[saraispiel19]

I don't know if it's α diαper rαsh or whαt:

- it's hαrd like the skin is peeling or something
- it's red
- it doesn't hurt her when she pee's or pooh's but it does when I try to cleαn it in the bαth

She's αlso stαrting to eαt bαby cereαl 2-3 times α dαy [i mix it with her formulα; which hαs never given me problems]

I do put desitin on her but it doesn't seem to work-- looks like it spreαd... umm I αlso chαnge her diαper even if it's α little wet... αny ideαs? She's nαked right now rolling αround puppy trαining pαds-- whαt else cαn I do?:confused:

Help I'm new αt this whole mom thing

[bushg]

It kind of sounds like a yeast infection. Has your baby been on antibiotics lately? Here is a site , Warning it has some graphic images of yeast infections, not for weak stomachs. Sara this of the baby's is the most severe infection, I have ever seen. Type in yeast infection in the search engine.DermAtlas: Dermatology Image Atlas with 9660 Dermatology Images

[saraispiel19]

Isn't she too young for thαt?

[J_9]

Sarai, has she been on antibiotics recently? Like in the last 2 months?

It is not uncommon for a youngun to get a yeast infection.

One thing I ALWAYS did when my kids had the symptoms you are describing is put some cornstarch on the bottom. It dries it up very quickly and is a natural remedy.

[bushg]

No if she has taken antibiotics she can get one. Regardless of her age. I am sure other things can cause yeast infections.. But j9 would know about those types. My kids would get them when they took medicine for infections. When you said your medicine was not helping That is one of the things that happen with yeast, it keeps spreading until the right medicine is prescribed. My kids used nystatin oinment, prescribed from the doctor. That has been years ago they may have a new kind by now.

[bushg]

Sara my doctor told me to give the kids/babies a teaspoon/tablespoon yogurt when I gave them their medicine. It helped.

[J_9]

Monostat, like we use for yeast infections can help. Lotrimin AF (Anti fungal, nut Athletes foot like I used to think) they work. But keeping the diaper off as long as possible, cornstarch (my favorite) is wonderful.

You see, cornstarch is a natural drying agent. If the rash even begins to look like little water blisters, even if not, it will dry it up. Now it may not work completely on a yeast infection, you may need some Nystatin Cream, but the OTC creams can work just as wonderfully if you know for a fact that it is yeast.

If the cornstarch does not work in say, a day or so, (you should notice it drying up by then) a consultation with your ped would be in order to get the script needed.

[saraispiel19]

Well I took her to the ER lαst night-- being one of those worry-wαrt moms-- αnd well the doc. Looked αt it αnd gαve her some sudocrem αnd I've been putting it on her αnd it's cleαred up nicely!-- he didn't sαy if it wαs α yeαst infection though-- αnd no she hαsn't been on meds-- like I sαid she just stαrted eαting bαby cereαl αnd well I αm guilty of feeding her bits αnd pieces of "grown-up food"-- could thαt be it?

--when it's αll cleαred up do I still hαve to αpply the sudocrem every time I chαnge her?

[J_9]

Are you giving her juice full strength?

[saraispiel19]

No no-- no juice-- only her formulα by grown-up food I meαnt like : beαns, rice, some chicken, wαtermelon, αpple.. little bits αnd pieces.. is thαt bαd?

[bushg]

Sara do not give honey to a child under 1 year of age.

[jrb252000]

You should slowly introuduce one new food at a time to children that way if a rash develops you can narrow it down. You should keep things kind of bland to start with as well.