What's best for nappy rash please- 1 month old

[cloboe]

Wondering what's best for nappy rash DS 4 weeks started with little patch around his anus. Cleaning him regularly and using sudocream at the moment. It's hard to keep his nappy off much as he wees and poos a lot. Any advice would be great thanks

Hello,

The Yellow cream, it's called Metanium, make sure you get the yellow one as that's to treat it, they do a white one for just everyday barrier use.

Honestly I have a 10 month old and whenever he's started to get a little red I switch to the yellow for one or two time and it clears right up quickly. Only need to use a tiny bit (midwife told me)

Becareful though as it does stain clothes etc

Weleda calendula. Clears rashes almost instantly, no staining. Definitely the best.

Yellow metanium works every time!

Metanium is best. It stains so don't wipe on your clothes

Lots of nappy free time and fresh air helps

Raw egg white or cleaned with breast milk if bf can help as well

Please don't put raw egg white on broken skin, it could risk an allergy to the egg developing if the child has a genetic disposition.

Yellow metanium, or sudocrem is quite good to heal rashes if you want to avoid staining.

Yes some children are allergic to eggs but rare

Raw Egg white is proven to help

But up to op if she wants to try/risk it

The Weleda cream mentioned by a PP is fantastic. You may also want to try different nappies. DS was older but reacted to the cheapo nursery ones so had to send in his own Pampers 🙄

Yellow Metanium and ditch the wipes and use washable wipes/cotton wool and water or chamomile tea (cold obviously ).

Metanium is amazing!

Metanium is fab.

Cornflour. Seriously.

Dry the area then yellow metanium, actual god send!

Yellow metanium it is miracle stuff and especially good when baby is teething and has nasty nappies which often cause nappy rash.

Agreed, metanium, best thing ever. Still have a tube in the house and my youngest is well past nappy age as works well if something has rubbed against them and made the skin sore.

Metanium

Step away from sudocreme or anything similar

It stops the nappies from soaking up the urine properly which intensifies the rash and prevents it from healing

A bit old fashioned but drapolene is like magic. We still use it on chafing and sore bums that may be caused by diarrhoea or constipation

Unfortunately not as widely available as it used to be

drapolene.co.uk

Re the nappy free time, just get a big washable towel/sheet/blanket and if he wees or poos, fold that bit over, move him to a clean bit and stick it in the wash when you're done.

Six years into parenting, I'm way less bothered by bodily fluids! Baby poo isn't even that gross :)

Metanium will treat it in no time

midwives actually recommend a combination of metanium and a good barrier cream

nappy off time too

Once it’s healed with the metanium, just use cheap petroleum jelly.

Weleda Calendula or the burts bees nappy cream

We didn't find yellow metanium made much difference with either of our DC.

We tried loads of different types such as metanium, weleda etc and Burts Bees nappy cream was by far the best we found:

www.amazon.co.uk/Burts-Bees-Natural-Diaper-Ointment/dp/B017WEW0IG/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?crid=1BBCMN2HRUCF0&keywords=burt%27s+bees+nappy+rash&qid=1677280295&sprefix=burts+bees+na%2Caps%2C71&sr=8-2

Please avoid anything that is scented.

also give him nappy free time but make sure he’s nice and warm. Don’t bath him thag often either, as long as he’s clean babies don’t need baths as it dries out the skin

Aveeno nappy rash cream everytime