This article is focused on dealing with baby diaper rashes. This can be a serious nuisance for your infant child. Baby diaper rashes can cause serious irritation and discomfort for your baby, so it’s recommended you learn as much as you can about baby diaper rashes.

Baby diaper rashes are common during the first year of your newborn. They are either red, irritated or little puffy and warm skin in the baby’s diaper area.  They can be mild – a few prickly spots present in a small area or angry-looking red bumps that affect a larger area, mainly the diaper area, thighs and some part of the stomach. But, you do not need to panic in either case because diaper rashes are a part of the parcel that comes with the baby.

 

What causes baby diaper rashes?

There can be many causes for diaper rashes. Some of them are:

Wetness: even the most ‘absorbent’ of the diapers cannot absorb all of the moisture from the delicate skin of your baby. As a result, even the most of the non-sensitive skins can develop rashes. Chances of getting them increase when this moisture (usually your baby’s urine) reacts with the bacteria present in his stool and breaks down into ammonia, which can be really harsh.

  • Chemical Sensitivity: your baby’s skin can be sensitive to the lotion you apply or the diapers that you use for him.
  • Too much rubbing of his skin with the diaper.
  • They can happen when you introduce your baby to any new food because it can cause increased bowel movements.
  • If you are breastfeeding, something you’re eating (like antibiotics) can cause a reaction in this form.
  • Infection: the bacteria and yeast find your baby’s warm and moist skin a very good place to develop.

 

Preventing baby diaper rashes

Here are some ways you can use:

Keeping you baby’s bottom dry.

  • Clean your baby’s genital area properly during each diaper change. Also do not rub his skin dry, pat it.
  • Take some time before you introduce another new food into his diet. It gives him time to adjust his stomach.
  • Don’t tie his diaper too tightly. Allow his diaper area skin to breathe.
  • Use detergents which do not contain any fragrance and hot water to wash his diapers.
  • Nurse him for as long as you can. This builds up his immune system and hence prevents him from taking any unnecessary antibiotics.

 

Treating baby diaper rashes

Here are some ways:

Changing his diaper frequently.

  • Clean his diaper area nicely during every diaper change. Pat his skin dry.
  • You can use barrier ointments (it forms a barrier between your baby’s skin and the wetness) after every diaper change.
  • Leaving his diaper off and exposing that area to air on a warm day can speed up the healing.
  • Don’t tie his diaper too tightly.

 

Apart from taking these measures, you can always have a chat with your doctor for more advice.

You may also find interesting:

  1. Keeping Everything Clean For Your Infant
  2. Stop Baby Crying
  3. How To Give Your Baby a Bath
  4. Infant Sleeping Habits
  5. Introducing Solid Food To Baby

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