Horrible red marks

takmjs

My daughter has horrible red marks on her butt, and one up front. All are blistery and sometimes bleed. She's had them probably 6-8 weeks now, and we've tried everything--Vaseline, zinc oxide, nothing (airing out) but the diaper, and the latest--baby powder. That seems to have made things worse, but I'm at a loss with what to do. We have her 15-month check-up in a couple weeks, and I don't want the doctor to think we're abusing her with all these blistery spots on her butt.

 We use fuzzibunz diapers. I'm wondering if things would improve if we switched to disposable, at least for a while?? Any other suggestions??

 Please help. I'm almost in tears when I see how bad they look, even though she seems to take it all in stride.

 Tara 

TJ1979

Have you tried coconut oil or any CD friendly rash creams, CJs, grandma els, etc? E had 2 really bad blisters after being in a disposable and it wet away overnight using coconut oil.

ForeverEverAfter

I second this. LO had an awful red burn-like rash from a pampers swaddlers and we used coconut oil and (in the day) fitteds without a cover to try to air her bum. Leaving her diaper free on a towel is an option too, our house was too cold for that though.

nanabanana06

Have you tried lotrimin? Since you said it got worse after baby powder makes me believe it could be a case of yeast gone horribly awry. The only way to get rid of yeast is to use the lotrimin with a liner alternating between that and a CD safe cream ev

MissMarnee

This is just a wild thought, but is it possible she's having a reaction to the synthetic fibers of the diaper? It'd be a total pita, but have you considered switching to cotton to see if that made a difference?

gollywollypog

Chickypoo2468:

If its been that bad that long I think you should move up your appointment to now.

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takmjs

I will try the coconut oil, thanks, and I'll call the doctor if that doesn't help ASAP. I'm sure the doctor will say to switch to disposables, at least temporarily. I wanted to make sure we tried everything else before talking to her, since I'd prefer

TJ1979

takmjs:

I will try the coconut oil, thanks, and I'll call the doctor if that doesn't help ASAP. I'm sure the doctor will say to swi

aboynamedbarry

I would like to say that I've been successful getting rid of a rash like that in cloth, but I haven't. We've struggled with yeast so I second pp who said lotrimin or miconazole 2 works as well. When this has happened with my DD I would try the miconazole

takmjs

We have so many diapers that we only wash every 4 days. We do a cold rinse with no detergent, then hot wash with rockin green detergent, then a cold rinse cycle again with no detergent. We often put in a little baking soda as well to help with odors.</

takmjs

What's an rlr soak?

takmjs

What's the rash/redness look like when it is yeast?

nanabanana06

takmjs:

What's the rash/redness look like when it is yeast?

Firstly, you are not washing enough. So t

mynxx321

We had the same problem sometime after solid foods became a big part of DS's diet.  In our case, two doctors and a dermatologist had no ideas of what it was or cause, none of the treatments they recommended/Rx'd worked, a skin biopsy didn't d

adoxyinherear

DD got a terrible rash just like this when we were using too much detergent. I just used some liners for a few days and Desitin and she cleared right up. It was heartbreaking, though, I know!

takmjs

It's hard to know what to do with so much different advice. My husband's cousin was a pediatrician, now a dermatological researcher. I didn't even think of her until my mother-in-law suggested it. She said it sounds more bacterial, like a staph infecti

ally2011

takmjs:

It's hard to know what to do with so much different advice. My husband's cousin was a pediatrician, now a dermatologic