Babies: Clearing up Diaper Rash

Tara’s Tips

Make a spray of aloe vera juice, about 2-3 oz.,  with a few drops of therapeutic grade lavender essential oil (such as Young Living Essential Oils) and spray on the diaper region.  Do not use inferior essential oils!  The oils found at our local health food store are of very low quality and oils that are not therapeutic grade may contain chemicals and more water than oil.  Low quality oils are a waste of money!

Consider using cloth diapers as the rash could be caused by a reaction from the chemicals in the disposable diapers. My son benefitted greatly and quit having rashes when we switched from disposable to cloth diapers.

Consider that the rash could be caused by an overgrowth of yeast.  Many mothers pass an imbalance of yeast, such as Candida, to their children at birth which in turn can cause diaper rash, thrush and even cradle cap.  To help this, a breastfeeding mother could take pre and probiotics from a reputable source.  I like to use the brand Florajen, found at health foods stores or you could get ProSynbiotic from a health care professional selling Standard Process (not available commercially).  When the baby is old enough for solids, a probiotic could be sprinkled into cereal or baby food.  

Plain yogurt contains natural probiotics (best if homemade-see the homemade yogurt post) and can be fed to a baby after 6 months of age if it is whole milk, plain yogurt.

Has your baby had antibiotics?  This can damage internal flora in the gut. Try to use the ideas for probiotics above to re-establish good bacteria, in turn healing the rash.

Frugal Baby tip from Jennifer:
I would like to share one of my ideas for preventing diaper rash and chaffing. I use aloe vera either the fresh plant or the extract bought at the pharmacy or health food store. It saves money and is a great barrier cream. It also works great on teething rash around the mouth, as it is not harmful to swallow. I'm sure it works great on the cuts and scrapes for everyone else in the house gets.

(note from Tara: be sure the aloe vera does not contain any additives, preservatives or chemicals! Try to buy the aloe vera from a health food store or other reputable source.)

Frugal Baby Tip from J. Persimmon:
Breast milk applied to the affected area will clear up diaper rash - really!!!!!

Frugal Baby Tips Taken from www.borntolove.com

Chapped Lips?

Try Lanolin Breastfeeding Cream. It works great and gives you a nice lip gloss shine! It also heals your lips very quickly.  So don’t throw out that giant bottle of breastfeeding cream or your sample packets from the hospital-heal your skin.

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