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chubby baby question...

drbethcdrbethc member
in June 2012 Moms

My LO has a lot of folds...I have noticed that his skin turns reddish in areas around the folds, maybe due to chaffing? For those of you that experience this, what do you do? baby powder, vaseline etc?

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  • RioG1978RioG1978 member

    I don't put anything on it, just make sure to bath her (or at least sponge bath) every day, and peel back the folds to make sure soap and water gets in there, and then make sure it's rinsed really well.

     

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  • dhrx01dhrx01 member
    Agree with previous post. You need to search for those folds... it seems like new ones pop up each day. The chin, neck, thighs. If you clean them out they will be fine. Once clean, the redness goes way. Happy hunting!
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  • anonsouthernbellanonsouthernbell member
    imageRioG1978:

    I don't put anything on it, just make sure to bath her (or at least sponge bath) every day, and peel back the folds to make sure soap and water gets in there, and then make sure it's rinsed really well.

     

    this is what we do too but i dont bathe her everyday (every other).  I have also read, but have not tried, that you can put breast milk in the folds.

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  • mkflower3000mkflower3000 member
    Baby powder works for us, especially if it's a hot day and DD gets sweaty.
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  • drbethcdrbethc member
    imageanonsouthernbell:
    imageRioG1978:

    I don't put anything on it, just make sure to bath her (or at least sponge bath) every day, and peel back the folds to make sure soap and water gets in there, and then make sure it's rinsed really well.

     

    this is what we do too but i dont bathe her everyday (every other).  I have also read, but have not tried, that you can put breast milk in the folds.

    breast milk?  My goal is to keep the folds clean and dry... 

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  • JessieCupcakeJessieCupcake member
    imageRioG1978:
    I don't put anything on it, just make sure to bath her or at least sponge bath every day, and peel back the folds to make sure soap and water gets in there, and then make sure it's rinsed really well.
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    This is what I do too. It can be difficult to clean the folds especially the neck! But do your best to get in there.

    My H calls my DS an English muffin because he has lots of "nooks and crannies" to clean. :]
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  • nikkks84nikkks84 member
    sponge or bathe every day. dry and then put some talc free baby powder. i use maclaren beginning of life powder and it very absorbing and pretty good.
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  • anonsouthernbellanonsouthernbell member
    imagedrbethc:
    imageanonsouthernbell:
    imageRioG1978:

    I don't put anything on it, just make sure to bath her (or at least sponge bath) every day, and peel back the folds to make sure soap and water gets in there, and then make sure it's rinsed really well.

     

    this is what we do too but i dont bathe her everyday (every other).  I have also read, but have not tried, that you can put breast milk in the folds.

    breast milk?  My goal is to keep the folds clean and dry... 

     

    I haven't done itpersonally, but that's what Mayim Balik did/talks about in her book.

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  • amberleebamberleeb member
    Make sure you dry them really good after bath time.  You can put a little diaper rash cream on it to help.  It worked great when I did that for DD #1.
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    Make sure you dry them really good after bath time.  You can put a little diaper rash cream on it to help.  It worked great when I did that for DD #1.

    My pediatrician recommended diaper cream as well. 

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  • IDreamInPinkIDreamInPink

    imagemkflower3000:
    Baby powder works for us, especially if it's a hot day and DD gets sweaty.

    My pedi advised against using baby powder for anything since our LOs can inhale some of the particles into their little lungs! IDK tho... Seems like everything is a hazard!!  

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  • sam19sam19 member
    I don't do anything. I try to clean them out regularly though so they don't get irritated.
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