When sudocrem doesn't work on nappy rash what should I try next?

[yellowflowers]

It's not bothering dd but is raised and red and sore looking at front and back.

Metanium.

Brilliant stuff. I absolutely swore by it for my two. Just don't get it on your carpet. It won't come out and it's yellow.

I was told by my GP that vaseline is the best thing to use, as it builds up the best water barrier on the skin and doesn't sting.

Hi yellow if Sudocrem isn't working - it could be thrush . I would make an appointment on Monday just to get it looked at . If it is , they will probably prescribe a cream . It's quite normal for babies to get thrush as a result of having a red bottom .

Another vote for metanium.

Metanium. It's amazing stuff.

I second metanium, could transform a sore red bottom overnight.

Vaseline is ok for when the skin isn't red and sore - it's a good 'barrier' but it is not a treatment for nappy rash and will not soothe or calm inflammation .
Really if Sudocrem is not working I would get it looked at just to rule out thrush .

Metanium is a must have IMO.

I loved Bepanthen as everything else aggrivated DS' eczema for some bizarre reason

X-post, I fourth metanium!

Another metanium fan here! Sorts soreness out with one application

Metanium, but if it is raised it sounds like thrush so you'll need canestan or daktarin from the GP.

You can get thrush treatment over the counter. Clotrimazole I think it is.

Metanium is also very good but won't deal with thrush.

Metanium, vaseline and bepanthem also do wipes as well as a cream. DD used to get horrific nappy rash when she was teething, that and too much fruit and she would have it badly.

Change her every 2 hours regardless of any kind of motion or not, if she's old enough and you have no carpets, no nappies at all and a smidge of one of these creams will do the trick. No bubbles in the bath and water only. Also, don't put the cream on too thickly as the skin also needs to breathe.

HTH

I'd get thrush diagnosed in a baby though before treating it with OTC medicine - not sure a pharmacist will sell it to you if they know it is for a small child?

Have you changed your brand of wipes recently? My ds2 had dreadful nappy rash, which cleared when I changed to pampers sensitive. I didn't put two and two together until I changed to another brand and literally watched the rash come back as the wipe touched his skin :(

Thanks. She's had thrush before when she was about a month and it looked completely different. I think it's because she just started nursery and a) they change her less often than me and b) she's having lots of new foods there

I already use pampers sensitive wipes

She adores fruit. Maybe that is the problem. I will limit it for a few days and see.

Yes doing lots of nappy off time at moment. Will try product free baths too.

Thanks all

Bepanthen has usally sorted it for my lot

i found metanium with a layer of sudocrem over the top worked best

Sudocrem made my daughter's rash worse. She reacts really badly to it. Metanium, on the other hand, is a godsend. Every now and then someone at nursery accidentally uses sudocrem and the bad reaction is almost instant. I avoid the stuff like the plague.

Metanium is magic

But reading the thread fully it could be thrush if it's bumpy. Mine have had that when very little (newborn stage). You'd need cream from dr for this

I don't think it is thrush - looks different from when she had thrush when teeny (she's now a year). But will buy one of the creams you suggest and go to doc if now better after day or so.