Diaper Rash - Wichita, KS

I also wanted to recommend a spray diaper rash treatment. My second son had horrible excema and that is the only thing that worked for him. I had to buy it online though. I hope he is doing better! I know with my son, anything that I would touch that I put on him made it worse, but the spray didn't have the zinc or something in it and it worked WONDERS. It is called RashMist and I got it from www.Petkin.com It sells pet supplies as well so don't get thrown off. LOL! Anyway, I have the sensitive skin formula and I swear by it. Aquaphor works great too and you can buy it at walmart.

I swear on the product "Butt Paste." You can get it at Wal-mart. It's great!!! It clears up a red and rashed bottom very quickly!!

A pediatrician recommended to use Petroleum Jelly for diaper rash and worked great for my son, his rash wasn't really bad though.
If you haven't tried it, it might worth to try it since it is inexpensive and easy to get.
Good luck!

Hey, dont know that it will work for you, but it did for me, honey, no I mean smear honey on his diaper area. The Chinese use it in open wounds to stop infection. Warm it and just rub it all over. Try it at least twice,

I'm not sure if he's old enough (you may want to contact his pediatrician), but I found that peach juice helps with loose bowels. Also, I love Arbonne's diaper cream - it's all natural, I even used it through the winter on my baby's face.

Hi M.!
I don't know if this will be an option for you, because of the diarrhea your precious baby tends to get, but naked time is GREAT for diaper rash. Of course you have to be ready for occasional accidents, but leaving him naked for a little while after a diaper change will really help him to heal. I really hope this helps, and that he gets past the sore-butt stage really quickly:):):)
~K.

M.,
I saw a commerical for an ointment that is prescribed for diaper rash. This is the website. www.vusionointment.com
Maybe your doctor could prescribe it to see if it will work. I wish you luck...

Liquid Mylanta was what we used...

Boudeaux's Butte Paste works really well. There is also a brand that we were given at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital that is available at Walgreens. I can't remember the name of it right now, but it comes in a box, which contains about 5 or 6 smaller pallets of cream. Each pallet has a small sponge applicator with it. It is absolutely amazing! We used it when our son had extremely bad diarrhea when he had the roto-virus.
Good luck,
J.

Hi! Antibiotics are really hard on the wee ones bottoms. I found that Dr Smith's (expensive but cheaper if you buy it on-line at Amazon.com and go ahead and buy like 4 tubes and you'll get free shipping) worked the best for my son. With my daughter we just used regular old petroleum jelly and it worked great for her. Use a lot of cream to put a barrier between the baby and the diaper. Change him as soon as you notice and use a washcloth to clean the residue to make sure that you get it all. Wipes don't do as good of a job as the baby is going to need to help battle this. I know it hurts, we had raw oozing sores from diaper rash more than once but keep it up! The Dr Smith's seems to be healing as well and it wipes off easier than Desitan (sp?) and the others.

Good luck!

One thing I do is put a little white vinegar in their bath water. My sister swears by browned flour. Literally put some flour in a skillet on the stove and heat it till it turns brown and put that on them. I personally never tried that but the vinegar worked for my 2 girls. Good luck:)

My Dr recommends an equal mix of Lanolin cream, Neosporin, and hydrocortisone. Just get a little plastic bowl w/lid and squirt them all in and mix it up really good. This is the best cream ever! Hope you get some relief soon.

I received this through my MOPs group.... hopefully it will help you with the diaper rash / raw bottom.

"A friend of mine whose sister is a pediatrician shared this with me
and I have used it ever since!

You mix together liquid Maalox and Aquaphor (which is made by Eucerin
and is for severely dry skin). I usually put the Aquaphor in a small
bowl pour Maalox on top and with a rubber glove on my hand knead the
two together. You then spread this on the bottom (if it is a little
runny, I dump that into the diaper) It doesn't seem to burn the way
that Desitin and the other creams do -esp. when the bottom is severely
chapped."

And, my son gets diarrhea from nearly any medication and we have to make him eat yogurt. Something about the flora in his digestive system being out of whack and the live cultures helps get things back on track.

Good luck!

I only use this when it seems like Desitin isn't working and usually I
see a huge difference by the next diaper change - I only use it while
the bottom is extremely chapped and would not recommend doing this
when the bottom is normal.

Let him eat yogurt everyday. The ingredients in that will adjust his output. WHen my daughter had severe diaper rash as an infant the pharmacist gave me a home remedy that he had made up. Try asking some pharmacists, too.

My son had horrible diaper rash as well and still gets it on occasion. His doctor prescribed diaper rash medicine for him and it has worked wonders. I only use sensitive skin wipes on him that are free of everything and that makes a difference as well. When his diaper rash is really bad, I give him a little soak in the tub every night to get off all the residue of the day and then I let him run around naked for about 10 minutes before I put his diaper back on to let him air out (sometimes I do have accidents, but I figure I can just clean those up). I tried all the home remedies, but the prescription diaper stuff is the only thing that truely worked for my son. I hope that this helps.

Hi M.,
As a mom who just went through this with my little girl, I'll give you the best advice I got from the nurse at her doctor's office. Do NOT use any sort of baby wipes on his bottom. Only use wet paper towels and dab rather than wipe or take him to the tub & spray him off using luke warm water or very mild soap. I won't go into too much detail, but the diahrea is a different sort when they're on meds & it actually burns their bottoms. The nurse said that using the wipes are like pouring alcohol (even the sensitive ones we were using) on an open wound. Second, I swear by a diaper cream called Diaper Derm. Within days of using it at every single diaper change, my little girl's rash was gone. This cream is hard to come by, but once in a while I'll see it at an actual Walgreens store. Lately, though, I've had to stock up on it by ordering at Walgreens online. Let me know how it works out if you decide to use this method. Just be sure to keep cream on his bum (no matter the brand) at all times and you'll start to see an improvement. Good luck & I really hope your son gets better.

Sounds to me like he has a yeast infection from the antibiotics.You can either go to the drug store and get and get an over the counter med or go to your dr and get a prescription for one.

When my son was a baby, we experienced a lot of very sore diaper rashes caused by diarrhea too. So bad that sometimes it would bleed when we'd wipe him. I had a lot of luck with the Dr. Smith's brand of rash cream. I went to their website (www.doctorsmith.com)and sent an email requeseting that they send me a few samples to try before I went out and bought it. (I didn't want to buy a bunch of stuff if it wasn't going to work!) Good luck...I hope you and your baby both find some relief soon!

We love Burts Bees diaper rash cream! The stuff is AWESOME! My daughter had a horrible diaper rash and Burts bees cleared it up!!

maybe you should talk to your doctor and see if they have any suggestions for you.

First of all, if you can get ultra bifidus (mine is by Metegenics and I got it from my Chiropractor) from someone who deals in nutrition, you can put it in every drink you give him. If he is drinking from a sippy cup, you can put it in everything (about 1/4 tsp)or even in a bottle with breast milk or formula. Don't give him citrusy drinks...that makes the rash worse. My son had horrible diahrea when he was on antibiotics (8 weeks) and he ended up having a condition called c-dif (can't remember what it is short for...but it attacked the gut and got rid of all the good bacteria...he had to take something else to get rid of c-diff but the doctor suggested yogurt for the acidopholis). Ultra Bifidus has WAY more strains of the good bacteria to fight the diahrea and get the good bacteria into his system...you can't have too much good bacteria. If you can battle the diahrea, the rash situation should take care of itself. As far as what to do in the meantime, I have two things that worked on my kids...Boudreaux Butt Paste...very thick and keeps a pretty good barrier and Arbonne's diaper rash cream. Both are very natural...no scents or extra things that will cause more harm than good...and they don't smell so mediciney...keeps your baby smelling like a baby!

Good luck!

Beaudreaux's Butt Paste does the trick! Oprah did a show and had the pharmacist who developed this. It is awesome and works well on anyone with sensitive skin too. I believe the last tube I got was at Target.

I can't say that my son has ever had the serious diaper rash that you describe, but I have great success with Arbonne's diaper rash cream. They have a really nice line of baby products and they are all botanically based. Really good stuff...

Hi M.~

If you are open to other options that can help your son I work with a wellness company that can really help you out just by changing little things in your home that you don't think about. As a Massage Therapist yourself you are probably aware of a lot of things already. What type of auto-immune disorder does he have? You are already doing a great thing and adding in pro-biotics but the dose may not be enough and you may be lacking some other good bacteria as well. Please feel free to visit my website which is www.livetotalwellness.com/cindygeoff and if you are open to hearing more details let me know if I can help in any way. Good luck!

Hi M.,

I hope your son is feeling better, but I just wanted to suggest next time it gets bad try using athletes foot cream. My youngest son (18 months)has a really hard time with getting yeast infections on his bottom, this time it was so bad that the DR. told me to used the athletes foot cream its a lot stronger then nystain(SP). Good luck!!

Hi M.,

I wish I had learned this little trick a long time ago. Mix desitin 1:1 with maalox put on bottom and voila!! diaper rash gone in about an hour. Its amazing.. hope this helps.

L.

Have you tried this? Bath him and then be sure to dry his bottom really well. You might even use a hair dryer on cold and spread his crack and make sure it's very dry. Then put a thick coat of a very thick diaper creme on him (use one that is more paste-like over a cream. The creams are too thin). There's a brand called Dr. XXX butt paste, which is actually good. Then put a thick coat of vaseline over the paste. When you clean him the vasoline will come off, but the layer of paste will still be protecting him. Then reapply the paste to spots needed and smear him all over with vasoline again. Good luck!

I just wanted to add that my kids' ped told me that if your baby has a yeast infection putting any of the creams with zinc oxide in them will just make the yeast worse. (It locks the yeasties against the skin--keeps that area moist under the cream)

I would probably call the doc. When my oldest had a horrible yeast infection they had me put both an antifungal and an antibiotic cream on her bottom.

I highly recomend Dr. Smiths Ointment it's the only diaper rash product I've used that does a fast & great job for my kids! Put it on heavy. It's thick and sticks on great. I find it at Walmart in the baby section or around the area where you find shampoo etc look where you find baby wipes etc and you should see it there.

L.

warm bath with baking soda, let him sit in the tub for about 15minutes, pat dry, Use A&D ointment it works well with my son, but every kid is different and all depends on how bad the rash is.

Good Luck
hope the little guy gets relief soon.

G.

hi my daughter has a problem with getting diper rashes too. my mom told me to keep corn startch on her evey time i change her
and it has worked. for the driness of it every time u change him dont use diper wipes use a worm washcloth or give him a bath and use vasalein or take him to the doc and get some special cream that is what i had to do!but try the corn startch i promess it will work for the diper rash in 3 to 5 days! let me know and ps dont be shy w/it put alot on there!even if he does not have a diper rash now keep corn starch on him it will prevent them.

The best advice anyone gave me on diaper rash is to use the Blow Dryer on the bottom on a low and warm setting. I have done this with two children and it works great. The warm air completely drys out the skin, not trapping in moisture like the creams. So after every diaper change and a bath just blow the area dry. Be careful to not burn the skin, just glenty move back and forth and keep back a little ways. Any time my son starts getting red again we give him a bath and dry him out again really good. We haven't used creams in sooooo long, everytime we start again we have another rash. My babies were both breastfed so had to be changed alot. We also used the sensitive skin wipes that help, and Pampers Swaddlers are awesome for absorbing. Hope that helps, I know how frustrating this can be.

Can he have yogurt. Everytime you are on antibotics for an extended period of time, it is a good itea to eat yogurt. Also, check to see if it might be a yeast infection. If so, the yogurt will help with that, but you might need to get a prescription. My daughter has been on constant antibotics since August for a bladder infection that won't go away so I know what it is like. The rash can get pretty bad.

I know this is a little late but....Aquafor is a godsend...once you get the yeast infection cleared up it is an awesome product. My 3 year old has only ever had 1 diaper rash and that was when she was 3 weeks old.

Try patting corn starch on his bottom. It will help dry the rash.
I know you didn't ask, but I'm offering info on the auto-immune disorder. You might try taking your son to a chiropractor. If his spine isn't aligned correctly, the nerves can't "talk" to the organs & the brain, which can cause the auto-immune disorder. The antibiotics help, but they won't correct the problem. Chiropractic care can help his body heal itself, then we won't have to take the antibiotics, then he won't have diarrhea or the rash. I recently took my 23 month old to the Chiropractor for an ear ache. It wasn't infected yet, it was just bothering him. One adjustment is all it took to clear it up. They did a thermal scan, which is like taking your temp, along his spine, & could tell where the adjustment was needed. We go to Dr Ryan Hanson in Edmond. Feel free to call & talk to him about it. ###-###-####. Take care.

Air his lil bottom out. After a diaper change- let him air it out a bit.

Dr. Smith Ointment- lil round container. Works really well. I would put it on ALL the time.

Warm bath w/baking soda once or twice a day.
Stop using wipes & just use warm wash cloth.

My doctor told me not to use Desitin b/c it seems very harsh on already rashed skin.
Good luck!

My son had roto virus in March and his bottom was so raw that every time he needed changed we would put him in the bath tub and rinse him with warm water. Finally when we got the doctor to believe us that he needed to be seen she couldnt believe his poor little bottom. She told us one of the best things for diaper rashes was Beaudros(sp?) butt paste it is kind of expensive but I swear by it. The doctor can also prescribe something that is stronger than the butt paste. Let his bottom air dry even if it is only for 10 minutes. Hope this helps.

My daughter went through this because of antibiotics too. I bought a blow dryer that had a cool setting. I bathed her in plain warm water, no soap, every single time I changed her. I know it sounds like a lot of work and it is. But then I would blow dry her bottom and then slather her down with any very thick and greasy diaper product I could find. So long as I kept her bottom clean and protected and kept soap away from her, we did ok.

Suzi

burnt cornstarch. put it in a skillet and brown it. cool it , and slather it on like paste. I promise, this will help your little guy's raw bottom. This is what the pediatrician that I worked for always suggested.

Super Duper Diaper Doo saved my life. It's by the pharmacy. Sometimes it's behind the counter.

My son's dermatologist recommended an over the counter medication called Triple Paste. It heals as well as protects the skin from urine/feces. We got it at Walgreens.

You might also try feeding yogurt. I don't have any idea about your child's medical needs but it always helps us with diarrhea. The medical professionals said it's ok to give this type of dairy because of the active cultures.

R.

Have you tried making your own wipes? I make my daughters and we have had few instances of diaper rash. What you do is take a Bounty paper towel roll (not the select a size) and cut it in half. Find a tupperware holder that fits the round shape. Fill the tupperware with approx 2 cups of hot water and add some baby oil (approx 1 tbsp) add the paper towel roll. When the roll has absorbed all the water remove the cardboard from the center and pull your wipes from the middle.

As far as the rash itself goes I was always told to use straight zinc oxide - I used the Walmart brand which is affordable. Also, if he can be out of his diaper several times daily this would probably help too. Let it air out....

Hope some of this helps:)

Liquid Mylanta dap on with cotton ball and cover with vasline worked great for my son and cheap. I got the orange flavor it smelled nice.

Good luck

Both of my kids had that. My daughters pedi told us to put neosporin, then lotrimin AF cream and desitin on top. The neosporin helps it heal faster, the lotrimin helps get rid of what's causing it and the desitin helps protect it. When we used it my kids' diaper rash cleared up within a day, usually less than that. I would also use the neosporin plus pain relief because it's help it to not hurt so bad. I hope this helps some.

I agree with Crissie. This is what I have also "Nystatin" and it works WONDERS on my daughter. I know it s so painful since I can see it in my daughter's eyes. :) Glad that it's helping!

You sure have your hands full with 2 little ones. My Grand-daughter had the same problem. We started using cloth diapers and a product call Butt Paste. Everytime we changed her we put on the Butt Paste and did not bleach the diapers when we washed them. She soon was over the terrible rash..Good luck

he almost certainly has a yeast infection (YES boys get them too). He needs to see a doctor right away. Ask for Nystatin and a yeast medication. Also after each soiled diaper (poop) wash him in the tub or bathroom sink with soap and warm water. Wipes will be too painful and just exacerbate the problem.

My middle child had a horrible rash when he was an infant, it had cracked and started to bleed and I was so lost about curing it because my older daughter had never had diaper rash. Especially like what he had. Go and get pure corn startch from your grocery store, pick up two....it's really cheap, especially compared to all the diaper rash ointments. I just took a spoon and dumped (not sprinkle) it on his bottom every change. there was no rubbing, wiping or touching the sore area. You'll notice a difference with in a days time, and you'll be amazed. Til this day, I always have an extra box on hand.

This stuff called DomBoro you get it at Walgreens it comes in a powder packet you mix it with water to make a paste and put it on his butt and put the diaper on and leave it. Or you can put it in the bathwater and soak in it. This stuff works great

He may have a yeast infection. My daughter had the same issue and we put rash cream on it everyday and for 2 weeks it didnt get any better. She kept scratching at it while her diaper was off. I called the doctor and explained what it looked like. I didnt even have to go in, she wrote me a script on the spot and I was able to pick it up that day and start treatment. Within the day it started looking better. After 2 days it was still red like a scar gets when its healing but the redness went away after about a week. Within the day we started treatment you could tell she felt relief. Hope this helps!

P.S. I didnt know little babies could get yeast infections so I didnt call the doctor for 2 weeks. But, ha ha, joke's on me.....they can, boys and girls!!!
--S.

My son used to get ear infections all the time and so he would get diaper rashes form the antibiotics. We got a perscription for a diaper rash cream. Ask you your Dr. about getting something like that. It would clear up the rash over night. It is a steriod so it works fast.

Mix baking soda and a little bit of water to make a paste. It worked with my daughter.

Ok, hang in there with me because I know this is going to sound ridiculous, but this is an old, old, natural remedy. You put some flour (plain old flour) in a pan on the stove and cook it in the pan, stirring frequently until it has a burnt look to it and then when it cools use it on baby's bottom. I know it sounds ridiculous, but an old friend of mine, she is around 87, said they used to use this remedy back in the depression days and it worked. So I tried it on my grandson when he was so raw he could barely moved from teething diareha ? how do you spell that anyway ? lol Anyway, it works.
Good Luck
Mama Merz

Hi M.,

My daughter has two children, 1 and 4. She swears by Butte Paste. It's available in most stores that have a baby department. She says it acts as buffer between skin and urine & waste while healing any rash. She lives in Colorado and finds it at Target and Walmart so that would be the first places to check.
Good luck.
W. Q