Diaper Rash

tamarar5 · January 2014

So E had one of those atomic acid poops last night and when he woke up with terrible diaper rash and bleeding spots. We just ran out of our preferred Angel Babies Bottom Balm and I still have more Grandma Els, but he doesn't seem to like Els as much. I think it'd because it's thick at first so it hurts to spread on. I know he probably just needs more time to heal up, but is there anything else I can do to help him? He just seems so uncomfortable. Should I push more liquids?

draeray · January 2014

We had a really really bad rash when DS was a lot younger. My cousin is a NICU nurse and she said the best thing for healing is air. I left his diaper off for 2 days pretty much straight.... it was a nightmare but it did clear up pretty fast.

tamarar5 · January 2014

We usually do some diaper free time every change so we should be good then.

Rynleigh · January 2014

We use the Desitin Maximum (purple) on active rashes - it protects better than anything else we've used. When there is no active rash, we use Vaseline at every diaper change for a protective barrier.

Rynleigh · January 2014

(and yes, always push fluids in the event of loose bowel movements to be sure he's hydrated)

Rosebean · January 2014

We usually use Live Clean daily, but when things get bad, we use Burt's Bees. And for acidic poops, corn starch in the diaper is really good for neutralizing it. We had to do corn starch with DS from day one because his poops were always acidic. ETA: my iPad has the weirdest sense of autocorrect lately. It's driving me apeshit!

nlp1990 · January 2014

DS had a terrible diaper rash last week from those acid poops and OTC diaper cream made it worse. But a couple of days of coconut oil and it was cleared up.

ETA typo.

BabyMayinMarch · January 2014

Last week I let DS roam around naked after work. (we have hardwood floors, so nothing gets stained).

djm31012 · January 2014

We use butt paste and lots of air it out time

kbates85 · January 2014

We had a very similar situation earlier this week (overnight poop = terrible diaper rash). We used Calendula Oil on it and it worked extremely well. We tried some butt paste first but it really didn't do anything. The Calendula Oil slides on super easy and really helped heal it. By the next diaper change it was already improving and was barely noticeable by the end of the day. Highly recomend it!

tamarar5 · January 2014

Will the corn starch cause any repelling or washing problems with my cloth diapers?

jesuisfatiguee · January 2014

Coconut oil and fresh air here. Poor baby!

Gftf7 · January 2014

Another cloth diaper user here. I've always been concerned about harming the diapers and have good luck with coconut oil on LO's skin. I agree that air works well too.

eatdrinkstretch · January 2014

We had a really bad yeast rash about a month ago - nothing worked, not even the Triple Paste AF. But a couple of days of coconut oil was MAGIC. That is my go-to now.

tamarar5 · January 2014

I've been doing the Grandma El's because I was out of Coconut oil. I emptied a jar of Angel babies Bottom Balm and refilled it with coconut oil-- DH has this weird problem touching coconut anything. He's not allergic to it, he just doesn't like it. He insists that my coconut oil smells like coconut. It DOESN'T. Anyway, put that on last night and he looks SOOOOOO much better this morning!

Thanks all for the help and advice!

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