talk to me about your diaper changing routine

3litttlebirds · February 2013

What's your diaper changing routine entail?...particularly for diaper rash prevention/remedy.

Per pedi recommendations, I have not been using anything for a wet diaper (no wipes, no nothing) and only wipes for a poop diaper. If there was any redness, I was using a zinc oxide spray. Pedi said the least amount of product the better.

Lately, DS is pretty red where the skin folds in his legs rub together and/or where diaper rubs that same area, as well as red along the side of his testicles where I'm assuming the diaper must be rubbing. The area is red and shiny looking (kinda like a burn) and there's an area on his testicles where the skin is peeling. So, now, I'm thinking blot warm wet cloth to area after pee diapers and blot dry. Wipe with poop diapers still. And let the area dry out for a bit before applying ointment and putting diaper on.

Any other recs? Favorite diaper rash cream?

cowgirltu · February 2013

I also cloth diaper, and I wipe his bum down at every diaper change and apply some coconut oil 2-3 times daily. If he gets any redness that the co cant get rid off, I apply some Angel Baby Earth Mama butt cream.

pb&fluff · February 2013

When DS had his rash, we rinsed off the wipes so there was no cleaner, it was just a wet wipe. We air dried his butt, then used the purple desitin on his butt. Cleared him up within 2 days.

I think your plan sounds good. The important thing is to protect his skin from further damage and the desitin will do that.

this decaf life · February 2013

We cloth so I use a cloth wipe with just water to clean up after poopy diapers, nothing for pee and I use coconut oil on her butt. Coconut oil seems to make a barrier between her butt and poop. The poop doesn't stick to her and she only had a rash when we first came back from the hospital and we were using disposables then.

Goldsgirl9 · February 2013

Our pedi suggested A&D over Destin (which we were using) cleared up in 24 hours. Now I use it a protectant as needed.

CWelt8690 · February 2013

We used disposables for the first two weeks of my daughters life. She instantly had red skin, rash, and was very uncomfortable. Desitin worked ok. At 3 weeks we switched to Fuzzibunz cloth diapers, and all those issues went away instantly.

I use wipes for when she has a poopy diaper, and I just gently wipe her off with a cloth wipe if she just has a wet diaper. After I switched her to cloth, in the few days it took for the redness and rash to go away, I just rubbed expressed breast milk on her, and let it dry before I put the diaper on. Worked great!

rjeller32 · February 2013

We change diapers every two hours, unless it needs changed before then of course, to avoid rashes. But it's good to use a wipe even for wet diapers, both my girls get red butts if I don't use wet wipes every diaper change.

Letting it air out is great, and also athlete's foot cream works wonders on rashes, Lotrimin AF. Our pedi recommended it for our FB when she would get rashes, and it healed it up quickly. FB also got rashes quite frequently, so our pedi had prescribed Clotrimazole and Betamethasone cream, it's a combination cream that heals it faster than anything I have ever used, and it lasts FOREVER because you use so little, we still have some left over for our new baby just in case.

nanabanana06 · February 2013

We will wipe down his booty and folds, pat him dry, give a little air time, then put some CJ's on his butt and in the folds between his balls and legs (I've noticed guys get sweat rashes there often), then put a new diaper on. We normally have to do all of this with a wash cloth on his little penis too. He pees at least once a day usually more without his diaper on, but we have a super heavy wetter.

ExcitedMum2B · February 2013

Wet cloth for a wipe, and wipe with wet diapers as well. We used store bought wipes (sensitive at that!) used them 2 days and she broke out in a rash and that was the end of those.

IUIBaby · February 2013

We use Desitin when they have rashes. Otherwise we wipe their bottom with a wipe, more if BM, and apply cream once or twice a day unless they have a rash.

beachbum482 · February 2013

cowgirltu:
I also cloth diaper, and I wipe his bum down at every diaper change and apply some coconut oil 2-3 times daily. If he gets any redness that the co cant get rid off, I apply some Angel Baby Earth Mama butt cream.

Earth Mama Angel Baby bottom balm is AMAZING!! I put it on my LOs bottom whenever it starts looking red and at the next diaper change the redness is gone! A little bit goes a long way and I have even used it to clear up some other skin issues. You have to buy it online but you won't be sorry - awesome stuff!!

MrsBigTime · February 2013

Thankfully my LO hasn't had any issues with rashes, and all I really do to protect her bottom is apply some Grandma El's before bed. I also have Earth Mama Angel Baby butt balm and coconut oil but have not really had to use either.

Kiddos I've taken care of at work have had severe diaper rashes though and per the recommendations of our wound care nurses, we use water on a soft cloth and pat the bottom and use as little friction as needed to clean the poop (no need to do anything for pee). We apply Calazime ointment (which is zinc based) as needed, but be sure to only completely clean it off once a day as the rubbing and friction needed to completely remove it may damage the skin further, of course, if it comes off with the poop, that's different. Also, let the area be open to air as much as possible, which is decidedly more different for active, mobile babies at home than it is for my sick babies at the hospital.

ForeverEverAfter · February 2013

We also cloth diaper. I use a cloth wipe with just water for all changes,followed by coconut oil. If her bum is red at all I use yum bum butter. We use Huggies natural wipes for a sticky poop or if we're travelling. It makes redness worse though, so we only use them when her bum looks good.

KatyDidlettes · February 2013

We use cloth diapers but even with that it is a constant battle because she has constant runny poops. My weapon of choice? The hair dryer! It makes a huge difference! I dry her out really well down there after every change and use wipes every time but that way she is 100 percent dry, and I check her often when she is awake I can change a diaper every few minutes...

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