Severe bum rash

[TheLegendOfBeans]

Not me - 3 week old DS.

We are applying Metanium hourly and changing his nappy with the same frequency.

We have stopped using water wipes (on advice) and are using loo roll to wipe away skids and bum crumbs.

Still his wee bum is red raw: it looks unbearably painful.

As he’s a newborn I’m not really able to give him lots of nappy off time as he’s feeding constantly and I can’t get covered in poos and wees.

Can anyone provide advice as if it’s still this bad on Monday I’ll head to the GP for warp strength cream as Matanium isn’t really healing things.

Our 4 week old has this. It actually got worse on Metanium!!

Cavilon as a barrier cream stopped it getting any worse. However it seems to be a thrush infection so needed Canesten type cream. It's been slowly improving since that cream.

For nappy free time, I've been putting DS in the bath on his changing mat. Then he can (and does) poop and pee away without issue and can be easily hosed down.

Patting bum dry after every change has helped too.

Egg whites 🙂