How to keep neck folds from getting gross?

freeburger16 · June 2009

Ben has so many rolls and chins, and now that he is constantly drooling I cant keep them dry. I try to wipe under the neck a few times a day to keep the "stinky cheese" from forming, but its impossible. The folds are red and look irritated.

Anyone else with this problem? What do you do?

NatPhoto09 · June 2009

at daycare they keep him with a bib and at night I bathe him and put aquphor for the irritation. the redness has gone away since I've been doing this. GL

CandKmomma · June 2009

We have this problem! At bath time we make sure one of us lifts his head way back and the other cleans it out really well. It seems to be helping a little.

grettaz · June 2009

My pedi has me put a dab of Lotramin in her neck folds. It's been working pretty well, but it's hard for me to get her to straighten her neck enough to put the cream on.

Covergirl137 · June 2009

Same as PP.... at daycare she wears a bib and I wipe them out and put aquephor on it.

Pumpkin111 · June 2009

Sensitive baby wipes?

We use cetaphil for baths since her skin is so sensitve. Maybe some of that on a wash cloth?

I thought for sure all the coke I drank while she was in utero would toughen her up a bit more.. but alas.. nada.

freeburger16 · June 2009

Pumpkin111:
Sensitive baby wipes?

We use cetaphil for baths since her skin is so sensitve. Maybe some of that on a wash cloth?

I thought for sure all the coke I drank while she was in utero would toughen her up a bit more.. but alas.. nada.

I use the sensitive wipes and also bathe with Cetaphil. Gah! I will try the Aquaphor.

And LOL at the coke - Dr Pepper in mass amounts did nothing for Ben either apparently.

Mrs.Bible · June 2009

I normally bib her up and then when I bathe her she gets real relaxed so she lets me get in there good. If she drips milk, etc then I get in there with a wipe. Since I have been doing this since she birth (she came home with those jaws...lol...) she knows the drill and automatically relaxes for me.

TimingisEverything · June 2009

I just wipe it as much as possible. She hates it too. I have to lift her head and she fights me to the end!

Rangergal9 · June 2009

We also use the aquaphor in the folds. They get so gross! I bathe her every other day and don't want the people at daycare to think she is dirty. I agree it's hard to stretch out the neck to get in those folds!

eris1995 · June 2009

I either put Aquaphor or Desitin on it after a bath.

aldyn · June 2009

DD's neck looked (and smelled) exactly as you described until we started using Aquaphor. That stuff has worked wonders. We apply it to her her neck as part of her getting dressed routine in the morning and the getting ready for bed routine at night.

freeburger16 · June 2009

Awesome, thanks for the suggestions. We will start using Aquaphor!

Mrs.Bible · June 2009

Agree with PP - once you start making this a regular routine then your LO will get use to it and actually let you start to manuver (sp?) their neck around and get in there.

Like I said DD is so use to me messing with her she automatically lifts and relaxes....I guess she figures the quicker I do it the quicker I leave her alone.

Now if someone can tell me how to make her like getting her nose clean then I will be in heaven...LOL

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