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DD is 3 and ever since she has been toilet trained we've had probs with nappy rash, comes and goes but at the moment its terrible.
I try to be there when she goes to the toilet to make sure she is wiping properly, I put cream on in the mornings and before bed. She still has a night nappy.
Any suggestions on what I can do or why its so bad now she is in undies?
TIA.
Is it thrush that hasn't been treated for long enough and therefore keeps coming back?
Bubble baths? They can be particularly irritating for female genitals.
The laundry powder you use? My DS gets eczema on his buttocks from some laundry powders but not others - it only happened once he was in undies.
You might also want to make sure you use an anti-fungal rinse in your wash (Canesten or Dettol) while treating her rash.
Thanks Curly, the thought of thrush did actually just recently cross my mind as the other day she was saying it was quite itchy.
And good idea on the anti fungal wash, gonna go get some.
I think laundry powder is ok cause same one we been using for years.
just a thought... what kind of toilet paper do you use?? only asking cause my 5 yr old neice cant use anything patterened or scented without getting a rash on her girly bits...
I hope you can figure it out for her... rashes suck heaps!!
I better check that out, its cottonelle ones, not sure if they have scent. Might have to get her completely plain paper and might start using some caneston in case it is thrush.
Daktozin (or is it Desitin) is an anti-fungal nappy cream, just over the counter.
Re laundry powder - the rest of his body is usually fine, it's just his little bottom that gets irritated (I've tested him with various detergents and the eczema stays away except when I use Drive or Omo and there has been no other variant...I suppose the undies are tighter and closer to his skin than shorts and t-shirt IYKWIM).
My thought was the washing powder, too...my daughter was fine for 4 or 5 years with BioZet, then all of a sudden started getting a reaction to it and wound up with a rash - strangely no where else on her body, tho, unless it was a warm day and very occasionally it would affect her armpits too. Good luck with it! ;)