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Diaper Rash! What Do You Do When Desitin Doesn't Work?
Asked by K.R. from Chicago
on November 2, 2008
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Do you have any remedy recommendations for a nasty diaper rash? The skin is broken in the size of a quarter on one little butt cheek, pink everywhere else. My 20 mon...
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- We have done baths with cornstarch to help lessen the rash and I mean cool baths, usually about 90 degrees instead of the usualy 97 or 98 degrees and then pat the baby...
- My son gets this type of rash EVERY time a new tooth comes to surface. Our ped says that teething has nothing to do with it, but I think there's just too much coinced...
- My daughter (15 months old) gets allergic reactions to triple paste, desitin, and even pamper's diapers and any scented wipes...makes things difficult (we have to use ...
Diaper Creams and Cloth Diapers
Asked by M.W. from Raleigh
on October 20, 2009
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I am cloth diaper my second child, who is 3 weeks old. She has a little diaper rash and a couple of sores around her anus. I am giving her air out time but I am wonder...
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- Sit her little bottom in warm water with baking soda. Works wonders. Also, if you are breast feeding, breast milk is a magic cure-all for rashes, cuts, scrapes etc....
- Do you think the rash and sores are related to yeast? My son has a yeast infection down there after being on antibiotics. I put infant probiotics in a powdered form di...
- Arbonne International has a great baby line that is amazing. It absorbs into the skin quickly so you don't lose half of it in the diaper. No mineral oil so it's super ...
Cloth Diapers & Diaper Rash
Asked by M.I. from Wichita
on June 23, 2009
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Ok, so my husband & I decided to use cloth diapers w/ the lil guy (at least when he's at home). It's going well, but we're having diaper rash issues. The lil guy has a...
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- Have you tried corn starch (not talc)?
- I never used cloth diapers, but I have seen inserts that look kind of like a sturdy tissue to put in to help soak up the urine. I don't know how well they work. I thi...
- If it's not too bad or concerning, at his next dr visit bring it up bc it could be a yeast infection or something other than plain ol' diaper rash. If he's really unc...
Sensitivity to Disposable Diapers
Asked by L.A. from Detroit
on February 27, 2009
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My 9month old is suffering at every diaper change and in between and I don’t know how to help her. I’ve taken her to the pediatrician who at first diag. yeast and ...
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- You can try different brands of disposables. They aren't all the same. However, it really sounds like you should just go cloth all the way. Cloth dipes have come...
- As she ages you will probibly notice a sensetivity to certain products... What you are describing is EXACTLY how my mom says I was as a baby... It was the "perfume" t...
- The best solution I have found with my 3 kiddos is pure corn starch. Some will tell you that yeast feeds on it but that's just not the case. It truly is the ony thin...
Calling All Cloth Diaper Mommas....
Asked by S.Y. from Pittsburgh
on December 21, 2009
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Well, look at crunchy me! I finally made the switch to cloth! (I found a great cheap place on Ebay...got 10 AIO for $10! And they are NICE! Woo-hoo!)
So, if you cou...
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- I don't have much advice on CDing but do belong to a great website (I joined for PLing advice) where you could probably find answers to any questions. It's www.diapers...
- Hi! I store my dirty diapers in a tall kitchen trash can w/lid that I got at walmart for $15. I line it with a diaper pail bag. (you can buy this on almost any cloth d...
- Welcome to the club :-) a) I use a tidy cat large container for the dirty diapers. No need to use a "wet" storage. That was back in the day. b) I do three loads...
Cloth Diapers and Diaper Rash. Please Help!
Asked by B.B. from Cleveland
on August 12, 2010
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My daughter is almost four months old. I've been using bumgenius cloth diapers (which I love!) but she keeps getting a diaper rash! She has very sensitive skin. We ...
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- We use cloth diapers and wipes and have never had a problem with rashes, and my daughter has my sensitive skin (which I know because she's reacted to other things in o...
- ~ This may sound weird but if you breast fedd too try squirting a bit of milk on her bum at every change. ~ Do you know if your family has a history of food aler...
- Tide free and clear? Get yourself something like Rocken' green. My son had a really bad reaction to the free and clear too, even had the Dr thinking it was a yeast inf...
Cloth Diapers
Asked by A.B. from Detroit
on April 22, 2008
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Does anyone use cloth diapers or have any recommendations? I want to use cloth diapers with my baby due in June and I am clueless which ones are good.
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- I read a story in February Guideposts Magazine called "The Change Artist". Paula Devore of Portland, Oregon, started a company called "Babyworks". They sell diaper c...
- i use the happy heinies b/c they are like a regular diaper, all in one. you wash and dry them and then put the inserts in and you are all ready for diaper changes. p...
- I used cloth diapers and have five children. I used the ones right from the store. I didn't spend a lot of money! They worked great, their little bottoms were alway's ...
Diaper Rash with Cloth Diapers- Anyone Else Have a Similar Experience?
Asked by A.R. from Salinas
on April 23, 2008
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Hi,
My almost two-year-old has had a problem with a constant diaper rash since he started eating solid foods. It goes away when I put him in disposable diapers, bu...
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- I don't have any suggestions to prevent the diaper rash but to heal the diaper rash I would soak your son's bottom in the bath with baking soda. My daughter had a dia...
- This may be totally off the wall, but many years ago when my son was in diapers we had a similar issue. It turned out that we were not getting all the soap out of the ...
- Why not just use the disposables if they work for him? You've got another baby who will be able to use the cloth diapers eventually, so they won't go to waste.
Can You Use Diaper Rash Ointment with Cloth Diapers?
Asked by C.N. from Denver
on April 4, 2009
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I am due June 26th with my second baby, and have decided to switch to cloth diapers. I did a lot of research on the types of diapers and what I felt fit our lifestyle ...
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- I used Motherease cloth diapers and a variety of diaper rash ointments and never found they made the diapers waterproof. However, some of my diapers do have stains (I ...
- I used cloth diapers with my 4 children. They always got a rash when I used disposables for traveling. Just rinse them in a cup of vinegar when you wash them. It cu...
- Congratulations!! Most diaper creams are discouraged with cloth diapers because they leave a residue on the diaper (in the same way they create a water tight barr...
Diaper Rash
Asked by C.H. from New York
on July 25, 2009
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I am looking for an alternative to Desitin, Balmex and A&D. My youngest has diaper rash on and off and the A& D does not work for her. She screams when I put Desitin...
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- I highly recommend Triple Paste and Aquaphor. Both work very well and if the rash is really bad, I would use them together. Both are over the counter and while somew...
- Try Baby Bum Butter - amazing product. Here is the website http://www.gardendreams.org/baby_bum_butter.php Read about it -- I use it on my son all the time. It...
- try calendula. can get otc at drugstore. it is more than preventative like the ones you mentioned it actually heals the rash. great stuff.
