Home Remedies for Diaper Rash
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Diaper Rash Home Remedies:
Submitted at 2006-08-01 00:49:52
I know it sounds crazy but it really works. I was actually told this by my dughters pediatrician. For severe diaper rash after you clean their bottom with a warm washrag (No Wipes they contain alcohol) put some Malox (the liquid kind) all over the sores. It will coat their bottom and it is for reducing acid in your stomach and diaper rash is usually caused by acid in their stools. Also be sure to change the baby often (even more than you think they need it) to help clear it up!! Good Luck!
rating: 7 (14 votes)
Submitted by Crissy at 2007-02-07 00:57:15
my daughter had a horrible diaper rash. it just seemed like she woke up one day with open sores on her bottom.
make sure that you haven't changed your brand of diapers, the rash could be an allergic reaction.
when they go to the bathroom there are acids that burn and inflame the rash even more so be sure to get the diaper off quickly. rinse them off in the shower or use a warm wash rag-baby wipes have anti-freeze in them that burns as well. when they are nice and clean apply the equate brand of a+d ointment thickly-about the size of a cherry tomato should do, add more if you need it. it comes in a tube and is no more than $2 located at all wal-marts.
it took me about a month to figure out the best remedy. the next best thing would be destin original nightime formula. avoid juices that have lots of acid, and feeding them yogurt while they have the rash doesn't hurt.
after doing this, her rash went away in about 3 days... completely, redness and all. now to help avoid rashes i use pure cornstarch baby powder and change, change, change!!!
rating: 7 (11 votes)
Submitted by Robin at 2006-01-04 22:20:21
Here is a chemical-free cure!!!! My baby had constant diaper rash and I tried all the ointments to no avail. One day, she was sitting in her little chair watching me dry my hair with the blow dryer. She was fussing as usual so I blew some warm air at her and she smiled (something she hardly ever did). I soon learned that a few seconds of warm air on her tush was not only comforting to her, there was a definite reduction in the rash at the next diaper change. Not one to argue with a miracle, I tried it again. Within just a few days, she was completely cured. My procedure: I would simply use plain water and cloth to wash her, then use the dryer to blow some warm air on her tush for a few seconds before putting on the new diaper. She loved the ritual. The warm air from my blow dryer was my permanent cure for diaper rash. I never experienced even one case of diaper rash with her again nor did I have even one case of it with my next two little girls.
rating: 7 (19 votes)
Submitted at 2004-12-11 14:32:18
Make a paste out of petroleum jelly and cornstarch, coat baby's bottom....
it works way better than store bought cremes.
rating: 7 (25 votes)
Submitted by Barb at 2006-04-15 22:29:22
When my kids got diaper rash, off came the rubber pants. I would lay the kid down on top of a vinyl diaper changing pad throughout the day, and double diaper them for the night without rubber pants. A couple of days of this routine, and everything was often back to normal again.
rating: 6 (9 votes)
Submitted at 2005-03-07 00:18:53
To get rid of diaper rash, gently wash the bottom with plain water and then blow dry the bottom with a hair dryer set on LOW every single time the diaper is changed. This usually clears it in a day or two - even the really bad rash that bleeds.
This ALWAYS worked for my 4 kids and the ones I babysat. Just make SURE that you don't get too close with the hair dryer! Keep it on LOW and constantly moving and just long enough to dry the skin, which should only take about 30 seconds.
rating: 6 (23 votes)
Submitted by chris at 2004-12-01 02:40:19
after cleaning,wedge several sheets of toilet paper between the cheeks this will allow the iritated area to heal along with vitaman e intended for senior citizens not children
rating: 6 (8 votes)
Submitted by Holly at 2005-01-26 21:26:29
brown flour in a pan on the stove..then apply to babys bottom.. it will clear it within a day or so... I have used it with all three of my kids and it has worked wonders.
rating: 6 (38 votes)
Submitted at 2005-04-10 03:16:27
Clean the area with warm water, aplly a light coating of A & D oinment to your babys bottm and than sprinkle with a little Johnson and Johnson medicated cornstarch baby powder. Works wonders. Try sprinkling a little Johnson's medicated cornstarch baby powder in your babys diaper at every change, a little more overnight. The conrstarch really helps to keep your bays skin dry and protected.
rating: 6 (6 votes)
Submitted at 2005-05-03 03:35:51
I put a tablespoon of white vinegar into about 2 cups of warm water. Dip a rag into the water, squeeze it out, and dab it onto the diaper area. I usually do this after each diaper change. The only warning is if the diaper rash is bleeding or there is sores DO NOT use it will burn the child.
rating: 6 (14 votes)
Submitted by Renee at 2005-11-27 02:51:29
This may sound odd but my son (now 10) was severely allergic to his own bowel movements to the point he would bleed and the area was just so raw. I cried everytime I saw it on his little bottom and everytime he urinated, it stung him like opening crusted sores and pouring alcohol over the area, or so I would imagine). Stupid me kept on using commercial baby wipes (no matter how 'gentle' they said they were, and that poor baby & I both suffered while he screamed murder in store bathrooms, at home, anywhere he had a bowel movement. I could not get the diaper off him fast enough as soon as I saw or smelled the movement, no matter where we were and I'm sure all you mothers know from which I speak). Anyway, I began carrying my own softest washcloths soaked in hot water in ziploc bags (don't worry, by the time the baby has a movement, the towel will have cooled. Do not add anything else to the water. Miracle of miracles after trying literally EVERYTHING on the market I could find, a co-worker of my husband's told me about a ointment/cream that so far I had only seen @ May's Drugstore made by Mentholatum, which of course made me cringe to put this on his bottom. But, trust me please, it is an ointment based calamine-like product that is sold in small jars (white with blue lettering) usually on the top shelf. [Editor's Note: This ointment is called RESINOL] Oh God, it saved his painful bottom and my sanity. Tip: It is also very relieving for adults who have had a particularly bad case of diarrhea where their anal area is very sore. It relieves the pain and stays put!!
rating: 6 (23 votes)
Submitted at 2005-01-15 12:02:30
Apply virgin olive oil when changing diapers. Rashes almost never happen.
rating: 6 (18 votes)
Submitted at 2003-11-07 17:47:18
Wash the baby's bottom with running tap water after every bowel movement.
rating: 6 (23 votes)
Submitted by Sam at 2005-01-20 22:34:29
For Diaper Rash, wash babies bottom with cool water, let dry. Then with a clean cotton ball drenched in whole milk apply onto baby's bottom and let air dry. Repeat process 2 to 3 times before putting a diaper back on. Rash should disapear overnight, or the next. Works great for teething diapers too. Also, add a little cornstarch to milk dried bottom before putting on the diaper this will help protect skin from urine and bowel movements.
rating: 6 (15 votes)
Submitted at 2006-01-12 13:40:35
Change babies diaper let it dry for a few seconds, them apply Bag Balm on the affected area every time you change the child. It will go away usually in a few hours.
rating: 6 (17 votes)
Submitted at 2007-05-06 11:16:19
I used Boudreaux's Butt Paste. Made from natural ingredients.
rating: 6 (2 votes)
Submitted at 2005-06-16 00:47:46
wash child in a mild warm bath with about three table spoons of baking soda then apply a little cornstartch to bottom along with some desitin and rash should clear up ...... to keep from coming back put powder or cornstarch in diaper after every change
rating: 5 (11 votes)
Submitted by Debbie at 2004-06-07 13:05:36
Crush dirt dobber's (wasp) nest and sprinkle on affected area. This will dry up the diaper rash.
rating: 5 (14 votes)
Submitted at 2006-07-23 12:12:45
Alot of folks do not know that petroleum is made from oil. It is very toxic for human use and yet they make all the baby products out of it.
One simple remedy is plain ol cornstarch.
rating: 5 (4 votes)
Submitted at 2003-11-07 17:47:18
Apply aloe vera gel, cod liver oil, lecithin, garlic oil, vitamin E oil, mullein oil, or zinc ointment.
rating: 5 (8 votes)
Submitted by Susan at 2006-07-25 11:44:16
In regard to using cornstarch for baby powder: yes, that does work, but the caution is that it should not be used when there is already a rash present. If the rash is caused by an organism, such as a fungus, the cornstarch provides an ideal culture, and cause the organism to multiply. Some commercial baby powders have cornstarch in them, so read the labels.
rating: 5 (8 votes)
Submitted at 2003-11-07 17:47:18
Take a small amount of cod liver oil twice a day.
rating: 5 (2 votes)
Submitted at 2004-11-21 02:26:09
Salt in a bath before bed. Works over night. May have to repeat a couple of times. Helps with teething rashes.
rating: 5 (13 votes)
Submitted by Bobbie at 2005-10-17 23:49:46
I always let my kids go without a diaper so they could air out plus when I would put their diapers back on I would sprinkle plain cornstarch inside their diaper>Worked wonders on my daughters thrush rash.
rating: 5 (2 votes)
Submitted by Anna at 2005-12-22 08:12:16
Try this amd your baby will thank you! Mary Kay Overnight Extra Emoillant Cream. It is so smooth and works wonders on a liitle bottom..
rating: 5 (2 votes)
Submitted at 2006-03-15 12:50:04
Diapar Rash
Use over the counter Anti-fungle cream. It works in a day or two.
rating: 5 (1 votes)
Submitted by Sadaf at 2006-07-19 19:00:26
My baby is 10 months old and till this day she never had a daiper rash ever.I can bet for this remedy if baby gets a diaper rash after this.Trust me it works like a miracle.Take a simple petroleum jelly,as i would never spend so much money just to apply on bottoms.Apply petroleum jelly on baby's bottom properly every where and then properly sprinkle cornflour on her bottom.I have put it in a plastic bottle and then made sum holes on the lid of that bottle so it is easy to sprinkle it.This remedy is cheap and very effective.Sprinkle some of the cornflour on the diaper as well as it will keep the diaper and the skin dry.It will work as a miracle.U will never see a diaper rash again.
rating: 5 (2 votes)
Submitted at 2006-11-30 09:32:31
when my son was a baby he was alergic to most diapers (I got lucky he wasn't alergic to the cheapest brand) but until I found the right one he was always getting blistering rashes then my aunt told me to take corona (not the drink) and mix with vasaline just enough to make it easy to spread and coat the rash area with in a few hours the rashes were almost completely gone.
Unfortanatly I can't find corona were I live. Corona is a salve used on cow utters when they get sore and it works miracles on diaper rash.
rating: 5 (2 votes)
Submitted by samantha at 2007-03-17 19:33:02
When my daughter was only 2 months old she got a really bad diaper rash...i mean her little butt was beat red and when i wiped it she bled....now mind you this was not from having not been cleaned properly,this was from some unknown reason.....so i tried the washcloth and just water the cornstarch the laying on the blankie with out a diaper EVERYTHING finally i was at the drugstore one day and i came across this stuff called 'BAG BALM' i was standing there reading it and it said it was used to treat cows uddewrs when they were chapped....so i thought that if it was used to treat cows udders it could surely treat my little beaner butts tosh (her real name is hannah) and so i got her home and lathered it on real good and continued to do so for the next 4 days and to my surprise it WORKED!so for all of you wondering it is found at any local drugstore.....cvs drugmart...ect.....GOOD LUCK!
rating: 5 (2 votes)
Submitted by Amy V at 2007-05-10 13:01:20
My daughter gets horrible diaper rashes during warm seasons. A&D is the only thing that works. She just had a yeast infection and my doctor told me to use Lamocil (antifungal cream usually used for Athlete's Foot)twice a day, and on top of that A&D. I used A&D at every diaper change. It cured it in two days.
rating: 5 (3 votes)
Submitted by Kelly at 2007-04-30 23:30:56
Both of my kids get horrible diaper rash. My sister inlaw told me her great grandmother used a mixture of equal amounts of corn starch, desetin, and Maloxx. Mixed well and stored in a cool dry place. Well, this is by far the only thing that has worked for us! Make a small amoutn because it does go bad after some time!
rating: 5 (1 votes)
Submitted by Morgan at 2007-04-25 12:59:55
My first daughter, when she was a baby had gotten a yeast rash..you need anti-fungal cream to get rid of that nonsense.
My 2nd daughter..believe it or not, would get a rash from being wiped during every change. That took me awhile to figure out. I just stopped wiping her after going pee and used wipes only after bowel movements. She never had rashes like that again after that.
Recently my niece has had a diaper rash that would NOT go away. So after trying a little this and a little of that I used them all :P I mixed vaseline, anti-fungal cream together then baby powder on the bottom AND in the diaper. Gone in 2 days after she had had that persistant rash for months. I also discovered you can use triple antibiotic ointment instead of vaseline to help clear it up even better.
rating: 5 (2 votes)
Submitted by Kathy at 2007-09-18 11:19:51
The solid crisco oil. While in the Army in Panama, our son was born there, the Panaman doctor told me to always use that. It is very cheap, full of minerals, goes on very easy.
I used it on all my kids. Never even a slightly red bottom....
rating: 4 (7 votes)
Submitted at 2003-11-07 17:47:18
Dry the affected area with a soft cloth and apply a rashfree cream.
rating: 4 (8 votes)
Submitted by Shannon at 2005-10-22 23:08:59
For diaper rash I mix aloe vera gel, Cornstarch and petroleum jelly into a thick paste and apply to baby's bottom
this usually works in 2-3 days and is very soothing. It doesn't burn like desetin or other brands.
rating: 0 (0 votes)
Submitted at 2005-11-25 20:16:05
I use pure aloe vera gel after ever changing if there is the slightest indicating of a rash
rating: 0 (0 votes)
Submitted at 2006-04-26 14:24:10
apply just plain crisco to area at every diaper change when rash is present. works within 24 hours.
rating: 0 (0 votes)
Submitted at 2006-07-18 22:00:10
I THOUGHT MY SONS DIAPER RASH WOULD NEVER GO ANYWAY. IT BECAME REDDER AND MORE IRRITATED TO THE POINT THAT IT HAD TURNED INTO RAW SKIN. AFTER CRYING OVER THE SITUATION ANS TRYING EVERYTHING ON THE SHELF TO TREAT THE DIAPER RASH THIS REMEDY IS WHAT CLEARED IT UP. FIRST ONLY USE WARM WATER AND COTTON BALLS TO CLEAN THE AREA. LEAVE THE DIAPER OFF FOR ABOUT 10-15 MINUTES THEN PUT SOME WATKINS PETRO-CARBO SALVE ON THE IRRITATED AREA (THIS SALVE IS KNOWN TO DRY UP ANY KIND OF RASH)THEN INSTEAD OF USING JOHNSONS BABY POWDER USE PURE CORNSTARCH UNTIL IT IS HEALED AND THEN USE BABY GOLD BOND POWDER TO SPRINKLE IN THE DIAPER AFTER EVERY CHANGE. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WORKS FOR EVERY BABY BUT I PROMISE YOU THAT THIS IS WHAT DID THE TRICK FOR MINE. I SAW INSTANT RESULTS.
rating: 0 (0 votes)
Submitted by NaturesNaturalHealing at 2006-12-20 03:59:35
I was laughed at quite often when my boys were little and I used pure cooking lard on the affected area caused by diaper rash. The rash was gone within 24 hours. We had unbelievable results simply by putting lard on the rash.
rating: 0 (0 votes)
Submitted at 2007-01-30 15:34:10
To relieve and prevent diaper rash, bathe your baby in infusions of German camomile or bur marigold. This is a Russian remedy that has been used for centuries on cloth-diapered babies, who are particularly susceptible to diaper rash.
To prepare the bath, steep approximately 2 tablespoons of dried flowers in 1 cup of hot water for about 15 minutes, then add to bath. For practical reasons, I wash my baby with soap and shampoo first, with water running through his infant tub, then add the infusion to the bathtub, plug it, and let him soak for about 10 minutes. Keep the room well heated to prevent the standing water from cooling too quickly.
rating: 0 (0 votes)
Submitted at 2007-08-28 22:51:14
Badger Baby Balm
When my son gets a diaper rash (its usually from some type of food he's digested/poopy diaper). We use Badger Baby Balm.
I stay on top of the dirty diapers as he has sensitive skin and some food allergies that show up in his diaper. The 'normal' routine is Creamy Desitin after a clean and dried bottom and then the diaper.
With a rash anything containing Zinc? seems to burn as he screems until we take it off. I found this product called Badgers Baby Balm (100% natural) and the first ingredient on the list is Olive Oil. It goes on supper easy and works great! I haven't been able to find anything else that doesn't burn when we put it on.
rating: 0 (0 votes)
Submitted by TheDogChick at 2007-09-10 22:03:08
I swear by Herbal Ed's Salve - you can get it at Central Market, Whole Foods, or probably any health food/herbal store - you can ask for it by name usually. It is a little pricey, but, a little goes a LONG way - it cured my daughters rash after one diaper change!! Now, whenever I even see a hint of redness I use it and it's gone immediately by the next change. I also use Burt's Bees Diaper ointment on a regualar basis - again, Burt's is pricey, but, you don't have to use much at all, it coats really well.
rating: 0 (0 votes)
Submitted by Teresa at 2008-01-18 11:35:31
When I had my daughter she was a premmy and was in the hospital for over a month. When she come out of the hospital she had a diaper rash and I could'nt get rid of it for nothing. When I went back to work and she went to daycare, I pulled out all the medicines to show 'Granny' what all I was putting on her pore little read, raw bottom. Granny told me by the time I get back from work the diaper rash would be gone. By the time I got off of work, I couldn't wait to see if it was gone. IT WAS. I asked her how she did it and she put Preperation H on it. It went away and never came back. Since then I've used it numerous times on infants that come my way w/ a diaper rash. Good luck!
rating: 0 (0 votes)
Submitted by tye at 2008-02-07 21:16:07
The best thing in the world is corn starch. It is natural and works. It keeps them dry witout the hrs perfumes. It only makes since.
rating: 0 (0 votes)
Submitted at 2008-03-07 10:42:54
use a cream called bag balm works miracles doent alow diaper rash to form
rating: 0 (0 votes)
Submitted by Mother of Two at 2008-04-13 11:27:40
COCONUT OIL! I know it sounds crazy, but this stuff works better than prescription diaper rash cream. My daughter had a GI bug that left her little butt red and raw with bleeding sores. It was TERRIBLE. We already use coconut oil for other things - like ear infections and skin burns - so I decided to just give it a whirl on her butt after nothing else was working. I even tried a few of the remedies on this site. You can get coconut oil at the health food store or at some grocery stores. Just wipe up the rear end with some water soaked paper towels or TP, then let it dry, blow on it or blow dry it, then just slather the coconut oil on there. It was the only thing that didn't make her squirm in pain while applying, too! It cleared up her BLEEDING BLISTERED diaper rash in just three or four diaper changes. AMAZING! And NATURAL!
rating: 0 (0 votes)
Submitted by MOM MD at 2008-04-29 14:03:17
For a diaper rash that is raw from antibiotics or diahrea and everything else fails try this. My son had heart surgery and then got bacterial meninigitis so on came the massive antibiotics. He had the worse diaper rash I had ever seen! NOTHING worked that the doctors suggested until a nurse at an ER we had to visit seen his rear and suggested using Neosporin (triple antibiotic ointment). Until this time we had tried litterally dozens of creams and powders over 3 weeks. The Neosporin cleared it up overnight!!!!
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