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Pulling my hair out...

aandaw012707aandaw012707
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So, DD got the stomach flu. It started with just vomitting sun night. Monday she was fine. Yesterday, she starts with diarrhea. We are giving her a super bland diet and pedialyte and water. Bc of the pooping, she has the most horrible case of diaper rash I've ever seen. Her parts are blood red. On her last diaper change, it took me 15 minutes of coaxing, her screaming and me crying just to get her diaper back on.

What do I do now? I think I just need a hug. Crying

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Re: Pulling my hair out...

  • jessicada76jessicada76
    (((((((HUG))))))))))  I would try to let her go without a diaper a little if you can.  A little fresh air will help!  Also if she is that red do not wipe her with wipes - use a wet cloth instead.  The stuff on wipes whether fragrant free or not stings the infected area - or so I was always told this at daycare. 
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  • Shelly203Shelly203

    Try to use a washcloth to clean her instead of wipes.  They can make the rash sting even more, even if they are the frangrance free type.  GL...I know this must be really tough for both of you!

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  • Shelly203Shelly203
    Sorry to repeat the pp, must have been typing at the same time!
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  • jessicada76jessicada76

    imageShelly203:
    Sorry to repeat the pp, must have been typing at the same time!

    Great minds think a like! Wink

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  • jessmess0105jessmess0105
    My mom showed me the "bake a cake" trick.  Wipe baby clean with warm washcloth, put on A&D ointment then desitin and then baby powder.  The A&D does not sting like desitin does against the skin, eventually both will be absorbed into the skin and the powder keeps it all from being absorbed by the diaper.  It does seem like you're baking a cake in there!  Usually within a day this mixture has healed all of DD's diaper rashes.
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  • aandaw012707aandaw012707
    Oh holy h*ll. Now I feel worse. I didn't know freaking desitin stung.
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  • jessmess0105jessmess0105

      I think it does, not like a wipe would but DD had always kind of yanked her butt up a little when I put it on (and I let it warm up some) before I discovered the miracle mixture.  It may not be stinging your baby, I haven't actually put desitin on my own butt to tell you for sure :) 

     Don't feel bad, please God don't feel bad.  It's hard enough dealing with a sick little one. 

     

    Hope things get better!

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  • Shelly203Shelly203
    Don't be so hard on yourself!!  We are all learning...that's what we are all here for.  I didn't know about Desitin until I read that either.  It sounds like a good mixture that jess has.  Let us know how things go.
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  • jessicada76jessicada76
    I for one use butt paste - that stuff is a MIRACLE with Paige!  On overnight and GONE the next morning!  GL!  Also agree to not be so hard on yourself!
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  • jlw2505jlw2505 member
    Put vaseline or aquaphor on her butt to coat it and keep the moisture off.  My ped has a special prescption diaper cream they call poop goop which works wonders.  I just went through this myself.
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  • MamaNikkiMamaNikki

    Our pedi gave us a prescription diaper cream once, too, when DS had a horrible diarrhea diaper rash one time.  He told us that diaper creams don't get absorbed by the skin, that they only act as a barrier.  He tells us that the regular Deistin...the old-fashioned really thick white stuff...is just about as good as you can get, though.  He tells us to smother as much as we can on him, "Like your icing a cake."  Since it doesn't absorb into the skin, it's okay.  You are trying to form a barrier and protect that skin from coming in contact with the stool.  Ditto about what pp have said about using a cloth instead of wipes, too.

    ((hugs))  I know those diaper changes are hard when they have bad diaper rash.  The screaming and kicking and crying....oy!  I hope DC gets better soon!

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