How to treat severe diaper rash.?

Flour - This is an old remedy passed down through the generations but it truly works. Simply brown some flour in a pan. Don't add water or moisture. Allow it to cool and then apply to the baby's butt. This remedy was recommended by a nurse.

Chamomile tea - Chamomile is an antioxidant and antihistamine all in one pretty little flower. It's also a great way to relieve and treat severe diaper rash. Steep several tea bags in the baby's bathwater. Allow the baby to soak in the tub for as long as you can stand be tubside. Let your child air dry and then apply cornstarch or baking soda. You can also place two chamomile tea bags inside your baby's diaper to aid in keeping acids away from your child's skin.

Olive oil - Extra virgin or regular olive oil will work. This remedy works to treat diaper rash in much the same way cooking lard does. It creates a protective barrier and it soothes sore skin.

Oatmeal - Just like oatmeal works on relieving the sting and itchiness of chicken pox it also works to soothe blistered skin caused by diaper rash. Add a cup of oatmeal to your baby's bath and let it work its magic.

Good luck!

Severe Diaper Rash Remedies

Sitz Baths!!! The best salt is at Whole Foods. Buy the unscented and it is going to be pricey. Large size about $30.00. Taste the water and make sure it is salty and have her soak in the warm/hot water. Pat dry...don't wipe. Whatever size diaper she is in....go up a size in the Pamper's swaddlers/cursiers style. NO and I repeat NO wipes, water or wiping during diaper changes!!!! You have several problems here and her skin needs a break to heal. Viva white paper towels are her new friend. If it is only a pee pee diaper...just pat her dry with a Viva sheet. If it is a poop...grease the paper towel with Aquaphor and wipe off the poop. Every 2nd to 3rd diaper change...grease her butt up big time with Aquaphor. You want her sitting in it!! The diapers are so efficient that it will wick the Aquaphor away from her skin if you do not cover her tushy. This should do the trick and never get her diaper area wet again. The water and wipes is the major cause of her delicate skin issue. Tubby at night is all she needs. If that does not work.... two other tricks left ----1st is silver sulphate cream & 2nd is a mixture of gynolotromin cream, monistat and calamine. Write me for the formula if needed. BYT...the more sitz baths the better. Good luck -

Try to change her diaper every half hour and add more desitin cream. That should do it. My daughter had a bad diaper rash when she was a baby too, and Desitin did the trick in two or three days. But you really need to change her diaper VERY often and add more cream every time. You should also leave her without a diaper for a few minutes every time you change her diaper. It will heal faster also.

Try to keep her bottom uncovered as much as possible. Dry air is the key to keeping diaper rash controlled. So after you change the diaper, put a diaper/waterproof pad on the floor (or where ever) just in case she "goes," & keep her undressed as long as possible.

When using any diaper cream, make sure her bottom is DRY before you apply it. I usually "fan" with my hand, to dry out the area, then apply the cream. (I use A&D ointment. I only use Balmex when there is a rash.)

She needs to be put in a mild bath and washed after each bowel movement...I would try some anti-bacterial hand soap--just a squirt or two in the water and swish it around...

and you may as well throw an old blanket or waterproof sheet on the couch or playpen or where ever you can corral her for short times, because she needs to be diaper free and let her little bottom be exposed to the air as much as possible...(you could even have her sleep on her side, with one of those propping pillows, diaper-less, as long as you had a waterproof mattress-protector cover and/or mattress pad on the bed.

I had this happen with my boys when they were little--my first baby was a preemie and sickly, lots of ear infections, etc. and I had an old, wise pediatrician who just knew everything, because he had lived it...and he told me to let my son sit in a baby bath for a couple of minutes and wash his bottom really well, and pat the skin dry, apply no cream, and let him go diaper-less...since he was a boy, I tried lying a cloth diaper over his penis, as he would just go squirting all over the place, but this helped clear things up quickly...

If he didn't prescribe Nystatin powder, call him up and ask for that..it is inexpensive, and the powder is easier to apply than the cream, so there will be less pain for her...

Another tip that might help and may actually feel good to her is to put your hair dryer on the lowest, cool setting and blow dry her bottom! This will get a lot of the moisture off of her skin, and probably will feel good to her, as long as the noise doesn't scare her. That is so much easier than actually having to touch her sore bottom with a towel!

Good luck...

You might try rinsing the wipes in water before you use them to get the soap out (it stings). I always use a diaper rash ointment that does not contain zinc oxide as that stuff really stings. We use A & D (the one with out zinc oxide). But, try to let her soak in a warm bath each night, and after wards let her lay for awhile with no diaper on (put her on a towel, etc). Exposure to air is actually one of the best things to help healing. After she has dried out a little while (lol), then put a heavy coating of ointment on.

whenever my son gets diaper rashes i always give him a bath then afterwards i let him lay out for about 30 minutes without his diaper on. the air helps to dry him out after sitting in a soaked diaper all day...hope that helps you...good luck

A nice warm bath with just plain water, NO soaps. After the bath let air dry and then try Gold Bond baby powder or Eucerin baby rash cream. HTH! Good luck dear.

cornflour till it starts drying up then use a barrier cream or vasaline. Cornflour is the best thing in the world. canasten cream if yeast infection