Bad diaper rash means naked day and lots of clean up

Oh my gosh, YES! My son used to get the WORST diaper rashes, and all the typical stuff (Desitin, AD&D, even the Butt Paste) ALWAYS made it worse.

Until I found Aquaphor! We started using it as a preventative measure and once we did, he never had another rash!

We use it now for chapped lips, cuts and scrapes and burns (works like *magic*).

You can get it in little tubes (perfect for the diaper bag or purse), larger tubes, and big huge tubs (usually behind the pharmacists' counter). I've seen it at Target, KMart, Walgreen's, CVS, and WalMart.

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When we have a "flare up" we use Triple Paste. It's over the counter, but you must get it behind the counter. Just ask your pharmacist. They may have to order it from their supplier, but worst case, you'll have it w/in 24 hours.

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Fortunately The Ladies aren't prone to diaper rash, but I can relate to the au naturel protion of this post. Zen Baby has recently begun potty training, and has therefore been spending a fair amount of time diaperfree. A recent conversation, upon discovering a suspicious puddle, went a little like this:

Me: Zen Baby, did you pee?

ZB: No, I fart.

Me: Really? You had a fart?

ZB: Yes.

Me: Then why is the floor wet?

ZB: I peefart!

le sigh.

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i swear by Super Duper Diaper Doo. (http://www.doctorsbest.com/superduperdiaperdoo.html) A friend gave us some when Milo was born and at the slightest hint of pinkness, I put that on there, and it's gone by the next diaper change.

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My girl only had a couple of bad diaper rash outbreaks. But when she did, I would always use Penaten Cream from Germany. My neighbor told me she used it on her daughter nearly 20 years ago. We found some locally at a German deli and it is a life-saver. Air it out and then use Penaten Cream. Works great but sticks to everything.

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While Desitin has been working for our Dexter Darling (but, that is a heavy spackling of Desitin so no skin is seen) my "Live & Learn with your Baby" instructor swears by a mixture of Neosporin (or a substitute triple antibiotic ointment) and Lotrimen to combat sore bottoms.

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Rochelle's early diaper rashes turned out to be yeast infections. Her pediatrician prescribed Nystatin which worked like magic.

For the other girls, I usually bought Desitin, messy though it is. It stays where we put it. A-D worked well too. They didn't have many and none as extreme as Rochelle's, poor thing. Before they could roll I put them naked (no cream) on a diaper, not in it, with one of those small rubber pads underneath during the day and let them air out. At night, we covered them with Desitin. It always worked and they loved the feeling of no diaper in the warm weather.

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The only thing that really works for my daughter's rash is 'nakey butt'. Thankfully these days she's potty training so it's not so dire.
Fair skin plus certain fruit is a recipe for disaster. Peaches seem to be especially hard on her so we tend to avoid those. I'll have to try the Aquaphor though since I'm all about cure-all methods.

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"peefart" as I am nearing real potty training soon, that CRACKED me up.

Someone turned us onto Desitin, and I find it works great, albeit in a LARGE spackle type way. ANd I'm not big on the fish smell. Rosalyn tends to get yeast rashes if she gets one, so we're just super super careful. Vivian reacts to tomatoes and mandarin oranges, so we just limit that. We've been lucky that major skin problems stay on heads with our kids.

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My sis-in-law swears by some foot powder. I can't remember the name of it, but if someone asks, I'll give her a call. My niece gets the worst butt rashes and Great Grandpa told tham about the foot powder.

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I'm sure many of you already know this but if a diaper rash doesn't go away after two weeks (maybe it's one week, I don't remember), and it's accompanied by raised red bumps, it's probably yeast/candida. For that, you can either use an over the counter athlete's foot-type antifungal or nystatin, by prescription.

Our little guy only had it when we were in the midst of a 16+ poops per day allergic reaction hell, when he was around 3-5 months old. Once we removed dairy, corn and soy from my diet, he was fine.

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Aquaphor is the BEST! We started using it the first time my son had a rash and he has never had another one. Best part though, is that it isn't a cream; it's more like vaseline and works for lots of other things. You can get the big jar at Costco for $12 or so and it lasts for at least 6 months.... worth the money.

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OMG!!!!!!!!!!! i AM SO GLAD THAT THIS IS POSTED SO I CAN SHARE THE BEST SECRET THAT I JUST FOUND OUT!! (AND I HAVE 3 KIDS AGES 7,5, AND 16 MONTHS. MY 16 MONT OLD HAS HAD CHRONIC DIARRHEA FOR LIKE 8 MONTHS, AND THEY THINK THAT HE MAY HAVE CELIACS (GLUTEN INTOLERANCE). MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR A RN THAT HAS HER BSN (SHE WORKS AT PREFERRED PEDIATRICS, A HOME HEALTH AGENCY FOR KIDS). SHE TOLD ME I SHOULD ASK MY SONS DOCTOR TO WRITE A PRESCRIPTION FOR AQUAPHOR WITH QUESTRAN IN IT. IT HAS TO BE COMPOUNDED AT A PHARMACY THAT COMPOUNDS, BUT IT CURED HIS BLEEDING DARK RED RASH IN LIKE 1 DAY AND HE HASENT HAD ONE SINCE!!!! IT IS THE BEST STUFF IN THE WORLD, ALSO MY FRIENDS DOCTOR JUST WROTE HER A SCRIPT FOR ONE AND SHE DIDNT EVEN ASK FOR IT, SHE JUST TOLD HER TO GET IT BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE OTC CREAMS, AND I AM ONE PERSON THAT HAS TO AGREE ;) ONCE YOU TRY IT YOU WILL NEVER GO BACK!!

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yogurt? haven't had one in forever, but when it happened i fed them extra yogurt and used desitin, A&D, whatever was on hand, and it was gone in a day or less.

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I too have tried everything for my 9 month old's diaper rash prone skin. I recently discovered that for him Aquaphor works best. I also really like another OTC spray called Little Bottoms. When he gets a bad diaper rash I end up using both the Aquaphor and the Little Bottoms together.

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I bought a tub of Aquaphor and slather it on after every change- which prevents most rashes. When my daughter gets a rash though, I don't use wipes, I use warm water and Viva paper towels (the softest), and then a very thick smear of Aquaphor. I heard a rumor about "Aqualox"- combine equal parts aquaphor with maalox (unshaken- use the sludgy part). I've heard this works miracles.

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When my son was small, we used Triple Paste on his rash. We would also put him in a cool bath with baking soda in the water, and then let him "air dry" naked for a while. Being a pharmacist, we went through almost everything and the Triple Paste is the one thing that really worked for us.

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I'd say it's about time you potty trained her. She's plenty old enough.

In any case, the Burt's Bees ointment we use works wonders.

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Our daughter, punkernutter, gets some wicked diaper rashes... they're usually brought on my orange juice or broccoli.

we usually just feed her yogurt and cheese all day, schmear on that beourdois butt paste stuff, and its gone by the next day!

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