Nappy rash - your suggestions??

[BrightSparkles]

What you are already doin gis what I would have suggested. Can you try bathing her in some salty water to try and heal it? I hope it heals for her soon poor little bubba. xx

[OceanPrincess]

Thanks Sunshine, that's why I thought maybe someone would have a fabulous suggestion - I don't know what else to do for her.

Hadn't thought of a salt water bath - the GP told us to cut out all the bath bubbles etc until it clears, not sure about salt! I'll look into it...

[Miss E]

I'd probably try using disposable nappies until it clears up. Also if you're using wipes maybe switch to cotton wool and water, I find wipes give my DS nappy rash so I always use the cotton wool and water and we rarely have a problem. HTH

ETA Meant to mention that a friend of mine who uses cloth nappies for her bub also had a problem with a fungal rash. Apparently the fungus (or whatever it is) can get imbedded in the cloth nappies so keeps reinfecting iykwim. She was told to soak all the nappies in detol to kill everything and also that it was really important to hang cloth nappies out on the line in the sun because that is a key part of killing off the bacteria/fungus in them.

[OceanPrincess]

Miss E, wow I had not thought about the bacteria in the cloth nappies... it has been a while since they got some sun (sadly missed the sunny weather in Melbourne recently and now the rain has set in...) so maybe I will do a strip wash and try and get them into the sun... and think about sposies.

Thanks for your suggestion!

[Olive]

OP with the nappies id just wash normally then pop some Canestan rinse in

[OceanPrincess]

My cloth nappy guru friend has just said that if we put her into sposies for a while, she might decide she doesn't like cloth anymore - has anyone had that problem???

[Olive]

i dont think she understands the concept of taht OP, DD1 went between the two with no issues

[~Kim~]

I was going to suggest a cannestan rinse too.

We've had some ripper nappy rash recently that was so bad it bled and I had to give constant pain relief to change him.
We were using alternatively bactroban ointment (script required) and curash powder. I know power really isn't recommended but we needed something to dry it out and it's the best one I've found to do this.
If the antifungal isn't really working then it's possibly not a fungal thing.
Using 2 fleece liners helper keep him dry too.

I agree with Olive - I doubt she'll even notice the difference between them.
However saying that it can work both ways. We found the plasticness of sposies made it 10times worse.
.... I know how hard it is.

[OceanPrincess]

Guys thanks for all the suggestions... I will have a look at the Cannestan rinse, didn't even know it existed! Can I get it from the supermarket or is it a chemist thing?

Yeah I am a bit worried about the plasticness too... given she has sensitive skin that is prone to ezcema breakouts...

I'm going to give silk liners a go... that might help...

Its so tough. Thanks for understanding!