Best nappy rash cream or treatment

[saffydreamer]

Hey yesterday when i changed Avas bum i noticed it was a bit red and sore so ive been using sudocreme (sp?) anyways when i changed her after her night feed she screamed when i wiped her bum, this morning it seems to have gotton worse and its red raw, poor thing.... what would any mummys reccomend? xxxxxx

 

[saffydreamer]

whoops posted in wrong section sorry....

 

[paradysso]

i like neals yard baby barrier as its all natural and organic so gentle on baby but very good.

 

[leckershell]

Ryan's been doing the same at the moment and I don't think it's the sudocrem I think it's the stuff in the baby wipes so we're thinking bout going back onto cotton pads and water and seeing if that helps.

 

[Lola's Mummy]

Luckily Lola's never had really bad nappy rash but if her bum has looked sore/red i've used metanium and made sure she's had loads of nappy free time

 

[saffydreamer]

thankyou all will defo use the cotton wool and water see if that helps poor baby xxxxxx

 

[Emmylou]

Sudocrem has never made a difference on Libby either, the BEST thing I have ever used is Bepanthen.....its great for when baby has a rash, and I use Neals Yard Baby Barrier between rashes as thats great too.

Have you changed wipes recently? Libby got a bad rash when I moved from Pampers Sensitive to Pampers Scented (the lavender ones) so I changed back, used bepanthen and it was gone in just a day!!

 

[saffydreamer]

yes i have
im now using johnson and johnson aloe vera usually i get the fragrance free ones, maybe that is it then... dohh that didnt even cross my mind!
thankyou hun xxxx
we are weaning her and shes been pooing tons more than usual so could the more pooing make her sore???
xxxxxx

 

[Emmylou]

It could be a combination of the both, I would suggest going back to the previous wipes you used, keep the aloe vera ones for wiping mucky faces, babys bums are very sensitive, I learnt this when I changed wipes I would definitely recommend getting a tube of bepanthen too, just to take the soreness away quickly for her.

I actually asked my HV once about sudocrem when I thought it wasn't working on nappy rash, and she said it wouldn't as all Sudocrem does is take the redness away It doesn't actually treat the area

Hope her bottom is better soon

 

[SarahH]

Awww poor toot... the weaning will have an affect on her too.

I didnt find Sudacrem or Bepathan helped at all when Arianna was younger and I asked the HV about it and she gave me a prescription for Canistan cream and it is excellent.... if she had the rash one day it had completely gone by the next.

 

[andreag]

I find that the nipple cream I used when B/f works a treat - its got lanolin (sp) in so I would look for a nappy cream for that.
I find sudocreme fine as a barrier but no good once the rash has actually developed.

 

[Josephine_Beth]

My mum, aunty (who's a nurse), godmother and such have all said the best treatment for nappy rash is fresh air.

Joseph has had it twice, so I was told to heat the room to body temp (36c) or warm enough for your bubs, lay them on a bed/changing mat/cloth etc and let them kick about freely with no nappy on, or maybe just a top but have nothing on below. This way, the skin gets to breathe and the rash will clear up a lot better.

However, I know the above is hard to do,when you have other things to do.

Worth a try though xx

p.s. Have you thought of changing the nappies? A few friends of mine had told me their babies were suffering nappy rash ad whatever they did, it stayed there. Then they changed to a diff brand of nappy and it cleared up. Dunno what they were using before but they are using pamper's dry now.

 

[Lorrie]

Hi thr I find "Caldesene Powder" brilliant it really works. My mum used it years ago aswell. You buy it in chemist. For prevention I find some wipes def very abrasive - Huggies pure - equiv cotton wool & water. My liitle fella gets quite a bit of nappy rash due to constant teething but we clear it up pretty quick. Good luck. Lorrie

 

[OopsyDaisy]

When there's a flare-up, I use Timodine cream (need a prescription for this). To prevent nappy rash, I use Neal's Yard Baby Barrier. I use cotton wool and water for most nappy changes, saving the wipes for messier nappies and for when we go out.

 

[samsmom]

Hey Saffydreamer!

When weaning our son (not that long ago now) he also got a really red bum. I am sure alot of it has to do with the change from a milk only diet to solids too.

I used different nappy creams but to be honest found that the best thing was to give him nappy off time every single night before his bath. Also, made sure that his bum was completely dry before putting a new nappy on. Now that sounds pretty basic but loads of Moms I know would use the wipes and assume that because bum was clean that new nappy could go straight on. Once I did this, I put loads of sudocrem on before bedtime (absolutely layered it on!) and he was so so much better the next day.

Good luck!

 

[saffydreamer]

hey all, thankyou all so much for your advice, i bought some bepanthem on tues and Avas bum has almost completly healed!!! i gave her tons of nappy off time and dried her and made sure her nappy wasnt too wet!!
thanks all your all super fab xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx