that isn't necessarily true. Ashton had a reaction to cows milk the other day, which caused his nappies to get runny and burn his bum, and it only took 1 nappy before he was red. Every poop after that just made it more and more red and by the end of the day he was red raw too
That was Saturday, it's Tuesday and he's still got a red bum but it's so much better than it was.
Frequent changing is what's helped. I change every 30 minutes - 1 hour. I tried nappy cream but it didn't do crap except make him scream and stain the nappies.
celsie i wouldnt say its neglect, my DD can have a clear bum without the slightest hint of nappy rash and then as soon as diarehea(sp?) hit her skin it breaks out in almost bleeding blisters too, regardless of how often she's changed and once its starts it just gets worse until the runs stop. so i wouldnt be too quick to blame the CC centre, by all means question it but it might have just happened
Girls, I can only go by my own personal experience. I've never had either my children or children in my care get red raw from diarrhoea, so as you could understand, for me, I would think it odd that it could get so bad so quickly.
PP, my theory is, at the first sign of redness, I cover them in bepanthen, which usually gets rid of the redness by the next nappy change. I don't like all the chemicals etc, but if I'm only using it once a month, then it's not going to do them any harm. I also use Gaia Soothung Lotion every nappy change (prevention is better than cure). I hope she's made some improvement by morning, poor baby girl.
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