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The
skin in the diaper area breaks down, usually when a wet diaper irritates
the baby's skin.
- Change the baby's
diaper more often.
- If using cloth
diapers, try to avoid using plastic pants.
- Try to go without
a diaper during naps so that the air can get to the skin.
- Wash the skin
gently with warm water and midl soap when changing the diaper.
- You can use a
small amount of corn starch on the baby's bottom, but NOT TALCUM
POWDER.
- If the rash is
severe and oozing, then use a compress to soothe the rash. This should
be a cloth soaked in Burow's solution (Buro-sol® powder) from
your drug store. Dissolve 1 packet of Buro-sol® powder in 2 cups
of water. Soak a clean cloth in this, wring it out, and place the
cloth on the rash. Soak the cloth again every few minutes and place
it on the rash again. Do this several times a day for several minutes
each time.
- Rinse washable
diapers well to remove soap. Do not use fabric softeners.
- Use hydrocortisone
cream 1/2% on the rash. You do not need a prescription.
- After the rash
is cleared up, use a "barrier" cream like zinc oxide cream
with every diaper change.
See your doctor,
or visit the OUCC, if ...
- the baby develops
a fever
- the rash seems
more and more painful, and seems to upset the baby
- the redness spreads
around the rash
- there are more
blisters
- there is pus
- white spots develop
in the baby's mouth
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