Rash cream question

KatelynEA90

DD has a weird rash. I thought it looked more like a soap irritation but the pediatrician thinks it might be fungal. I believe the prescription she gave us is nystatin.[I haven't picked it up yet]

I have liners to use but the rash is also where the elastics are on the sides of her butt. Do I need to put her in disposables or should the liner be fine?

Since its possibly fungal, do I need to strip? The diapers smell clean and don't appear to have any issues.

hmhiggin

You don't need to strip your diapers, but you do need to treat them, and anything else babys butt touches. Cloth wipes if you use them, towels, the changing pad cover. A quarter cup of Bleach can be used or you can use herbals. Tea tree oil kills live yeast in the diapers an grapefruit seed extract GSE will kill any lingering spores. I use all three.

As for whether to use liners or sposies, we used sposies. If you decide to stay in cloth, you have to treat your diapers after every use for several days after the rash clears up. For us it was easier to just was all the diapers once and then use disposables.

KatelynEA90

hmhiggin:

You don't need to strip your diapers, but you do need to treat them, and anything else babys butt touches. Cloth wipes if you use them, towels, the changing pad cover. A quarter cup of Bleach can be used or you can use herbals. Tea tree oil kills live yeast in the diapers an grapefruit seed extract GSE will kill any lingering spores. I use all three.

As for whether to use liners or sposies, we used sposies. If you decide to stay in cloth, you have to treat your diapers after every use for several days after the rash clears up. For us it was easier to just was all the diapers once and then use disposables.

Thanks!
The rash was bad last night but it looks better today and I haven't picked up the nystatin yet. I'm not sure it's really yeast yet.