DD is two and a half and suffers badly from constipation. She poos maybe once a week. Currently on Movicol peadiatric plain.
Since yesterday she's been struggling to poo, and has developed a very very sore nappy rash all over her labia and down onto her inner bum cheeks.
She's currently passing the soft poo that is surrounding the older, harder poo, it's a bit like wet farts in her nappy, and i'm trying to be vigilant and change her every time she strains so she's not sat in a soiled nappy. She was in cloth but had to change her to disposables this morning as i couldn't keep up with the washing - i have two in cloth.
She's obviously in a lot of discomfort trying to poo, and now this napy rash as well - it's very sore and the skin is broken. The only thing i have in is drapolene, and i've been putting that on it.
Currently we're a house of ill - DS2 has a tempreture and is ill and DS3 is cooking something too. I'm wondering if DD has picked something up and this is causing her to have a sore nappy area? Would a water inection cause this?
Any thoughts on what i can do for her? I've got the poo angle covered, it's more a question of waiting for her to poo, but the nappy rash is a totally new thing.
Any advice would be most appreciated.