girl parts

For those of you more familiar with diapering girls ... do you use diaper cream at each change, or just at the sign of a rash? I always only used it to treat rashes, but I know some use it all the time on girls.

The ONLY cloth diaper service in our area is closing down, so the potential damage to cloth diapers is no longer a concern for me. I'll plan to use 7th generation or something along those lines.

[rainbabies]

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i would avoid any cream unless there is a need. all those nooks and crannies (sp?) can get filled up fast.

how are the two of you doing, jenn?


eta: maybe just the rear end if you would like?? but not the front end unless necessary.

[Auspicious]

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Funny you ask, I just used diaper cream on her for the very first time this week. (First diaper rash--is that a milestone? Eleven months.) They told us at the hospital not to use anything except for a rash, so we just never started. :huh:

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excellent! thanks guys!

Oh - Julie - should the need arise for a super-duper rash remedy, here's the recipe from our Cleveland ped that ALWAYS worked.

Mix equal parts: Desitin (original - not creamy), Maalox, and Aquaphor (again, original -- don't buy the wacky mixtures). It's hard to mix - just keep at it. It cures EVERYTHING.

[MDPhDWife]

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We only used Desitin and Aquaphor at the first signs of rash, never as a preventive measure.

[SuzySunshine]

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I also only use it when needed - very rare here.

Sorry to hear about your diaper service.

[HouseofWool]

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I bought Desitin by the bucketful with C because the child got a rash all the time. I couldn't switch brands of diapers at all. On top of it all, he would get painful yeast rashes. Yuck.

Sorry - I have no experience with girl parts and we are in for our own adventure with that!

[madeintaiwan]

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I rarely ever used creams on A. She has only had a rash twice and they were both contact rashes from the wipes being too rough and went away after a day or two of not using those particular wipes. Girls just have too many crevices for not so fun bacteria to fester in.

[peggyfromwastate]

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ditto the vaseline, although I haven't broken it out yet.

my kids all have had reactions to any otc diaper rash ointment-- I think they don't like the zinc or something like that. Our "prescription diaper rash ointment" is equal parts clotrimazole and hydrocortisone. It works great for us!

[rainbabies]

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when in doubt...always use a steroid!!!

that's what dh says...only half jokingly (sp?)