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Nightmare nappy rash - DD in pain, Im end of tether

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pixipie151 · 04/10/2010 21:25

My DD is 18 months old. She is very prone to severe nappy rash and had a bout of thrush about 2 months ago, which was treated with a steriod cream. However, the nappy rash is back with a vengence. The skin is red raw and dry as a bone. I've tried every creme recommended - natural and normal - metanium, sudocreme, neals yard balm, bepaththen, kamilosan, almond oil and chamomile and lavender in the bath. Several trips to the doctor, but advice is just to put plenty of creme on to act as a barrier.

She poos 4-6 times a day and it is often still quite soft. The nappy rash seems to be worse after many pooings and especially at teething times. She is in so much pain, she winces every time I change her. I try to give her as much no nappy time as poss after she gets home from nursery and weekends.

Nursery are also very concerned. They asked me to check with GP if she has some sort of allergy as they had a child there a long time ago with same probs, but was allergic to citrus (my baby loves fruit, but cant say I giver her much citrus fruit).

Any advice? Any wonder-cremes or lotions and potions?

I was reading another thread about a baby that is skinny and poos loads, could it be coelic disease? She's a fantastic eater by the way, but dead skinny with a pot belly and very small - only about 21lbs (9-12m clothes are still big on her).

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PinkieMinx · 05/10/2010 22:42

DD had awful nappy rash - skin split as I wiped it, makes me shudder thinking back. She had a rash, then thrush, then rash - seemed never ending.

I was advised by HV to stop cleaning with wipes or water and to use baby oil instead. That plus sitz baths (sitting in warm water with sea salt in) & nappy off time (at least half hour twice a day) worked absolute wonders.

alypaly · 07/10/2010 20:28

have you tried Siopel barrier cream or conotrane. An old fashioned treatment was to use cloth nappies and wash them in a teaspoon of white vinegar to neutralise the ammonia in the wee.

pixipie151 · 13/10/2010 21:12

Thanks for the tips girls, I will work my way through the list! Have started using natural nappies, and olive oil to clean her skin (thanks Herjaz. I don't want to do lots of things at the same time, as I wont know what's working.

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