gets on everything that needed it. |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 8:30pm
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we have curash, bepanthen and sudo whatever it is.. so hopefully something will work its looking better every time.. :) thanks for the tip re basinette.. he gets very hot sleeping atm..but come winter we will try it.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 10:18pm
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When your at the dr ask for a script of zinc and castor oil, its free and comes in a huge tub and is just as good as anything I've used.
Aww he is so cute KA you're doing so well. |
Posted By: babyg
Date Posted: 12 March 2008 at 10:47pm
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He sure has grown!
We used Sudocrem too Kawww and it worked in the beginning but then it stopped and when the doc saw the rash (looked just like nappy rash) she said it was actually thrush infection  Apparently there's no difference when the rash is on the bottom except that thrush won't go away with nappyrash creams. We got a script for some Nilstat drops to give Carys orally and it went away. Maybe ask Plunket if it is just nappyrash when you finally get to see them or take him to a doc if it looks particularly mean.------------- Ev, Mum to: Carys Ruby - 4 October 2007 Spencer James - 2 July 2010 |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 5:07am
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i have a doc appt on monday so will ask then..thanks...and thanks rach:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 8:57am
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plunket nurse called me back... she hasnt got my form and she should have....sending a nurse out to see me then im going to the rooms just round the corner after that ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: MyBelly
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 9:31am
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thrush will look like tiny red little blisters.
you said bout the nappy rash being where his leg meets his groin, are u sure its nappy rash and not raw skin? when Eden was about 1month the mw found a little bit of raw skin, just from when i was bathing her, i wasnt getting that tiny bit dry and it was rubbing away. (can also happen in other creases of skin, underarm, neck, elbows etc) i use cornflour on Edens rash as well, and it works fantastically. good luck hun, judging by your photos, he is doing fine, so u are obviously doin everything great 
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 9:54am
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mybelly.. it does look more like raw skin.. what do i pu ton that? the rash part has gone totally..
thankyou:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 10:02am
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Luke gets the raw skin thing - I was worried when I first noticed it around 3 weeks old... but everyone has told me not to worry about it. Nappy off time is best, a bit of sun on it and dry it out completely (DH used to blow on him to dry it out). Every now and then it comes back, but clears pretty quick - doesn't seem to bother him either...
If you want to use something on it, powder (after completely dried) or some nappy cream seems to work... I use ecostore nappy balm, and he hasn't had a problem sice I started using it. ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: MyBelly
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 10:50am
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yea i would say try and have no nappy time as often as u can, (be prepared to go through HEAPS of towels to get rid of it, lol i pretty much covered my lounge floor with cloth nappies so if eden peed then i would just need to put the cloths in the wash.
Make sure u really pat the area dry after every nappy change and bath/shower, i personally would avoid using any talc powder etc on it until it isnt raw skin, but when its healed would start covering the whole area with talc after every nappy change an especially bath/shower, thats the only way i keep edens away. But yea, it isnt much to worry about, although mw said it can get infected if it gets really bad, so i would keep an eye on it, but once the area is always kept dry it should clear up asap 
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Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 11:59am
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RE: NAPPY RASH
Michaela gets shocking nappy rash (it sometimes even bleeds) and in the first few weeks even the stuff the md prescribed wouldn't help. Over the past few years we've found some fail safe methods for preventing/treating it. We use: - lots of curash at every change - wet cloths instead of baby wipes - when she has a rash we make up a solution of baking soda and water and wet the cloths in this before cleaning her - add baking soda to her bath water - manuka honey is good for getting rid of rashes because of its high antibac properties (slather it straight on to rash - this will sting the first few time) - if all else fails we get a prescription for Miconazole H cream. ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 3:25pm
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Nappy rash:
If baby has thrush kind of nappy rash you'll know straightaway as this type of nappy rash is systemic (ie all through system - baby will also have white spots on tongue too). We slathered daktozin on the bum, and gave cath nilstat (sp?) in liquid form with the dropper, and because I was breastfeeding I had to use nilstat (cream variety) on my nipples too cos her oral thrush gave my nipples thrush!. Talk to doctor as nilstat prescription only. If you're BF then consider dipping nipples in vinegar/water mix (as thrush can't thrive in acidic environment). |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 3:28pm
Great tip!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Rackhell wrote:Posted By: babyg
Date Posted: 13 March 2008 at 8:46pm
Hey Rackhell, our girl got thrush only on her bum - three times (two in hospital and once when we got home). She never got any in her mouth (was continuously checked for oral thrush). It was diagnosed by her Paediatrician as thrush (she said babies can get localised in one area only) and mycostatin cream (script required) was the only thing that took it away, we also had nilstat to give her daily for ages just in case she ever got any in her mouth but she never did. I never got any on my nipples either. So I guess we were quite lucky that our girl's thrush was localised. PS - i think it all depends on where the thrush originates; ie. if the thrush begins on the bottom (like in our case), baby may not end up with oral thrush. If it originated in the mother's nipples or the baby's mouth then it is quite likely to end up right throughout mum and baby's systems. ------------- Ev, Mum to: Carys Ruby - 4 October 2007 Spencer James - 2 July 2010 |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 9:17am
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if youa re regularly using cream and it isnt going, he could be like my LIly - have a sensitivity to zinc based creams. Lily ended up with shocking red raw skin and we kept slathering it on, ended up with a load of thigns fromt eh doc in case it was other infections.
Eventually we ran out of the sudocream, and had been given bepanthen. Within 24 hours of that (and no zinc based creams) it was healing and almost gone. Worth trying it anyway - cut out the zinc creams for a while and try only bepanthen or pawpaw for a couple of days, see if that makes a difference. -------------  
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 2:52pm
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ok we have just been using the sudo stuff..clears his bum but makes raw skin on side of legs..will try bepathetn and see what happens. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: babyg
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 7:53pm
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good luck kawwww ------------- Ev, Mum to: Carys Ruby - 4 October 2007 Spencer James - 2 July 2010 |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 14 March 2008 at 8:56pm
| Miconazole is great for the raw skin my 2 got it heaps on their chubby necks and it cleared it up so quick. It does thin the skin so don't use heaps. |
Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 3:56am
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you get it from doc? the bepathen is really helping:) ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 12:41pm
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Bepanthen is miracle cream!
BTW, Kawwww what on earth are you doing online at 4am?! You're mad woman! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 15 March 2008 at 11:31pm
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Oh yay Kawwww, that is awesome news! Interesting that maybe Ethan has a zinc sensitivity too. In that case just check any future bubba sunscreen ingrediants a some have zinc in them. It is pretty easy to get sinc free ones though, I got ours at the supermarket.
I used it in her neck creases too (yucky, but spills when sleeping would catch in them and get red raw). -------------
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Posted By: ElfsMum
Date Posted: 16 March 2008 at 3:39am
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maya.. when he wakes up..esp if he's had 5 hours...i feed him and put him back to be.d.then he drops his dummy and cries (i put it back in, he drops..i put it back in etc) for about 30mins.) so i type on here while I'm waiting.. eventually he alls asleep.. would be easier to have him in bouncer then transfer him but i want him used to his bed at night:) before i wouldnt come online and I'd be falling asleep waiting this keeps me awake:)
maybe hes sensitive to product like me..his rash is a million times better in just three times of using the cream.. and he has had the last nappy on six hours(asleep for 5) an no problems.. ------------- Mum to two amazing boys! |