Bubba is just over two weeks old and her bottom looks so sore!! We’ve been making sure it’s clean and dry and each nappy change and been using the protect and prevent sudocream but it seems to be getting worse and she screams when we clean it so it must be causing her pain. Any tips to help her?
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Sudocrem is full of so many nasties. Use a cleaner zinc product with higher zinc content like the drought secret one.
Nappy free time. Stop baths if you’re doing them daily.
Could be a fungal or bacterial infection so might be worth seeing the GP. Whatever you do, don’t put steroids on your newborn. A GP might suggest that for nappy rash.

I had to visit the ER for this lately! Just apply Vaseline petroleum jelly after diaper change it will be ok in some days!! Give her some diaper free time I hope she gets better ♥️

Bepanthen cream is really good. I think it contains vaseline so stops things sticking to bottom but also very good at healing.
Try to use luke warm water with cotton wool instead of wipes, if you haven't been already.
This combination helped my babies bottom

My midwives said to avoid sudo cream as so many chemicals in it.
We used bepanthem. Its a barrier cream and a healing cream in one and never any issues.

2nd Bepanthen
Clears my babys red but super quick

Thanks guys! I’ll give belanthen a try and see how it goes x

Use Vaseline or anything petroleum based bc cream in a moisture diaper on a rash is NOT the best thing and is the reason why most babies have persistent diaper rash

If you are using wipes, switch to damp cotton wool, that helped my boy too xx

My baby had a sore bum when she was new born . It didn’t last very long and I went to the gp with it.
He said make sure it’s dry before any cream goes on. I used to leave my baby without nappy for 10 minutes between nappy change to get it to breath .
I’ll send a link to what the gp recommended for us and it did work wonders .
But I would go to the doctor just in case.

We had no luck with bepanthan, sudocream or metanium… we tried weleda nappy cream and it’s the only one that works for us with less harsh ingredients! Trial and error !

We were reccomended metanium by the midwives and we swear by it now. It's about £2.99 in Homebargains or a little more expensive on on amazon x