is it ok to put cocoa butter on babys butt as a rash cream?

Question

i started using it and i like but isit safe

someone just sterio typed me and called me a sister im not a sister by the way not to mention i asked about the butter cuz i noticed it worked good better then the diper creams but is it ok to use ?

Answer 1

I use it too and I have had four girls. If your really worried about the safety, they have a cocoa butter formula for babies called Bottum Butter. I live by it cuz it smells good and seems to work faster than most other thigs and you can use it all over.

Answer 2

Well, I don't have any kids, but recently I've been trying to decide myself whether I'll use cloth or disposables when the time comes. I love the idea of cloth diapers, they save money for sure. There's some debate about the benefit to the environment though, because of the extra energy used to clean the cloth diapers. So, I'm not totally sold on that one, but the money saver is certainly attractive if nothing else. But, I ran into a bit of a problem. Cloth diapers never looked overly absorbent to me, so I decided to run some tests to see if they would make the cut. I bought a pack of prefolded cloth diapers and a pack of disposables. I tested them on my little sister's life-size doll (about 3-4 month old size). I used a half cup measuring cup to measure how much either type of diaper can hold. The cloth diapers took about half a cup, but there was a pool of water on the bottom, which would just lay pooled in the diaper cover (I would hate to see that extra liquid get squeezed out if a baby with such a diaper was propped on one's hip); also, the side that touches the baby stays very moist and will likely cause diaper rash if not changed quickly. The disposables took over a cup of water (not quite a cup and a half), and within a couple of minutes the water was fully absorbed, reducing the chance of diaper rash. Not one to give up, I tried liners for the cloth diapers to see if they would increase the absorption amount to a satisfactory level, but they made an already very bulky bum an unsatisfactorily bulky bum. So, I guess I'll end up using disposables, unless those newfangled cloth diapers that seem to actually work well come down significantly in price by the time I have kids.

Answer 3

I can't see why not. Is there already a rash? I used Karité butter as a daily cream but used to switch to Calendula cream if the bottom got a bit irritated. Anything is better than the perfumed crap you get at chemists.

Answer 4

Zinc and castor oil cream is best. Never heard of cocoa butter being used but lets face it - if you keep your baby clean and dry, you're half way there. Cocoa butter is hardly going to have a terrible effect. I would ask your health visitor, and maybe go to Boots and look at the creams there. They aren't all as harsh as Sudocrem.

Answer 5

I use cocoa butter on my daughter's wind-chapped cheeks, and it works great. If it seems to be working for the diaper rash, I don't see a problem with it. We don't use anything on her little hinie because she's never had a diaper rash.

(For the record, I'm not a sister either)

Answer 6

It's the zinc in diaper cream that makes it diaper cream.... if your baby's bum is clear, and you just want to put cream on it, then cocoa butter is ok... but I would use diaper cream on a diaper rash.

Answer 7

When my daughter was little she had a pretty bad rash so we went to the doctor and he told me to get some mylanta and use that. The reason being it will nutralize the acid in the urine so the rash will heal. Try it, it works well and fast.

Answer 8

Cocoa Butter Diaper Rash Cream

Answer 9

Burts Bees makes an awesome diaper ointment. It is better than anything else. It is a bit more expensive. It also smells great. I highly recommend it.

As to your question, I am not sure.

Answer 10

I'm sure it's ok to do so but the question is-- does it work??

I use diaper rash cream that has zinc oxide in it.