Nappy Rash - Learnt something new

Thanks RM. Yip Klini kem told me the same. Sometimes it is a fungal infection which must be treated with medaspor cream. Girls are more prone to it.

I swear by Lucoderm, and have used it on all three kids. My kids do not usually get nappy rash, but that being said, each child has had one bout of it.

Isabelle started a pretty nasty bout last week, and by Thursday it was blisters on blisters and looked pretty dire.

I went along to the chemist and explained the situation, I also requested the "zinc mixture" they do. Chemist said, that Lucoderm is better than the zinc mixture, which is what is creating a barrier between the skin and the wet nappy.

She gave me a tube of cream that is for fungus infections - and said to use a thin layer of this and then put on the Lucoderm.

She also said not to use baby wipes as the alcohol in the baby wipes make the situation worse. She said to use only water and try not to wipe the skin.

I did it on Friday night, by Saturday lunchtime the nappy rash was definitely better, the redness and the burnt look had gone.

By Sunday all I was left with were a few red spots, and I could see as I was changing her from Saturday already that it was not sore anymore.

So I learnt something new about nappy rash and wanted to share that bit about the fungal cream - I would never have worked that out for myself.