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help his little butt please!!!

poor little guy has developed a bad diaper rash - even a couple of raw areas.  i feel sooooo sad for him.  i have desitin.  does anyone have any other tips?

Re: help his little butt please!!!

  • naked time and triple butt paste. and try using warm wet washcloths instead of wipes. the disposable wipes can dry out the skin and irritate the rash even more.
  • how much naked time?... i mean is it sort a "the more the better" type of thing?
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  • i have heard wonders about the triple butt paste, but can't speak from experience.
  • I second naked time.  30-45 minutes and his little butt will look so much better, I promise.  Also, we switched to cloth diapers because DD had terrible diaper rash.
  • Could it be yeast?  Does it look like lots of little red dots?  If so, you would need to use an anti-fungal cream.
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  • imagepurplepuggles:
    naked time and triple butt paste. and try using warm wet washcloths instead of wipes. the disposable wipes can dry out the skin and irritate the rash even more.

    A trick we found that helped is to rinse the wipes in warm water before using...

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  • imagebellpeppers:
    how much naked time?... i mean is it sort a "the more the better" type of thing?

    yeah as much as you can give him would be good

  • imageiris427:
    Could it be yeast?  Does it look like lots of little red dots?  If so, you would need to use an anti-fungal cream.

    not really... more like patches of red, with some raw spots... but not little red dots

  • yes! i can help! lovey developed her first bad diaper rash last week, and i asked about it at her pedi appointment. pedi recommended TriplePaste, which we got at walgreens. cleared up her rash right away, no rx needed.

    GL, i hope your little man feels better!

  • ditto naked time, and penaten works wonders on DD's cute little butt
  • haha in the time it took me to type this, everyone else answered with the same answer.

    so my "AHA" moment...not so much!

  • Try bathing his butt every night, thats what we had to start doing. We also have been using A + D which helped more than Balmex. He was starting to get raw spots, and this has cleared it all up. We also put hydrocortisone cream on his butt a few times a week then top it with A+D.
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  • use cream with 40% zinc oxide if it persists then it could be yeast. Or you could get your pedi to call in a diaper rash ointment, I think its called poop goop
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  • Alternating Aquaphor and Boudreaux's Butt Paste were the only things that cleared up DS's diaper rash.

    Oh, and I second the suggestion on using a warm wet wash cloth in place of wipes (until the rash is gone) and naked time, too!

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  • I also heard that blow drying their little butts dry helps if you don't have a lot of time to do naked time.
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  • Ditto the naked time and triple paste. If you can't keep the diaper off, at least make sure his skin is completely dry before putting cream and a fresh diaper on. Also, dump baking soda (a lot) in a warm bath and let him soak for a bit.
  • Pedi told us to dab original flavor mylanta on DD's bottom with a cotton ball then let it air dry. It worked a miracle for us! I know it sounds weird, but it works!
  • i have been told by lots of people that corona diaper rash cream (yellow tube from wal-mart) is the best.  it has worked great so far but we haven't had much of a rash yet.  gl!
  • Our nurse said use 1%hydrocortisone cream, but if you have raw patches I wonder if it isn't thrush.  You should probably visit the pedi just to make sure.  GL
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