12 month old with gastro and now bad nappy rash?
My twelve month aged has had gastro for 4 days (we’ve been to the dr as well as they’ve pronounced it might final up to 10 days!). The queasiness has stopped though the disease is still unequivocally bad as well as he right away has the VERY red as well as bruise bottom.
He screams when we try to rinse him or rinse him down as well as even when we really easily massage nappy unreasonable thickk cream upon it.
Any suggestions upon how to palliate it for him?
(Please cruise which I’m in Australia if we have been starting to indicate any products)
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I really feel for you! As i have been through the same thing. There is not much you can do.
This might sound yucky but maybe let him crawl/walk/play in an area like the kitchen with no nappy on so the air can get to his nappy rash. If he has diarrhea you can just mop it up off the tiles or lino. Other than that you can use Bepanthen and children’s paracetamol and just ride it out.
Here are some home remedies that others swear by, but are not specifically endorsed by all medical practitioners (though some have been recommended by pediatricians):
*Note: Baby must be fresh, clean, and dry, before these are applied
* Milk of magnesia, Maalox, or other liquid antacid applied to the rash
* Vegetable oil applied to the rash
* Cod liver oil caplets, broken open and applied to rash
* Mix equal parts of liquid antacid and zinc oxide, and adding corn starch/baby powder to make a paste (it can take a lot of powder). Store in a bowl or container for future use.
* Mix zinc oxide and corn starch/baby powder as recommended above. (This is only different in that you’re leaving out the antacid.)
*oatmeal baths
When to Call a Doctor
* if the rash lasts longer than a few days, and you’ve been treating it for three days to a week with the regular tips (air, ointment, etc.)
* if it occurs in the first six weeks of baby’s life
* if it becomes raw, red, and sore, or if bumps, boils, sores, pimples, pus, ulcers, crusty patches, peeling, blisters, or nodules become visible.
* if it spreads to other areas of the body (face, arms, or scalp, etc.)
* if baby loses weight, has a fever, or isn’t eating well
* if it occurs in the creases of skin (this could be a yeast infection)
Also,avoid giving you child any foods or drinks with acid in them. I would recommend keeping the child on a bland diet and pedialyte.
I have dealt with this alot. Both my children have sensitive skin and break out quite frequently. We just started using Dermoplast. I’m not sure if it is available in Australia, but it’s what they gave to me when I had my children to put on my stiches down there. My daughter’s bum was red and just basically burnt from diarrha, I sprayed that on. It’s basically tylenol in a spray, but it cooled it and she stopped screaming within minutes of putting it on. It has aloe and said for minor skin irritations.
P.S Dont’ try to wipe them when they go, just run some cool water in the bath and soak them. I know when I wipe my babies when they are broke out, I just want to cry cause I’m hurting them and there is nothing I can do. Good Luck!!
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