Diaper Rash Drama
My poor little guy. He’s sensitive. Sensitive skin and a sensitive bum.
In the first 11 weeks of his life, B dealt with diaper rash for about 9-10 of them. And by dealt, I mean it. He was quite the trooper. There were days he was so blistered, I don’t know how he tolerated diaper changes. There were days he would SCREAM and there were days you wouldn’t know anything was wrong. I was still pumping, so he was consuming my milk – but because the milk from BF is so digestible, he seemed to have a movement every hour or two – which was destroying his bum. I’d had it, and was determined to move him over to formula – knowing it would reduce the number of times a day he would have movements. Regular formula…had the same impact as the milk. What the what!?
We looked into everything possible, we tried every diaper cream imaginable, and nothing worked. He was seen at the pediatrician 4-5 times during this period and they seemed unsure as to what was going on.
We switched from Pampers to Huggies. We stopped using diaper wipes and went solely with warm wet washcloths (that was fun, let me tell you!). We changed him every hour on the hour (and even more frequently if he was wet – thanks to the indicator strips on the diapers).
We tried Nystatin when they thought it was a yeasty diaper rash, we tried corn starch, we tried Neosporin, we tried Triple Paste (and Triple Paste AF), Desitin, A&D Original, Boudreaux’s Butt Paste, Burt’s Bees Diaper Ointment (smelled pleasant, but didn’t work), and Balmex.
Just some of the attempted diaper rash remedies.
Nothing worked.
It wasn’t until one of the later doctor appointments that one of our doctors wrote a prescription for Silvadene cream. It’s used for bacterial or fungal infections, as well as burns [which is what his butt looked like – some kind of burn (out of respect for B – no pictures of this will be shared)]. She also gave us some soy formula samples to try, since the regular formula had been iffy as well. In addition to this, she referred us to one of the pediatric dermatologists in the area. It took a month to get in with them!
In that month, we used the Silvadene as prescribed and after a week or so we noticed a distinct difference. His bum was healing, he wasn’t having as many movements, and the soy formula didn’t bother him. Holy cow – we were so excited.
By the time we met with the pediatric dermatologist, his bum was healed (of course)! I was able to show her pictures, and based on our discussion and the review of the pictures taken over the weeks, she diagnosed him with Jacquet’s Diaper Dermatitis. She recommended using Sensi-Care on him for a barrier cream, and I tell you, that stuff works wonders. We use it on him at night to prevent as much contact as possible with anything in his diaper since he’s sleeping through the night and not waking up requiring diaper changes.
Over time we determined that it could have been the lactose bothering him (he gets it honestly – and I was lactose intolerant as a baby too – and still am), so the soy has definitely helped. However, now that teething has ramped up (homeboy has 2 teeth that have cut through already!), we’ve seen the diaper rash attempting to come back at least once.
At one of his recent visits to the doctor, he was diagnosed with a stomach virus, because teething shouldn’t have him going THAT frequently. It did a number on him.
We applied the Silvadene to help repair as necessary, the Sensi-care at night, as well as Triple Paste during the day (instead of the petroleum jelly we normally use) since it’s thicker and seems to stay on him bum a little longer. Daycare is changing him every hour, which also helps, and we’re tossing a little baking soda in with his bath water to assist in the healing, too.
And our little guy, he’s a champ. You still wouldn’t know he’s having issues unless I told you – always a smile on his face. 😉
I normally wouldn’t share something so personal about our little guy, but I looked everywhere online for ideas and help. If anything in this post can help someone else in the future, you’re welcome!
And if you have diaper rash remedies that you can share, please do!
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