HELP! Really really REALLY bad nappy rash

[Ngala]

Not sure if she is teething, I have checked gums and nothing is coming through, well I cant feel anything there. We never got anything like this with the first two teeth! If it is teething, how long can this go on for? Can I do something in her diet to lessen the acidicity, like give more water or more BFs??

Melissa - Thanks!! I will look in to it tomorrow when the chemist are open, would go now, but they all shut in my area a few hoiurs ago..

[Jac]

My DS has nappy rash as well so am following this thread with interest. He wanted to sit in the bath tonight but would cry and stand up again as he was too sore to sit on his butt. It's just heartbreaking isn' it? Doesn't actually look that bad but is obviously bothering him. I will try that cream mentioned above as well tomorrow, so thankyou.

[Olive]

could it be thrush?

ive used covitol and yes it stinks but ive found it to be great, if its fungal daktozin is fantastic, but the other great thing is breastmilk and a bare bum!

[MistyFying]

I was thinking thrush too.... but nappy free time tomorrow will help. If you're worried about the mess, maybe barricade your best carpets/rugs off for the day?

[Starfish]

I too was going to ask - are you sure its not thrush? Thrush looks similar to nappy rash. For thrush try Daktozin. It's worked really well for us.

And letting her go nappy free is probably good regardless of what it is (as long as she doesn't get too cold).

[*Elle*]

yup deffinately go tot he dr, DD has had this from teething also and that was the only thing to help in the end, if it becomes fungal its tough to get rid of as the other creams feed it

[Ngala]

How would I know if it was thrush?? Avaleigh had her 8 month check up 3 weeks ago and the CHN said that she has nappy thrush, so I went to the chemist and got daktozin and used it for 2 weeks and just stopped applying today as I thought maybe it was the daktozin that was making it so bad. Could I use the daktozin and covitol together?

AJP - how quickly did the covitol work?

I just changed Avaleigh's nappy before her last feed, which was 30 mins before the last nappy change and there was another poo hopefully that is it for the day but I will be getting up to check during the night. What could be causing all this poo?

[Celsie]

Hi Veronica

We had the same issues as you last week with Caeleb. He'd done a small poo and we hadn't realised and put him to bed. Three hours later (God, I feel like such a bad mother) we got him up and changed him and he looked like he had REALLY bad sunburn. We just used some Bepanthan, which did the trick.

A friend of mine's daughter had red raw nappy rash from anti-biotics and a nurse told her to use vaseline. She said that it worked really well and by the next morning it was almost gone.

Have you thought about ringing that hotline? I can't remember the number... someone else on here will know though...

[Janie]

I find the bad sunburn-looking rash to be easy to deal with, it's when the skin breaks that it becomes really difficult to get rid of.

Vaseline sounds worth a try, surely it wouldn't hurt?

[Ngala]

Yeh it definitely looks like sunburn, thats why I dont want it getting any worse! I dont even think I have any vaseline in the house, if I do, its probably years old!

Oh I hope the nappy free day is going to work Should I be putting cream on during the nappy free day or just leave it with nothing? The cream could help with the healing..

[Celsie]

I find the bad sunburn-looking rash to be easy to deal with, it's when the skin breaks that it becomes really difficult to get rid of.

I never even knew nappy rash could do that!!! :O