What's the best way to clear up diaper rash?

Question

Do you have a favorite diaper rash cream?
What do you do when your baby gets diaper rash?

Answer 1

Aquaphore is a good one...
But I think, washing your baby with a damp washclothes instead of using wipes, and change the diaper as much as you can will help the diaper rash.

Answer 2

I like zinc oxide, brand name Desitin. there all about the same. A and D is different, but works good too. Leave the diaper off for a while each day to let it air out, and put the cream on at every diaper change, and before putting the diaper on, make sure the skin is nice and dry, this will help cut down on the baby getting rashes. Because it's the constant moisture and actual diaper that irritates the skin.

Answer 3

I know with my lil baby bro' my mom and I would OFTEN change his diaper (checking alot due to the rash) and that seemed to help it go away faster. We also used diaper rash ointment I believe it was desatin? (It was a white / blue and pink ribbon as a design? lol.. I can't remember the name) but yeah... any ointment usually found in the baby isle should help relieve it. If it doesn't seem to work definately ask you doctor what is highly recommended these days. Maybe there is something they can prescribe that works better than the Over The Counter stuff. GOOD LUCK with it all anyways.. :0)

yeah that's true (what a lady said in the upper comments) maybe the wipes you are using are causing the baby to break out... so maybe try an UNSCENTED one ... something more easy going and then if not try just a regular warm washcloth.

Answer 4

According to the nurse who taught my baby care class, air is the best thing for avoiding and clearing up diaper rash. She suggested putting our babies naked on an old towel and letting them air out their bottoms for about fifteen minutes a day.

She also suggested avoiding diaper rash creams if possible; her belief was that once you start using them, you're caught in an endless cycle of having to completely remove and reapply the cream each time you change the baby's diaper.

We followed her advice and, in the past two years, we've only had one mild case of diaper rash, which occurred when our son had diarrhea. However, our son now likes being naked so much that it takes the full fifteen minutes to recapture him and get a diaper on him after he's been bathed and escaped from the tub. 8>)

Answer 5

I myself prefer the regular desitin because it stays in place longer and it goes on easier than some brands . Also fresh air does wonders I have done it a few times when my babies got a diaper rash (dont leave them naked for long periods at a time ) just like maybe 10 to 15 minutes after a diaper change .

Answer 6

Desitin I used that when my daughter would get diaper rashes. After I changed her pediatrician, he recommended that I use a small amount of petroleum jelly on the diaper area to make a barrier between the moist diaper and her delicate skin. Worked wonders. My daughter kept rashes all the time until I started doing that. Good Luck!

Answer 7

use Butt-paste. it worked great for my kids.there are 2 kinds the over the counter kind and the kind you need to get a prescription for. but you also need to know what the baby ate too. sometimes certain foods can cause a rash. and change the diaper often and make sure the bottom is dry before putting a new diaper on and you can let the bottom breathe for a few minutes and let the baby go with no diaper on.

Answer 8

I like Calmoseptine. It's over the counter, but you have to ask the pharmacist for it. It's the best I've ever used. It's VERY thick, so unlike A&D, Desitin, etc., it won't immediately soak into the diaper as soon as you put it on. It actually stays on between changes, so if your baby poops again, it'll keep the poop from her already irritate/sore skin. It also contains calamine and menthol, so it's very soothing. It normally clears up diaper rash over night for my boys.

When they get diaper rash, I try to keep their diapers off them as much as possible so that their skin can stay dry. I don't use wipes (even the sensitive skin ones) because they're very irritating to sore skin. (Next time you cut your finger or scrape your arm or something, rub a baby wipe over the cut...they sting!) I coat them liberally with Calmoseptine and they're generally much better by the next day. :)

Answer 9

Diaper Rash Treatments
In addition to using an antifungal cream to treat yeast diaper rashes, the following diaper rash creams and ointments can be helpful:
Triple Paste Medicated Ointment - a premium diaper rash cream that 'works fast to relieve raw, irritated skin' with zinc oxide, white petrolatum, corn starch, and anhydrous lanolin.
Boudreaux's Butt Paste - with zinc oxide, peruvian balsam, castor oil, mineral oil, boric acid, white wax, and petrolatum.
Aquaphor Baby Healing Ointment - a Petrolatum based ointment, like Vaseline
Balmex Diaper Rash Ointment
Desitin Creamy Diaper Rash Ointment
Burt's Bees Diaper Ointment
Aveeno Diaper Rash Cream
A+D Ointment

(more information on each one at the site listed below)

Answer 10

Here is an old remedy! I know it sounds dumb, but it works!
Try this it works really well. I used it with my boys years ago.
Take a cup of flour, and burn it in a pan. The color needs to be the color of a slice of toast.
Let it cool. This will need to cool for a while.
Sprinkle on clean baby. Put on a diaper, and you should see almost immediate results.
Something in the flour is very healing and soothing to their tender skin. Also, this contains no perfumes or anything that can irritate the skin. A couple applications, and the rash should be gone.