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Almost 3 Year Old Girl with Itchy Bottom
Asked by C.D. from Sioux Falls
on March 30, 2009
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Hello-
I am the mother of an almost 3 year old girl that has been complaining about her bottom itching for 2 months now. It is right between her two butt cheeks go...
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- I'm sure this is obvious and your MD would have said something... But my 3 1/2 yr old has problems wiping herself. Sometimes the smallest amount of poop or even bits ...
- hi my name is okema and am the mother of 2 little girls. with my 2nd daughter who is 2 we have had a lot of diarper area problems. my daughter has had several yeast...
- My husband unfortunately has an incontinence problem and uses depends and has the same issue. The itching is caused by moisture being trapped and causing the skin the...
Diaper Rash
Asked by J.M. from McAllen
on October 10, 2006
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I have a 2 year old who has very sensitive skin. Whenever he has a cough w/ flem he gets diarrhea and the rash begins. His skin is so sensitive that he begins to bleed...
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- Hello J.. My 4 year has semi-sensitive skin. We just went through our first bout of rotavirus. My son had diarrhea and vomiting for over a week, both at the same ti...
- J., my son was extremely prone to diaper rash also. We did EVERYTHING to try to help. He would immediately have sores that would bleed and weep. We could only use o...
- Desitin Creamy formula diaper cream, Boudreaux's Butt Paste, and Pampers Sensitive Skin (no alcohol) wipes are the best! Generously apply the diaper creams. Poor thi...
Toddler's Sensative Skin
Asked by J.S. from Chicago
on April 7, 2008
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Can a toddler be sensitive to perfumy products such as fabric softner? My 29 month old has broken out on her legs on the back upper thigh area and now I just spotted s...
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- Yes, your child could have a reaction to a change in detergent. ANd no, if it's a food allergy it doesn't have to show all over the body...in fact some food allergies...
- Is your toddler wearing underwear? If so, my daughter can not tolerate that elastic around the leg opening and waist. She gets a terrible rash and it took a while to...
- Fabric softeners is one of the worst things for sensitive skin. My father is a chemist and one of the people that worked on Downie. He has grumbled for years that it i...
Scratching...eeew!
Asked by C.K. from Jackson
on June 4, 2008
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My daughter has started scratching herself "down there". She has been complaining about it hurting when she pees. Could this be a urinary tract infection? Is it abn...
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- I know you have resolved the issue but for future reference...She may have Candida. This is an overabundance of yeast. Some ways of reducing this is to watch her sug...
- It may be. Get it checked by a doctor. Especially if she says it burns. Also when I was little and to this day...I have to wash my underwear seperatly in special deter...
- it sounds like a uti
Bad Toddler Diaper Rash
Asked by L.N. from Dallas
on May 13, 2008
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My daughter has had the worse diaper rash off and on for over a month. I called the pediatrician and spoke to the nurse twice and do what she says, then it gets better...
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- Hi, when my daughter was about 4 or 5 she got a really bad rash from not wiping right. I took her to the dr and he gave her a prescription of IC H-cortisone/iodoquino...
- Hi L., My daughter goes through the same thing and I have found this realy great rash medicine you can find it at CVS pharmacy or walmart it is called DR.Smith's an...
- my now 7 year old always had horrible diaper rash. i would make my own wipes, tried everything in book...dr. smiths worked the best when it worked. the thing that he...
Constipated 2 Year Old
Asked by C.B. from Odessa
on January 9, 2008
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My 2 year old son has been having trouble going poop. When he finally goes, it doesn't seem like it should have hurt that bad. It's not hard or anything. But he throws...
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- Both of my daughters have problems with chronic constipation. They are very good eaters--lots of variety and lots of fruit & veggies. I second the motion that Dr. Ja...
- My daughter did the same thing and I took her off of the apple juice and i tall got better. Might help.
- I use Glycerin suppositories when necessary on my 3 year old. I used them on her when she was about 9 months old (just a time or two) and I still do when she needs th...
Night Terrors?
Asked by C.H. from Grand Rapids
on March 20, 2008
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I have a 5 year old son that has been waking up about 2 hours after he goes to bed. He is whimpering and mumbling in his sleep. When I go upstairs, he has taken off hi...
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- My son did the same thing at about the same age. it did not happen to frequently but went on for abut 3 years. He is now 10 and has them maybe only 2x a year. What ...
- my daughter has night terrors she screams and kicks and hits me when im trying to calm her down i usually just rub her back and hmm usually after a little while that h...
- It is a night terror. My daughter had those for years; she still hallucinates like that when she has a fever (she's 11 now). He is scared and confused but will not...
Diaper Rash
Asked by M.V. from Charlotte
on August 7, 2008
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Hi everyone I need some advice. My daughter is 3 1/2 months old and she is really really red in the front and the back. It is right where her diaper is but it is only ...
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- it's likely a yeast rash -- try athlete's foot cream -- I use it all the time on my son, he is prone to yeast rash, I add probiotics to his juice or milk as well, that...
- My oldest son had something going on in the diaper area. Doctors gave us prescriptions for diaper rash when desitin or balmex wouldn't work. The prescription stuff d...
- Hi M.~ You may want to consider bringing her to the doctors and have them look at it. Sometimes, babies can have a rash with a bacterial or yeast infection to it, wh...
Seeking Sleep After 19 Months!!!
Asked by D.M. from Huntsville
on August 15, 2006
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I have a 19 month old that has MAYBE slept through the night a TOTAL of 5 times! He wakes up 3-5 times a night crying for us. HELP!? Any suggestions?
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- Hey ya I know exactly wht yer going through my daughter didnt sleep through the night till she was 3 yrs old. My son at a year and we did nothing differant.try Lettin...
- I would like him cry it out. Make sure you have a routine at night then you can let him pick something out of a goody bag. Put it on top of his dresser and if he does ...
- D., Does he use a pacifier? Do you think he may be dropping it and crying for you to put it back in? If so, try putting extra pacifiers in the crib and during the d...
Diaper Rash with Diarrhea
Asked by M.N. from Phoenix
on December 26, 2009
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My 13 month old daughter has her 1st diaper rash, which is bright red and seems to have small opening in her skin. It is mostly on the buttock area right below her gen...
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- My doctor recommended using hydro cortisone cream 1% on the rash and it should clear up. That is as long as her diarrhea is gone. Use the BRAT diet for that Bananas, R...
- My 22month old son has had severe diaper rashes and the only thing that i have found that works wonders is auquaphor. made by eucerin. its awesone a little expensi...
- It might possibly be a yeast infection. The same thing happened to my son, and he would just scream & cry all day because he was in so much pain. Our ped. gave us some...
