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Terrible Rash, Please Help!

Dear Moms,
My almost 6 month-old baby girl have never had a rash before, but now it started and it is terribly strong! I have being introducing her to new foods and some of them give her a mild diarrea, so I imagine that's the reason for the rash. Problem is: I work all day and the regular daycare changing diapers (with Balmex) is not helping it to heal. I leave her bottomless at home and keep cleaning whenever she needs (I have the impression that exposition to air will help). I even stayed home today to leave her without diaper one entire day, hoping this will work. But it is not healling as fast as I would like... She cries whenever I try to clean her (and I am being as delicate as I can)! Am I doing the correct thing? Should I put some medication? Is there any medication that you know of that I can use without harming her more, and that will work??? Please, help is welcome!

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So What Happened?™

Thank you SO MUCH for answering promptly! Here is how it is going now: she had a fever in the day I wrote you about the rash. It was 100.1 and I gave tylenol and she was ok. But she had another fever next morning, them I got really worried (the rash was getting better, but not enough to make me feel better). I called the doctor and she saw my baby and she said the fiver probably was because of a virus and had nothing to do with the rash. She gave a prescription for the rash. As for now, this is my conclusion: she had a virosis, which gave her the diarrea (and as I was introducing new food, I though it was alergy). This ended up in fever and the rash, that got yeast because of the heat, etc. She has had only one more fever and is being ok for 1,5 days now. The rash is much better: I am cleaning with warm water (as I was told by many of you), leaving her without diaper for some minutes to get some air and heal better, applying the prescription medication, followed by her usual Balmex - only because it is finishing and I will probably look for a new brand when I have to buy a new tube. I will see which new brand, based on what you guys have told me. Well, that is it! Thank you again and I hope she gets completely well soon!

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When I had my first baby, a friend gaver me this recipe for the best butt paste ever--take 1 tbsp of original desitin, 1 tbsp of Aquafor and 1/2 tbsp of Maalox--mix together and spread on rash. I was amazed at how well it worked--even though it is a bit of an expense at first with all of the ingredients, it lasts a long time. I would usually use old pill bottles and mix with a plastic spoon end that I can throw away--it is rather thick to mix. I hope it works for you! I've had a lot of success with it on my two little ones!

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Hello
My daughter also got terrible diaper rash, and I can tell you a few things that worked. I used a squirt bottle filled with warm water to rinse her at diaper changes, and then wipes only if necessary to remove the rest. It's a bit messy yes - I put a towel under her bottom first to catch excess water. Also, you can make a homemade cream that works REALLY well. A pediatrician and a long time babysitter told me about this. 1/3 liquid Mylanta (soothes) 1/3 vaseline (barrier) and 1/3 Lotrimon cream (over the counter cream). it really worked for us!!

hi. i am guessing the baby may have a yeast infection. one of my son's when a baby, got them, and then my #5 who was a girl had one by the time she was only a few weeks old. i have also had 2 grandbabies get them. diaper rash meds will not help, nor powder. you will have to try something for yeast infections. when my son was a baby they had me just get over the counter med. found in the girl's hygiene stuff with the douches, ect. that is also what i did for my daughter at the time. my grandbabies ended up with med prescribed for yeast infections which was basically the same as the over the counter kinds. good luck. i know it can be frustrating! take care,

C.

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When I had my first baby, a friend gaver me this recipe for the best butt paste ever--take 1 tbsp of original desitin, 1 tbsp of Aquafor and 1/2 tbsp of Maalox--mix together and spread on rash. I was amazed at how well it worked--even though it is a bit of an expense at first with all of the ingredients, it lasts a long time. I would usually use old pill bottles and mix with a plastic spoon end that I can throw away--it is rather thick to mix. I hope it works for you! I've had a lot of success with it on my two little ones!

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I'm sure you've heard this already, but when my son got a really bad diaper rash at 2 weeks, his doc told me to use a mixture of half aquaphor and half maalox. It cleared his rash up in just a few days and made the raw spots better overnight. The maalox neutralizes the acid from their pee and poo, and the aquaphor keeps the moisture off their skin. But if that doesn't make it look better in a day or two, I would definitely take her to the doc to see if there's something more serious going on.

One word....AQUAPHOR!!! It works fast and its the best by far.

I use A+D Gold ointment and it always seems to clear up diaper rash quickly.

Good luck!

I would always use Lotrimin,it's an antifungal cream.Also try cornstarch,just plain old cornstarch. Just put it on while the skin is still damp so it sticks to it. Both these methods always worked for me. I used it on my 3 children, I have a son that's 25 and also Girl/Boy twins that are 11 yrs. old.Also I am using it on my grandchildren,2yrs.old and 6 months. Good-Luck to you.Please let me know if this helped. B.

C.,

Our little girl had the same issue. We tried diaper cream and leaving her diaper off but nothing worked. Then we called our doctor and he asked if she had any diarrhea lately. We said yes from some new foods. He told us it probably wasn't diaper rash, but a fungus infection (same as what causes athelete's foot or jock itch) caused by her diarrhea. He then said we could do one of two things, bring her in to have it checked out and get a prescription cream or first try anti-fungal cream used for jock itch. We tried it and it worked, her rash cleared up in days. You only have to use a small amount, just enough to cover it. I don't know if you want to try it, but it definitely worked for us. Good luck!

This will sound strange, I know, but i swear to you it works. Go to your local Pharmacy or grocery store and get Lotrimine foot cream. My sitter told me about this and at first I thought she was crazy but it cleared my daughter's diaper rash within two days. Hope this helps. Good luck and God Bless.

This sounds like more than a simple diaper rash- it's possible she may have developed thrush on her bottom at the same time.

I'd suggest taking her to a doctor for nystatin and to ensure her rash isn't infected.

Otherwise, you are doing the right things so far. Your instints are running strong.

-M.

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