What is the best thing to put on diaper rash?

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What is the best thing to put on diaper rash?

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I have tried so many things over the years with my tribe of kids and have found that my kids respond best to sodium bicarbinate (baking soda). Place a table spoon into the bath, warm or cold depending on climate. We use it for most skin irritations including dermatitis and prickly heat and we find that it works better than the expensive potions from the shops. The only things that it hasn't helped with are fungal and yeast infections, (it even helps ease the itching from chicken pox).

Boudreaux's Butt Paste! Desitin didn't help my kiddo at all, but Butt Paste works wonders. He's now 4 and I still keep a tube around for when he has bouts of diarrhea.

I agree, also, that LOTS of diaper-free time is the key.

Our pediatrician used to prescribe Mycolog. Many moons ago. :p No pun intended, lol.

I swear by A&D... if it is a bad rash I will mix it with plain zinc oxide.

I dont use wipes with a rash, only a clean face cloth that i can bleach larer. If I think it has a yeast component (fiery red with scattered pimple like areas outside the perimiter) i add some yeast cream (now otc)

years ago when I worked at the pediatricians we would special order a similar concoction at the pharmacy called 1-2-3 paste... (not medical advice just my past experiences here)

What is the otc yeast cream called?

what's in 1-2-3?

Just curious..you are listed as working in Geriatrics? This is kinda our forte...Keep it clean and protected. If it looks rashy, you might need an antifungal or it could be yeasty.

For my own kids...if it is just a diaper rash (normally when I work DH feeds them all type of stuff that could be irritating, LOL) I've found that the diaper rash cream at the dollar stores is the best. Look on the label for the zinc %. 40 or more is a nice thick barrier cream. No need to spend the $$$.

Just my 2cents

Triple Paste?

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Air is the best thing for a diaper rash. Let the baby sleep on several pads or, if tiny enough, a few towels with a softer receiving blanket next to the skin. If you need more than that ask your pediatrician or pharmacist.

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another vote for air..i lined a playpen with newspaper and let the little guy hang out bare-bottomed for as long as possible. when one of mine got a nasty yeast rash (from my antibiotics) we had to layer a&d over nystatin for a month to get it cleared. poor kid looked like his butt had been scalded!

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I'm sorry to hear that your little one is having this problem. I hate diaper rash; my toddler has sensitive skin down there and if he has a BM during the night he tends to wake up with little bleeding spots in the morning. My favorite stuff to use has petrolatum, guar gum, and zinc oxide. Nice and thick so it stays on for a few changings, I just pat the creamed area clean. Usually by midafternoon his butt is significantly improved.

I also like warm (not hot) collodial oatmeal baths when it's really bad; allows them to have air time as they're up and down out of the water playing without worrying about cleaning up messes on the carpet!

The worst one of my kids has ever had it was when DS who is now 9 had rotovirus when he was about 2 years old. I swear the pedialyte went straight through him. His butt was so bad that he'd have little trickles of blood running down his legs. We ended up putting him in his brother's big boy undies (to catch whatever might be slightly solid in the stools) and putting layers of towels down on the living room floor. I hope I never have to go through that again!

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Balmex. Works like a dream from my admittedly limited experience.

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My pediatrician had me make up a cream that contained a small jar of vaseline, a small tube of zinc oxide cream and 2 tbsp. cornstarch. She called it Gramm's Ointment. It worked very well for us.

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I'm a true believer,as a mom, that keeping the area clean as possible, letting the area air dry, and then when putting the diaper on, I've always used A & D ointment. It worked like a charm for my kids who happen to be 3 and 10. They hardly ever had diaper rash. Also, my kids could not wear cheap diapers. Their skin couldn't take it. I had to buy the most absorbant diaper on the market. Like Pampers, Huggies, and Luvs. This helped keep their tender skin dry also. Once in a while I would use Johnson's medicated baby powder. It seemed to help keep the moisture at bay.

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