How to heal a sore bum from diarrhea
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#How to heal a sore bum from diarrhea skin#
Aquaphor was always the magical skin (diaper rash or other ailment) saver with my kids. Whenever possible give that skin air time - even a few extra minutes at each diaper change can be helpful. Wipes have alcohol and can burn sore bottoms. While her bottom looks bad, I would use clear water on a baby wash cloth instead of wipies to clean her bottom after dirty diapers. I guess parenting is really just a lot of educated guessing and trial and error, huh? Thankfully there are a lot of other moms out there like you guys who are willing to share their knowledge to help make life a little easier for us "first-timers!" Maybe someday I'll be able to "pay it forward" to some other first-time moms! :) I might actually try the Crisco since I happen to have some on hand. Hopefully the worst of the diarrhea is over and now we can work on healing the diaper rash! Everyone had such great suggestions, and some I've never heard of. So far tonight, she's passed the "sniff test" when I've checked on her and I don't see anything soaked through her night clothes. After changing her and putting a good coating of Triple Paste on her, she fell back to sleep pretty easily.
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Even though she was sleeping so peacefully, I just couldn't let her lay in that for the rest of the night. I know diaper rash is a fact of life, but that doesn't make it any easier to deal with does it? :-) I did end up changing the baby's diaper in the middle of the night last night because when I went to check on her, I could see that diarrhea had soaked through her night suit. Thank you moms for all the great advice and for your kind and reassuring words.