How so you treat diaper rash?
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Anonymous
| What worked best? FTM here with a 12 wk old who just got the rash yesterday for the first time. I feel terrible. What is the best treatment? |
Anonymous
| Naked ass. Tummy time on a towel. |
Anonymous
| Clean bottom with just water on a clean wash cloth, avoid baby wipes, pat dry well, apply diaper rash cream. For a really bad diaper rash, I mix Riley's Butt Cream. It's a recipe developed by the Riley Children's Hopsital: nystatin, zinc oxide, vitamin A & D ointment, dibucaine, and tincture of benzoin. You can also add a topical anti fungal if you think the rash is fungal. |
Anonymous
That's so crass. You really call your baby's bottom "ass"? |
Anonymous
| For basic redness just Aquaphor but if it looks intense then Butt Cream. If it looks really bad, like a yeast infection, which happened to us once, you can put yogurt or corn starch on the baby's bottom or get some kind of medicine from the doc. |
Anonymous
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We use warm water to clean the baby. And then just pat dry with a towel.
Boudreaux's Butt Paste is what we usually used. |
Anonymous
| Run of the mill diaper rash-some ointment and more air time. Severe diaper rash-triple paste. |
Anonymous
| Desitin is much more effective than the other things we tried. But also keep the butt super dry. We've actually used baby powder, which seems to be out of vogue but is great. |
Anonymous
| Triple paste first then an extra layer of aquaphor on top to keep the triple paste from rubbing off. So far, this combo has worked every time! |
Anonymous
Baby powder is not out of vogue, it's dangerous for infants to inhale. |
Anonymous
| Let baby sit in warm bath. Pat dry. Let lay with naked bottom on a towel to air it out and let it breathe. When a diaper is necessary SMEAR, like really slather it on, Desitin all over. Well, Desitin is what works with my kids, coul be different for yours. Butt paste did nothing for mine. You want something very thick and pasty that won't move or dissolve in pee and really creates a moisture barrier. |
Anonymous
So you pat it into your hand away from baby then go pat on the tush gently. Nobody is saying shake the bottle in their face. |
Anonymous
| We used various creams - Aveeno, Aquaphor, etc. - and they are all fine but the key is really dryness! Make sure your baby's bottom is really dry before putting on any cream. We used the hair dryer on a low, cool setting. |
Anonymous
| Desitin purple which has 40 percent zinc. It inhibits growth of yeast/fungus. We use it with almost every diaper change. No rash. |
Anonymous
| Triple paste is the best out there. |