AIBU do you NOT use nappy cream???

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i'm sure someone I know said to me the other day that she doesn't use any nappy cream

do any of you do this? Am thinking of not using it on my daughter (nearly 1 year old) but I don't want to risk her getting sore. She has very, very mild eczema (as in occasional slightly dry skin, it was worse when she was younger and diagnosed as eczema). Could do without wasting yet more money but babba's comfort comes first

inthenick, it could be thrush, I know someone who's baby had it 8wks, sore and bleeding, idiot HV, doc and midwife didn't spot that it was thrush!!

thanks all for your responses
and thanks to the fuckers who've been making money out of me, that I can't afford, selling me stuff I don't need, making out that it's essential.
I'm going to try without and see how she responds

What pick said. Barrier cream with every change eg. zinc and castor oil, just helps keep the wetness away from the skin. It's the poo and wee combo that cause the burning to my DD so changing regularly and keeping and eye and nose out is most important.
Sudocream to help heal if she does get nappy rash (burn), which is rare and only if she's done a stealth poo.

Ok bepanthen wasn't really the thing when dd a baby.

I see it contains lanolin - that's often an irritant for sensitive skin including eczema.

That little tiny pot of sudocrem and a tube of metanium were all I needed for both babies. I think there's still over half of the sudocrem left too (dreadful stuff). Never used a barrier cream/talc etc.

I only use cream if there are signs of soreness or redness from a bad poop - thankfully this only happens about once every two or three months. My boy has been lucky and only once had true nappy rash in his two years, caused we think by overindulgence on pineapple. I have only ever used Water Wipes to clean him though and I do believe this has helped him avoid rash. His skin is quite sensitive - translucent pale and often gets dribble rash around the mouth and chin, etc but thankfully the bottom stays clear. I am by no means an 'anti chemical' person and love Sudocreme myself for spots or insect bites or any kind of burn or rash, but I do find regular baby wipes very harsh on my skin and have never used them for my child's nappy rash.

If your child's skin is used to cream at every change, I wonder would going cold turkey off it be too much and maybe a gradual reduction would work best, say only use every second change then reduce further etc. having said that, if your current routine works for her skin, there is no particular need to change it either.

That should read, I don't use regular wipes for my child's nappy changes, not nappy rash.

Almost never: my ds is 2 and I've only ever used a little when he's had redness. Maybe 3 or 4 times. The rest of the time it's just water wipes and on with a clean nappy. He's never had proper nappy rash though, so perhaps if he were prone to it I'd have had to use more.

Only thing nappy cream has been bought and used on in this house is tattoos.

Never on bottoms,

I very rarely use it on dd2 and very rarely used it on dd1. Just a bit of sudocreme when they got sore (once in 10 months for dd2 and two/three times in the whole time dd1 was in nappies).

Some babies just seem to be prone to nappy rash though whatever you do.

I use Bepanthen but only if skin is a little red. I have also read that if old pee residues come into contact with poo that's when it irritates skin (as well as thrush problems).
I have used lanolin on my eczema and it was soothing/helped improve it (Vaseline worked well too, Cetraben not so).

Only when required.

My mum used Vaseline instead of sudocrem she said sudocrem was a nightmare to clean off and washing it off her hands after was a pain, i never had nappy rash as a baby though so it must have worked ive heard of some women in Italy using olive oil to create a barrier for the skin too

Every nappy change here.

Barrier creams are exactly that. A barrier. Protecting the skin from wee and poo. A few hours of peeing on your own skin with no wiping or protection doesn't sound appealing to me!

Why put it on only after the damage has been done? Nappy rash is easier to prevent than get rid of.

My 3 year old has not once had nappy rash.

I only ever used it very rarely when they were sore and TBH they only really got sore when teething. I used non perfumed wipes minimally.

I have sensitive skin so didn't want to put anything on unless needed. I also only used nappy cream I could tolerate myself.

This was mentioned on a thread the other day and I was surprised that people use cream as a matter of course. YADNBU to not use a cream unless once is required for a specific problem.

I only ever used it when baby's bum was sore, which was very rare. Still using the same tube 2 years later.

It's usually the nappy itself that causes nappy rash as they have so many chemicals in them to stop leak's my mum swore by terry towelling nappies for all her babies even in the early 90's but it's not really an option these day's because everyone has to work, i think you can get naty nappies in boots which are chemical free though or Amazon ?

Inthenick - I think thrush as well. We had it for ages on dc1. You need to use steroid until it is all gone and a bit longer to be sure.

Op - no cream unless required.

I never used it, only used nappy cream if they got nappy rash, which was hardly ever in my first 4.

I did use it a lot on my youngest - he was really sensitive, we had to change from cloth nappies to disposables as he'd constantly get rash in cloth.

I have only ever used it when DS has a sore bum or nappy rash. I don't use it every nappy change, only on rare occasions. DS has dry skin / eczema flair ups but we've not needed nappy cream for him all the time.

I used fleece squares kept in a Tupperware box with water and tea tree or lavender oil as wipes. I didn't use any barrier creams but did use weleda calendula cream if any of my 3 were sore.

I only used it if my 2 were sore but my friend puts it on her DS with every nappy to try make sure he doesn't get sore I think it causes half his soreness to be honest

Putting breast milk directly on any rash clears it up over night, but otherwise never used anything

I never used it.