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Topic: Nappy Rash

Posted By: bookwyrm
Subject: Nappy Rash
Date Posted: 23 July 2008 at 2:35pm

Hey ladies.

Phoenix has his first ever nappy rash, and it is awful. A week ago we went to doctors and he was given Zink and Castor Oil cream for his baby butt. It still hasn't cleared.

Have tried airing his bottom after changes.
Regular washing of the rash after changes.
Zinc and Castor Oil cream.
Stopped using baby wipes and using warm wet flannels.
Even gone to cloth nappies.

Anything else I can do? I feel so sorry for him.

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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 23 July 2008 at 2:45pm

When he's up let him have a bare bum, yeah there will be accidents but it will help dry it up

Posted By: MorgansMum
Date Posted: 23 July 2008 at 2:47pm

Lucas paw paw cream is great for nappy rash and its natural you can get it from any heath shop

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Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 23 July 2008 at 2:53pm

How long do you guys allow for bare bum time?

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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 23 July 2008 at 2:56pm

I found the zinc and castor oil made Michaela's rash worse. I'd stop using that, first off.

This is what worked for us:

I would make up a solution of warm water and baking soda and dips your flannels in this to clean the nappy area. I'd also sprinkle baking soda into the bath tonight (baking soda has natural antibacterial properties).
Lot's of nappy free time.
Try bepanthan and curash (I found the combination was good).
Spread manuka honey straight onto the rash (it sounds weird and it stings initially but it really really works. The higher UMF the better).
Go back to the doctor and ask for Micreme H - this never failed to clear up Michaela's nappy rash.

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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 23 July 2008 at 2:58pm

TaraandPhoenix wrote:

How long do you guys allow for bare bum time?

As long as you're happy to leave him. Over summer when Michaela got a bad rash we went whole days without nappies on except during sleep times. Do you have wooden floors or any plastic tarpauline or sheeting that you can put down under some towels and a playmat so he's comfy but the floor is protected?

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Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 23 July 2008 at 3:14pm

Unfortunately no, I should look into getting something. We have carpet throughout our lil unit.

I think lots of of no nappy time is going to do the trick.

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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 23 July 2008 at 3:50pm

When Daniel has in infection of his boy bits he spends all day with his nappy off, he only has it on when feeding or sleeping. Fresh air helps heal them so quick

Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 11:24am

Bepanthen & Sudocream are awesome products...

Keziah had a wicked bum rash not too long ago and it turned into welts and would bleed

We gave her heaps of nappy off time and alternated on what we used at each bum change... (bepanthen OR Sudocream) and within a few days (a week I believe) her bottom was 100% rash free

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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 2:00pm

ditto on the sudocreme!!! charli is prone to nasty nappy rash and it's the only thing (and lots of air) that helps clear it up. even daycare commented on how well it worked

and OMG...phoenix is 6mths already!!

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Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 3:21pm

Go and have a look at www.livingnature.co.nz they have a range that has just been brought out for mum and bubs and there seems to be alot of good feed back about their senstive bits balm ( ithink thats right) its all natural too.

Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 3:23pm

Almost 7!

I use Zinc and Castor Oil at each nappy change as a barrier, but it's useless when it comes to clearing up a rash.
I ditto the Sudocrem and Bepanthen. Best products on the market, IMHO.

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Posted By: LittleBug
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 3:28pm

We are the same as Charly, smearing Z&C cream all over at almost every nappy change to prevent a rash. But when it comes to clearing up, I use bepanthan liberally and then cover over the top of that with Z&C cream. And lots of air on her bum, but that can be hard for us in the winter.

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Posted By: MumsyMoo
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 3:31pm

I swear by Vaseline and Cornflour.

Slap on a whole bunch of vaseline, then sprinkle on the cornflour. Old old trick, and it works a treat

Better yet, it's more than likely that you've already got those two things at home already.
Combine that with the free willy time, and you should be fine.

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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 5:21pm

we use bepanthen at every nappy change and bare bum time on his change mat with a towel under his bum and up over his boy bits before bath time

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Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 5:27pm

Thanks ladies. I am trying a combination of things. It looks as if it is starting to dry... some minor peeling skin. Poor man... I was really hoping the whole No Nappy Rash Ever streak was going to last.

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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 7:20pm

I recommend Sudocrem too, Jack had welts all over his bum from a bad episode of diarrhoea from teething and basically I gave him airing time all day but when he had a nappy on I lathered on the Sudocrem.

Also, change his nappy pretty much twice as much as you usually do, sometimes their pee is so acidic (esp boys) that it keeps inflamming the area.

Serenity - my nurse told me never to use Vasoline on a baby - seeing as its petroleum jelly. She told me off for using it for nappy rash/barrier cream as apparently it can actually make rashes/infections worse

Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 11:13am

Thanks ladies... hopefully it goes away soon.

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Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 11:22am

We love love love karicare baby cream ointment - the red lid. I find it works wonders for both girls

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Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 06 August 2008 at 11:28pm

Ok, turns out that Phoenix's 3 week nappy rash was thrush!!! Poor wee might... clearing up fast now with an anti-fungal ointment called Daktozin.

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Posted By: Troods
Date Posted: 07 August 2008 at 9:55pm

For future reference if you want to avoid nappy rash and plan to go without nappy wipes and use wet flannels instead. What we do is keep a supply of baby flannels in a small bucket of water with a few drops of tea tree oil, then just take them out as you need them at nappy change time. Change the water daily. Works a treat. Of course plent of air time too.

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Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 08 August 2008 at 1:50pm

I'm glad it wasn't nappy rash, it was thrush and seems to have almost gone now we have the right cream. Will continue to use it for the full seven days.

TrudandEm, yeah we use flannels alot now and air time happens after almost every change.

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Posted By: kakapo
Date Posted: 28 October 2008 at 9:12pm

Bump for JD