nappy rash

[Linz2]

My son is 14 months and luckily until now has not had nappy rash. Having looked at other threads an explanation could be that he is teething/on cows milk/likes citrus fruits. The majority of nappy changes I use cotton wool/water and ensure well dry/nappy off time and have never used any creams because it was explained to me at the hospital that disposable nappies these days are so good at drawing moisture away from skin that to use a cream would block pores of disposable nappies which would prevent them absorbing the moisture which makes perfect sense to me. My problem is now he has a bit of redness/nappy rash(does not seem bother him though), do I use a cream or not?? He does have a bath at night using dipro bath emolient for excema on legs/feet, do you think this sufficient?

i use olive oil on ds bottom at night,might help,warm it first though!

Thanks kittypants but might sound a bit thick here but when you say warm it first, is there another reason for this other than temp on skin. Do you mean heat up in a saucepan and cool because this helps it absorb better or apply straight from the bottle as mine kept in the kitchen and think this would be warm to apply.

i just ment so its not cold on his bottom!our kitchens freezing!i either use straight out of bottle or in bowl with cotton wool.can use for baby massage at same time and makes your hands nice and soft!we also used to use it for ds1 who had cradle cap and on his ezcema!very useful stuff!

You can safely use nappy creams with sposies if necessary. It's true about the pores but as long as you're only doing it when needed it's fine.

Anyway, it's not the wee itself that causes the rash, and the irony is that the "drier" sposies mean that sometimes parents are lulled into a false sense of security and leave nappies on too long. The bacteria and funguses still breed, even if the skin feels dry...

Obviously you have an excellent hygiene and skin care routine to get to 14 months without a rash. You're right that it is almost certainly another reason why he's got it now, probably something in his diet. If he's got eczema he may well have an intolerance to cow's milk, or something else in his diet.

Have you tried goat's milk? Check with your HV of course, but I find it's excellent for skin problems. Drinking it instead of cows milk, I mean , not putting it on the skin!!

Emma

Thanks for advice 'makes a change'much appreciated, as far as frequency of nappy change.
I change his nappy on waking then its changed again within the next 2 hours as he is pretty regular as clock work with his poo and then I would not change it again for say another 3/4 hours and then again 3/4 hours later at bedtime. I must admit I never look at his nappy inbetween these times for wetness, would you consider the frequency of change as acceptable? It was one of the things that bothered me from the day he was born how often should you change their nappy if they obviously haven't had a poo. I don't want to over do it but equally don't want to cause problems!