poor raw bum...

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Thanks, you're a lifesaver! Her skin almost looks like it's starting to peel :(. Drop me a line on harpersdxb at gmail dot com. And please don't apologise, I only just posted!

This stuff works like a dream on poor botties. My DS had blistering and almost open sores and my SIL recommended it when I was home in the summer. I have some spare and will be getting more supplies in soon so please, please if anybody ever needs any, just ask me. Sore bums are just the worst thing for babies and nothing makes a mum feel more guilty. This stuff sorts it out within hours and seems to guve instant relief. DD has red raw patches on her bum :(. Would we be able to pinch a tube? I know I have one in the house somewhere but either I've lost it or DS has posted it somewhere :(. Sorry, I've only just seen this. Yes! You can have some no problem. Post your email addy and we can make an arrangement.

This stuff works like a dream on poor botties. My DS had blistering and almost open sores and my SIL recommended it when I was home in the summer. I have some spare and will be getting more supplies in soon so please, please if anybody ever needs any, just ask me. Sore bums are just the worst thing for babies and nothing makes a mum feel more guilty. This stuff sorts it out within hours and seems to guve instant relief. DD has red raw patches on her bum :(. Would we be able to pinch a tube? I know I have one in the house somewhere but either I've lost it or DS has posted it somewhere :(.

I went to the chemist yesterday and asked what she recommended - she suggested to clear the very bad rash right now, use Bepanthen and once cleared use a tiny amount of Sudocream on EVERY nappy change! (Sudocream - prevention, Bepanthen - cure) I had him out of his nappy all day yesterday and used the cream everytime i had to clean his bottom. Today it has almost gone, so i strongly reccomend Bepanthen.

My nephew had chronic diarrhoea for a while and the only thing that ever helped him was a cream my sister got in the UK called Metanium. She said it stuck to his bum like tar once it was all dried off and stopped any of the runs getting anywhere near his skin. I haven't seen it here, though :(. no they do not sell metanium here, my ds was born without a bowel so he suffered terrible with nappy rash, metanium was the only thing that helped, its a yellow sticky substance unlike sudocream which is like a face cream, if you apply metanium once and it stays on he will work with only 1 application, get someone from the uk to post you some. we went through so much when he was born that we got it on prescription!!

a quick report...bum is MUCH better this morning after lots of air time yesterday and a load of bepanthen (from this experience can definitely say bepathen works better for us, the change is amazing compared to trying sudocrem which seemed to make it worse). Thanks for all the advice ladies :) Yes thinking back we used to use Sudocream as a barrier at night as all our friends rated it hightly but he got a mild nappy rash at around the 5 month mark when we were in NZ which Sudocream didn't help and we found Bepathen great cleared it up overnight. Next time you're home though try and source the Ecostrore one, its all natural ingredients (olive oil, beeswax etc) and similar in texture but is even better than the Bepanthan, great stuff. Glad to hear his wee bottie is better ;)

Thank you :) and best of luck with the rest of your pregnancy!

Aaahhh... in that case, my humble and sheepish apologies :D. Can I blame hormones?! ;). Do not worry about it:)) I am pregnant myself at the moment with no 2 so I know how it feels! I wish you and your little girl a speedy recovery and a smooth transition to your new life:))

My nephew had chronic diarrhoea for a while and the only thing that ever helped him was a cream my sister got in the UK called Metanium. She said it stuck to his bum like tar once it was all dried off and stopped any of the runs getting anywhere near his skin. I haven't seen it here, though :(. This stuff works like a dream on poor botties. My DS had blistering and almost open sores and my SIL recommended it when I was home in the summer. I have some spare and will be getting more supplies in soon so please, please if anybody ever needs any, just ask me. Sore bums are just the worst thing for babies and nothing makes a mum feel more guilty. This stuff sorts it out within hours and seems to guve instant relief.

Aaahhh... in that case, my humble and sheepish apologies :D. Can I blame hormones?! ;).

I do not know who you are referring to? I am not advising anything, other than to watch out for misdiagnosis as i was told that fungal infections are easy to assume when there is a rash ( that is by no means the rash you described)..my DD was misdiagnosed once with a fungal infection and was prescribed an anti fungal cream while she in fact did not..so if the redness does not disappear in a day or two, it might be a fungal infection and trip to the doc is necessary as I was told... Your post implies that the ER doctor didn't make a mistake when he told us DS's rash was normal nappy rash and gave us the wrong advice, as you're saying it can be easy to misdiagnose fungal infections. My response was my opinion on the reason for the ER doctor's misdiagnosis, i.e. he didn't bother to look at the rash properly and only actually looked at it when I asked him to. Actually on the contrary, I was supporting your statement about the misdiagnosis of your DS's fungal infection. What I meant was that rashes can be misdiagnosed either way, as my DD had the same issue like your DS, but the opposite side, her rash was mistaken for a fungal infection..Also, like I said before, what you have described can in no way be misdiagnosed as a rash as the infection was too far already and it should have taken seconds to be diagnosed like you said by the ER doc..

My nephew had chronic diarrhoea for a while and the only thing that ever helped him was a cream my sister got in the UK called Metanium. She said it stuck to his bum like tar once it was all dried off and stopped any of the runs getting anywhere near his skin. I haven't seen it here, though :(.

I have always used sudocream on my son - always worked a treat. Recently though, he has had an awful nappy rash (runny nappies - teeth 7 and 8 coming out of the gum) and it seems to go down but then flair up again, what is best to use??? (OP, hope you don't mind me asking this on your thread)

I only ever used vaseline and E45 on my DD's bum. The vaseline I used day to day as it worked as a waterproof barrier for her skin and when teething or ill ans she was looking a little raw or red a big dollop of E45 sorted her out in no time. I have never used, or had to use, any other cream so cant comment on them. Hope you get him sorted soon :)

actually salsb, the sudocrem seemed to make it worse and the dr said she doesn't think it's that great to use... :( bepanthen seems to be working better...but I guess all babies are different! I never used Bepanthen, and I always swore by Sudacrem, have they changed the ingredients???? always worked for me, and some members of the family ( wont name them ) use it due to sensitive areas and sorts the problem asap, lol

Sudacrem all the way.

I would avoid the mango this week, depending on amount (I'm guessing theres a lot less mango than peach/banana) its probably fine in a week or 2. We avoided berries, (apart from blueberries), kiwifruit and citrus untl around 10 months, still don't really give citrus as its a reflux trigger for us. Yellow/golden kiwifruit are less acidic.

Just in case anybody is looking, I found teething necklaces on babysouk and also on this website http://www.dubaikangaroo.com/?navigation=products&product=37 and Favourite Things have them but a bit more expensive - AED120. <em>edited by alimart on 02/11/2011</em>

Just FYI, we were advised to stay away from berries, oranges, mango until after a year so you might want to wait a bit on the mango.

I usually let them ripen at home, you can also buy the Ella's Organic peach and banana sachets, one of the few babyfoods I did buy pre-made as peaches are on the dirty-dozen list for food to buy organic and I have never been able to get them organic in Doha. Try and make the BFs for when he has solids, doesn't even need to be a full BF, just a snack to help him with digestion. If you can manage to keep with the BFing until after you have fully introduced wheat, eggs and any other potentially allergenic foods then do so as giving BM in combo with these foods helps prevent allergies from developing. Any questions feel free to email me, I did quite a lot of research on solids before starting so I can waffle on for ages.... ;) <em>edited by kiwispiers on 02/11/2011</em>

I would personally avoid the potato, apples and carrots as well as the babyrice as very first foods althoug hthey are all fine in combo with other foods once you build up his repertoire. Tonight give a little sweet potato and extra milk until things settle down. Don't give the green bananas, wait until they have brown spots on. You'll probably find that now he's on solids he poos much more than when BF (or is he FF now?) as a lot of what they are eating is undigested at this age so there is a lot more waste to dispose of up to 4 times a day is fine so long as its not runny, check his nappy about 5 minutes after you feed him. If you are still BFing then giving milk with every meal of solids will help a lot with digestion, formula won't help the same way but from a nutritional standpoint its still important to give the milk first so they don't fill up on solids at this age. In nature they wouldn't have purees so would not be able to take such large quantities so easily, if you are going the puree route you therefore have to be careful not to overfeed. You can give uncooked papaya, avocado and banana either mashed or as finger foods (you can hold it and let him take bites if he doesn't want to hold it himself. Personally I would move on to meat soon so you have a good natural iron source instead of having to give supplemental iron like babyrice. Chicken thigh meat is iron rich and quite tender compared to breast, lamb shank slowcooked is also good, pureed peas are a good source of vit C and adding alittle mint when you puree adds good flavour. Its a matter of finding balance so you might like to make a sweet potato and peach blend, you can add a little chicken to this too. Introduce the starchier foods slowly so his body has time to get used to them. Really he should only have a few tablespoons (2-3 cubes) at a time anyway and being on 3 solids a day at only 2 weeks in is moving a bit fast. I understand what its like to have an enthusiastic eater, mine used to cry when I took the bowl away but its better to give more milk if you can manage. Since you have a refluxer (from memory) its better if you introduce things one at a time so you can easily see what sets it off, for us it was oats, wheat, yoghurt and kiwifruit. I used to make a quinoa porridge (soak quinoa overnight, rinse cook and puree then freeze) which his majesty enjoyed with a peach and banana puree (also frozen), lunch and dinner were usually meat and vegies, often with quinoa again or millet, I now make him a rice pudding with cows milk, whole eggs and risotto rice which he gets with peaches or other fruit. You can also introduce eggs from 6 months but again watch carefully in case of reflux issues. All the best, pleased to hear you are getting more sleep!

I do not know who you are referring to? I am not advising anything, other than to watch out for misdiagnosis as i was told that fungal infections are easy to assume when there is a rash ( that is by no means the rash you described)..my DD was misdiagnosed once with a fungal infection and was prescribed an anti fungal cream while she in fact did not..so if the redness does not disappear in a day or two, it might be a fungal infection and trip to the doc is necessary as I was told... Your post implies that the ER doctor didn't make a mistake when he told us DS's rash was normal nappy rash and gave us the wrong advice, as you're saying it can be easy to misdiagnose fungal infections. My response was my opinion on the reason for the ER doctor's misdiagnosis, i.e. he didn't bother to look at the rash properly and only actually looked at it when I asked him to.

Poor little man...if mine ever get a rash I ban the commercial wipes and use really soft cloths with cooled chamomile tea. I make about 2 cups of really strong chamomile tea and keep it in a sealed jug...add a little of that to lukewarm fresh water at nappy change time. Perhaps make sure you're gently, but thoroughly cleaning the whole nappy area at every change, even when it's just wee. Be sure that he's 100% dry before putting on fresh nappy. BRAT diet - keep in mind for 'poo issues'. :D Bananas, Rice, Apples, Toast - feed these when diarrhoea strikes, avoid when bunged up. (greenish bananas and white bread/toast)