bad nappy rash!!
hello all,
My 6 month old son has had severe diarrhea the last couple of days and now has the worst nappy rash
Every time i try to clean him he screams and flinches, its awful.
I am now cleaning him with cotton wool and warm water and changing his nappies more frequently. Am also trying to leave him with no nappy on for a while when i change him to dry him out.
I am using metanium as a friend of mine swears by it but it doesn't seem to be doing anything.
Anyone have any good remedies for nappy rash? I have heard cornflour is meant to be good but dont know how to apply and whether or not its just an old wives tale!
Any experienced mummys out there, your help would be much appreciated!
My 6 month old son has had severe diarrhea the last couple of days and now has the worst nappy rash

I am now cleaning him with cotton wool and warm water and changing his nappies more frequently. Am also trying to leave him with no nappy on for a while when i change him to dry him out.
I am using metanium as a friend of mine swears by it but it doesn't seem to be doing anything.
Anyone have any good remedies for nappy rash? I have heard cornflour is meant to be good but dont know how to apply and whether or not its just an old wives tale!
Any experienced mummys out there, your help would be much appreciated!
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There isn't a definite answer. Our berlin doctors recommended a heavy zinc cream, our English doctors Sudacrem, our nurses, Metanium. Eventually one of our favourite nurses got him a special prescription for a honey-based cream called Medihoney. She was working on one of the skin-based wards at Great Ormond Street before moving to our Endocrine ward so she knew what she was talking about. It is a really smooth and light cream, which I liked because I hated smearing heavy things on him when he was so sore.
H x
I thought my premmie had nappy rash and got the doc to take a look on a routine app . Turned out to be thrush( which app can look like nappy rash) and got a cream prescribed.it cleared upwithin 24 hours x
no-nappy time
breastmilk
sudocrem
bepanthen
I also found that using Johnson's baby wipes gave him bad nappy rash, as did teething - used teething granules which helped to settle his tummy and reduce the rash.
I also found that checking his diet and cutting out anything acidic for a couple of days helped, as did watering down any juice or giving him milk instead.
Due to the cold weather recently he's developed chapped skin on his face and been using a baby bottom cream from Waitrose which has helped enormously, and I have been known to use this on his bum when he's bad.
If baby is really sore, I used to put the cream on his nappy rather than his skin to avoid touching the area and making it worse!
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