My four month old daughter recently started getting diaper rash, a little redness and a few bumps, nothing i havent seen before.At first it would clear up with zinc oxide cream aftera day or two. Now i cant get rid of it and she's getting large blisters on her inner thighs where the inner liner of the diaper is. I make sure its not on too tight, change frequently. I even stopped using baby wipes and only a washcloth with clearwater to clean her. I give her as much time as i can each day with no diaper on at all,i just dont know what else to do as soon as one disappears theres one in a new spot.I tried changing the brand of diaper and that didnt do it either.I heard it could be from teething(shes got 4 teeth coming all at once)but im not sure, has anyone else experienced these kind of blisters and persisistant rash?
We use aquafor and a dose of Tylenol before bed for discomfort and inflammation. My son would get it so bad he wouldnt let us put anything on it. I put squeeze the aquafor into a clean diaper and then kinda smoosh it after I got the diaper on. It worked!!!
Good Luck!
hey robin,
my son started teething @ 3 months old and got what your describing as the same diaper rash....once 1 of his teeth broke through the rash went away....is the rash looking like its hurting her???if its not then i would wait till a tooth pops up and if its still there take her to the doctors and see what they say....it couldnt hurt...
talk to you later,
amanda
hey i hope i can help. my one year old just experienced what sounds to be the same symptoms as your daughter. i tried everything too. finally i took her to the doctor and he looked at it and immediately said it was a yeast rash. he gave us some cream and it was gone within a week. well i wish you luck.
jackie, fishkill,ny
try and buy a cream called balmex.it worked for my daughter when she was a baby.if that doesn't help then take her to the doctor,and what kind of diapers is she wearing?Pampers are good for her.
Hi Robin, I think it definitly has to do with teething especially with 4 all at once! You need to slather her in diaper rash cream....not the creamy kind, the thick kind and a lot of it and try not to wipe it off each time you cange her and powder around the where the diaper may be tight...And all over her when she has no diaper on. Is it the same diaper rash lotion you have been using? It usually gets better after teeth come in, my son used to get it and still does when his teeth are coming in, it usually clears up by doing what I did. Hope this may help a little bit! Lauri
From my experiences it is most like to be from laundry products you are using. Remember you are not only washing the clothes, but they are also sleeping on them. and when you put something on the skin it aborbs into the skin. any further question ask. marge
Triple paste!
Put some Triple Paste on her and it should be better in no time!
My daughter had the same kind of rash when she was around that age. I tried the same thing you did but the did not work. I finally brought her to the pediatrician who said that she had a yeast infection. He gave me a prescription cream and with in a few days the rash went away.
My son, who was a terrible teether, used to get the same thing. Sometimes it would get so bad that he would bleed. The only thing that seemed to work with him was corn starch on his bottom and in his diaper. Good Luck! I was so very happy when his last tooth came in!
Call your pediatrician - it may not be diaper rash but a vaginal fungus or infection....which is easily treatable w/ Lotrimin.
IF this is indeed a diaper rash, i agree 100% with the 1st response! AQUAPHOR!!! i would suggest it to anyone and everyone. my mother used it on us, and i use it on my daughter (and it can be used for many things other then just diaper rash!). my daughter's 2nd set of teeth that came in were 4 at once just like your child, and she also got horrible diaper rash, even some blisters, and the aquaphor worked. after about 2 maybe 3 days of aquaphor (and some airing out, just like you do) it was almost completely gone, and didn't bother her at all! JUST GOB IT ON until it seems she's more comfortable. but i would also check with her pediatrician. it could be from detergent, or fabric softner (my daughter got lil bumps all over her body until i decided to keep it down to just liquid, and no fabric sheets). but it may also be a yeast infection, and if it is, you want to get her cream as soon as possible to get rid of it. i've had an external yeast infection before (after surgery) and it was extremely painful. it took a few days of the cream to go away. so i'd say just gob on the aquaphor until the dr. can see her! good luck, and let us know how she's doing!
cornstarch
Hi Robin,
My name is Cheri and my son Frankie is 10 months. He got his first diaper rash at almost 2 months and it got worse and worse until he had those little blisters. I even had a prescription ointment from my doctor that didn't help. He still gets a rash once in a while but they don't get that bad anymore, The most effective and simplist solution I found was letting him soak in a warm bath, drying him off and letting his bottom air dry, then I put lots of vasiline for over night. By the morning it is usually gone. Hope this helps!
Hi. I sort of had the same problem with my daughter and her pediatrician said it was actually yeast. She didn't have large blisters but it might be the same thing. Try using lotrimin (very thin layer) with the diaper changes and of course keep doing what you're doing with letting her air dry, etc...
You should notice a difference almost immediately (I did anyway) If that doesn't help, maybe give her pediatrician a call to get it looked at.
Hope that helps :)
Erica
My daughter had the same kind of rash (at least it sounds like it from your description) and her doctor said that it was a bacterial problem and prescribed an ointment called Bactriban. This was after he had told me to try both lotramin and nystatin ointments, neither one helped. By the next day her rash look a lot better, and in a couple more days it was gone all together. You should really talk to your doctor about this before it gets any worse. One of the blisters popped and got infected, creating an abcess that had to be cut and drained at the hospital. That is something no 6 month old should have to go through. Hope this helps and hope everything clears up soon.
I went through the same thing with my daughter. I hated it and no matter what I did nothing worked. My doctor prescribed me this ointment called Vusion. It is fairly new and it was a miracle worker. You are supposed to use it every time you change his diaper and continue to use it for 5 days once the rash cleared up. Good luck!
try GDIAPERS! gdiapers.com
they flush and are hypoallergenic. But it could be yeast. talk to your pediatrician. good luck.
Good Morning, Does your little one attend a daycare or similar setting? If so, it sounds like this rash maight be coxsaki. It first appears as a rash and as it is healing blisters may appear. It is spread through feces, unclean hands. My little girl also had this (she goes to daycare), and at first I thought it was an allergic reaction to the diapers. Desitin did not clear it up as usual. Check with your pediatrician. Good Luck, Nerina
It's certainly related to the teething. I've never found one "cure all" for diaper rash, but pouring Malox over the infected area and letting it dry has been helpful.