Sudocrem or Petroleum Jelly - what do you use?

[MissyPie]

Once again my mother has huffed and puffed that I'm not using Sudocrem on my dd's bottom, I told her that it was my decision blah blah blah but she was still a little put out that once again I've not taken her advice.

Anyway, I use Petroleum Jelly - what do you all use? And those of you who use Sudocrem - don't you find it really messy??

I'm not in the habit of running everything past my mother but things just seem to come up in conversation and I always feel guilty that I seem to have gone my own way (for those of you who remember the juice at 11weeks old thread will know what I mean :))

Anyhow, I'd be interested to hear your comments, Thanks

I use nothing at all when bum is nice and rosy, weleda nappy change cream when slightly red, metanium when angry red.

I used vaseline, though not at every nappy change. Sudocream is brill for a sore bum

I am the same as mousymouse except I use ASDA Zinc & Castor Oil cream when slighty red.....everything else is exactly the same!!

fresh air. kamilosan if it's looking a bit sore when teething. we use cloth nappies though so layers of nappy cream aren't a good idea for the nappies, and not necessary with frequent changes and plenty of fresh air.

I love sudocrem I think it has masses of uses and although my kids are grown up we still have a tub at home .... You'd be surprised what it can do and where we use it . However always found metanium wizard for nappy rash :-) sudocrem was too moist for that imho

I have to slather on sudocreme and even then it didnt work. Stopped using it. Vaseline made my baby's rash much worse and i don't like the consistency - i can never seem to clean it off it just clings to my fingers. Best cream (although its more of a balm because of the beeswax) is tiny troubles healing salve by mama nature. Its much more expensive but you use much less of it.

I don't use anything day to day, just a bit of yellow metanium on the rare occasion there's a sore bit. Just not necessary, and reduces the absorbency of cloth nappies. I have a 2.4yo and a 14wk old and my metanium tube is still 2/3s full despite DH's inability to understand what a THIN layer looks like, so it's really not needed often.

Sudocrem every night after bath and never had nappy rash with either Love the stuff

Nothing day to day. If it's looking red (rare), nappy free time and then a smear of sudocrem. I have 2 DDs and we are still using the tiny sample pot that came in DD1's Bounty pack.

I use both, vaseline as a barrier and then sudocrem as second layer. It works magic when used together and cleans off easily