Penelope has had a faint pink rash on her little butt crack off and on since April. It would go away for a little while and then come back, but it never really looked too bad. It came back and nothing has worked this time. I've tried coconut oil with lavender, A&D, Aquaphor (the cream and the paste), Destin, Vaseline, naked tummy time, baking soda baths, you name it I've tried it. I change her diaper every hour and always apply Aauaphor Vaseline as a barrier even when she doesn't have a rash. I went to the doctor for it a week and a half ago and they said it was a yeast rash and prescribed an antifungal cream. It didn't work so I called back and the nurse asked me to describe it and said it doesn't sound like a yeast rash and called in a prescription for magic butt cream. It started looking better, but tonight it's worse! It's bright red and she's starting to get little bumps. I'm obviously going to take her back to the pedi tomorrow, but I'm seriously losing faith in them. Does anyone have any suggestions that I haven't tried? I'm up for Old Wives voodoo or standard medicine.
Thank you to anyone who takes the time to read this ridiculously long post!
Re: The Diaper Rash from Hell
We also had good luck with the Sudocrem brand of diaper cream when our littles have had bad rashes. However, I don't think we have ever had to deal with a rash quite as bad as you're describing, so that may or may not help. Good luck mama....this too shall pass!
Fast forward to 2 weeks ago. He had another bad diaper rash. On top of using the products mentioned above, after each diaper change, we let his bum air out for about 5 min. I would place a towel on his privates to avoid being peed on and with a magazine or a hand fan, I pointed it to his butt and "send" some air. Within a week, he was back to normal. Hope this helps.
Have you tried switching diaper brands? Or switching to cloth? I know it can be a major PITA laundry-wise, and it limits what creams you can use, but supposedly cloth diapered butts have much fewer instances of rash.
What's your LO eating these days? Might not have started it, but some solids (acidic things like tomatoes and strawberries, milk products) can cause wicked rash, might indicate an allergy/intollerance. My kiddo can't have most brands of pouches bc the lemon juice/ascorbic acid used to preserve most of them gives her a nasty rash.