Diaper Rash - Finally Gone

After 4 weeks of battling the diaper rash, it's finally gone. (knock on wood, hoping it does not come back...) Sigh, what a relief. It was a long process.

First, just watching the rash get bigger, then redder, then sores, then bloody (look at photo). Can you imagine having all these sores on your bum and someone cleaning and wiping it every couple of hours? OUCH. Julia screamed in pain at every diaper change. Just lying down on the change pad, she already knew the pain coming (I can see it in her eyes).

We found out it was a bacterial rash and was prescribed a topical cream to put onto the rash 3 times a day, for 7 days. After 7 days, it looked like it was clearing up and then BAM... the rash came back full force on the last day. So we went back to the docs office and was then prescribed oral antibiotics for 10 days, 4 times a day. I had to make sure Julia got her dose of medicine every 6 hours, even in the middle of the night (it didn't matter since I had to feed and change her diaper at 3am anyways).

Meanwhile, I tried several types of diaper creams to act as a barrier between Julia's skin and the diaper. The creams I tried include:

Penaten
Desitin
Boudreaux's Butt Paste
Weleda Calendula Diaper Cream
Live Clean Baby Diaper Ointment
Live Clean Baby Non-petroleum jelly
Vaseline
Maalox
Vinegar diluted with water

Out of all the creams, I prefer the Live Clean Baby brand because they are made from all natural plant based ingredients and no chemicals. I don't have to worry about Julia absorbing any bad things into her tiny body. Also, I found that most of the creams seemed to melt into Julia's skin, no matter how thick I try to goop it on. This is what finally worked for me:

1) use a paper towel with diluted vinegar to blot off pee/poo (wiping the skin would tear off the new skin growing back)
2) then use blowdryer on low setting and warm heat to dry off bum
3) put Live Clean Baby diaper ointment on the red areas
4) put Live Clean Baby non-petroleum jelly on the rest of the diaper area

Hopefully this is the end of all diaper rashes for her.