A good cream for sore bots?

[PinkPussyCat]

Can anyone recommend a cream for sore bottom please? Poor ds (15mo) has had D&V for the last 24 hours and his bottom is now bright red. Have been using metanium with no effect. A bit scared to try him nappy-free as yet...

TIA

oh, was going to say metanium. sorry give it time though, tis great stuff

at least use it as it will prevent it getting worse - acts as a barrier too.

Dreamcream from Lush is brilliant if you can get it. Have used it on ds's nappy rash before when we had a week when for some reason the Metanium (which is fab usually) just wouldn't do the trick

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also (and I don't work for them, honest!) you'll probably be able to get a free sample size if you go in to the shop, which may be all you need, so save yourself a tenner)

I have tried lots of creams, and the best one for me is Bepanthen...works a treat! I would definitley recommend.

egg-white - if it is good enough for baby chickens ....

2nd recommendation for Bepanthen here. If dd was sore, and we put this on at night, she was fine by morning.

Leave nappy off.

Paint sore bottom with egg white. Allow to 'seal over'. Repeat as necessary.

It works.

do you breastfeed?
If so, breastmilk is a fabulous healer - allow it to air dry before putting a nappy on.
Sudocrem maybe?
I've ditched all the creams since finding out about breastmilk.

Thank you all for the replies. Littlelamb I was in Lush only yesterday! How annoying is that... Will ask next time.

No breastmilk in this house I'm afraid

Will look out for bepanthen too.

Thanks again all

I put bepanthen over the top of the metanium - tis a miracle cure!

Another vote for bepanthen....I found metanium too thick to rub in and it stains terribly...Sudacream didn't do much either so bepanthen comes out top - always works a treat for DS

HAribolicius, you don't rub Metaniumin, it just sits on the surface, same with Bepanthen.

bepanthen all they way for me to sudo did not wk for ds so has a small tibe u get free n the bounty pack and rushed out to get more as it worked for ds

kamillosan (chamomile cream) same cream you can use for sore nipples is great for sore bottoms

I'll add to the vote for bepanthen

Morhulin - worked for me as a child and for my children!

Also Neals Yard Baby Barrier.

zinc and castor oil
morhulin
cannestan thrush cream from chemist counter

When my daughter was in nappies someone recommended a cream called Conotrane to us. It was by far the best of all the creams we tried. Would definitely recommend it. Available over the chemist counter.

We had this with DD#2 and got canesten HC cream on prescription from the doctor in the end when nothing else helped. Cleared it up overnight after 4 days of screaming hell from the poor lass.

Matanium BUT mix it with vasaline x

Gosh been a little while since I checked this.. thank you all for your replies. The bepanthen seems to have helped, and he's a bit happier now!

For future reference....there is a product called Bum Bum Balm and it is a miracle in a pot!! It is fabulous. I got mine from Canada, but you can order it online in the UK.