Comments on: I know rules are important, but can’t we just break them? http://pikespeakparentmag.freedomblogging.com/2007/12/12/i-know-rules-are-important-but-can%e2%80%99t-we-just-break-them/118/ Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:45:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Heather http://pikespeakparentmag.freedomblogging.com/2007/12/12/i-know-rules-are-important-but-can%e2%80%99t-we-just-break-them/118/#comment-201 Heather Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:47:13 +0000 http://pikespeakparentmag.freedomblogging.com/2007/12/12/i-know-rules-are-important-but-can%e2%80%99t-we-just-break-them/#comment-201 Thanks for those tips, and I'll make sure to use them at home. But I really don't know how to help her when she's got a rash during the week, when she's at daycare most of her waking hours. There's no way the daycare will let her crawl around naked, and they won't smear a mixture of stuff that I bring from home on her, either. The only solution is to protect the diaper rash from getting worse by putting Desitin on it, and they won't do that. So her rash gets exposed to dirty and wet diapers all day, which makes it dramatically worse and gives us that much more of a problem to try to solve in the evenings when she's at home. Two other things to note: Right now, it's just red. No blisters or smellyness, so really it just needs to be allowed to heal. (In fact, we get it to go from red to pink in the evenings, only to have it go back to red during the day at daycare.) Second, Kaylee had a flu shot this morning, and while I was there, a doctor signed a form saying that the daycare is now officially allowed to put zinc oxide on a diaper rash. Hopefully the problem is more or less behind us now. Thanks for those tips, and I’ll make sure to use them at home. But I really don’t know how to help her when she’s got a rash during the week, when she’s at daycare most of her waking hours. There’s no way the daycare will let her crawl around naked, and they won’t smear a mixture of stuff that I bring from home on her, either. The only solution is to protect the diaper rash from getting worse by putting Desitin on it, and they won’t do that. So her rash gets exposed to dirty and wet diapers all day, which makes it dramatically worse and gives us that much more of a problem to try to solve in the evenings when she’s at home.

Two other things to note: Right now, it’s just red. No blisters or smellyness, so really it just needs to be allowed to heal. (In fact, we get it to go from red to pink in the evenings, only to have it go back to red during the day at daycare.) Second, Kaylee had a flu shot this morning, and while I was there, a doctor signed a form saying that the daycare is now officially allowed to put zinc oxide on a diaper rash. Hopefully the problem is more or less behind us now.

]]> By: Laura http://pikespeakparentmag.freedomblogging.com/2007/12/12/i-know-rules-are-important-but-can%e2%80%99t-we-just-break-them/118/#comment-200 Laura Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:48:08 +0000 http://pikespeakparentmag.freedomblogging.com/2007/12/12/i-know-rules-are-important-but-can%e2%80%99t-we-just-break-them/#comment-200 The absolute best way to treat diaper rash is a mix of hydrocortisone cream and neosporin (I'm a fan of the Neosporin with pain relief kind, it does seem to help). Desitin is just a protectant, it doesn't have anything in it that will treat diaper rash. A & D is a little better, but the whole idea of both of those is just to keep the moisture off the junk. That's one of the reasons the daycare can't use it, because it can interferre with the healing process. So just mix up some neosporin and hydrocortisone cream, about 50/50, and smear that on there. Change her as often as you can, and if possible, let her go without a diaper- trust me, just put a blanket down with a towel or two underneath and let her pee on the floor, it's totally worth it, because then you don't have to use anything to clean it. If it starts to smell bad (like yeast) or you see any blister looking things, then it's bacterial and you need to take her to the doctor to get some heavy duty stuff. Holy crap- I just wrote a term paper on diaper rash. I swear, I used to be interesting. Anyway, good luck! LB The absolute best way to treat diaper rash is a mix of hydrocortisone cream and neosporin (I’m a fan of the Neosporin with pain relief kind, it does seem to help). Desitin is just a protectant, it doesn’t have anything in it that will treat diaper rash. A & D is a little better, but the whole idea of both of those is just to keep the moisture off the junk. That’s one of the reasons the daycare can’t use it, because it can interferre with the healing process. So just mix up some neosporin and hydrocortisone cream, about 50/50, and smear that on there. Change her as often as you can, and if possible, let her go without a diaper- trust me, just put a blanket down with a towel or two underneath and let her pee on the floor, it’s totally worth it, because then you don’t have to use anything to clean it. If it starts to smell bad (like yeast) or you see any blister looking things, then it’s bacterial and you need to take her to the doctor to get some heavy duty stuff.

Holy crap- I just wrote a term paper on diaper rash. I swear, I used to be interesting. Anyway, good luck! LB

]]> By: phoskins http://pikespeakparentmag.freedomblogging.com/2007/12/12/i-know-rules-are-important-but-can%e2%80%99t-we-just-break-them/118/#comment-198 phoskins Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:43:30 +0000 http://pikespeakparentmag.freedomblogging.com/2007/12/12/i-know-rules-are-important-but-can%e2%80%99t-we-just-break-them/#comment-198 How about, instead of "The end," "the fiery red, screamingly painful end"? Ok, that's probably still just ranting. Poor baybee. How about, instead of “The end,” “the fiery red, screamingly painful end”? Ok, that’s probably still just ranting. Poor baybee.

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