Bad diaper rash lasting over 1wk. Now Cortizone cream?

I know you've weaned for medical reasons, but do you have access to any breastmilk? Bathing a baby's butt in breastmilk seems to help a nasty rash.

I have no clue how to treat Seborrhieic dermatitis, but if Dr. Sears says to use it, I probably would.

Good luck!

Hey there Mighty Mama! Andrew has had some bad rashes of late and they looked to be yeast (red, blotchy, bumpy). The only thing that worked was some Vaseline-my last ditch effort. I tried everything possible, and that was the only thing that worked. He cleared up overnight-I think because it makes such a thick barrier so the skin can recover.

Good luck to you and little N.

Can you call your ped and get access to Triple Paste? It is a really great diaper rash preparation they gave us when DD2 was in the hospital. She had a bleeding rash, and they made this up for us -- it's a more intense preparation of zinc oxide (higher percentage than desitin), with cornstarch and something else in it (I can't remember what). It is very thick -- truly a paste -- and worked wonders.

Just wanted to add my $.02; if you do use cortisone, use it only once a day sparingly and for no more than 7 days. My DD had a horrible rash for over 3 weeks and we used cortisone; it did help, but what actually got rid of it was plain old Eucerin cream (lots of it). It worked within a few hours, and it was gone by the next morning. Good luck, I know how frustrating it can be!!

My baby is rashy rashy rashy. He always has a rash somewhere. I use cortisone cream if nothing else helps. But here are some other ideas that have helped:

baking soda bath. My grandma told me this old remedy, and it works. I think it changes the pH of the skin. I put about 2T of baking soda in a bath tub filled about 2-3in deep.

Grapefruit seed extract. This works wonders on yeast infections. Actually, this kills pretty much anything. It's good stuff. I know I won't be using monistat for myself any more.

Eucerin Calming Creme. I checked this out on the skin products website that was in mothering magazine's last edition, and it checked out fine. If I use cortizone, I often dilute it with this lotion if I have to put it on a large surface.

Good-luck

we just battled a bad rash on and off for almost a month. argh! I tried everything too and finally used Nystatin although I'm still not convinced it was yeast. It finally went away but not immediately after using the ointment. I think warm baths definitely helped. I didn't use any soap (but the baking soda sounds like a good idea!)--just soaked her bum as long as long as DD would tolerate the bath. Good luck--I know how frustrating it is!

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I'm going to try that the next time G has a rash!