Tuesday 12 October 2010

8 Ways of Preventing Diaper Rashes

A diaper rash is very common problem with babies. Babies cannot express there feeling when the diaper is wet or it hurts them. All they can do is cry.

Reasons for diaper rashes:

  • Bad quality of diaper

  • Too much moisture against the skin

  • Food allergies

  • Yeast infection

  • Roughness

  • Chemical irritation

Preventing Diaper Rashes:

Preventing rashes is not difficult. Some simple and easy to do measures can take care of most of the causes of diaper rashes.

  1. Skin infection or the diaper rashes can be minimized if the baby is taking mother's milk. Mother's milk is very strong as it fight against any kind of infection in baby.

  2. After the normal wash, wash the baby nappies in Dettol or with the bacteria fighting soap.

  3. Keep the baby skin dry and germ free and give your baby a warm and clean bath.

  4. Every time you change the diaper apply a mild baby powder over the baby diaper area as it soothes your baby skin and prevent from rashes.

  5. Do not use elastic pants or tight fitting pant as it may hurt your baby skin, always use cotton pant.

  6. Sometime rashes occur due to nappies not only from diaper, so keep the baby nappy clean and dry the nappies in hot sun.

  7. Check if the baby diaper rashes area is dry at regular intervals.

  8. Try to avoid baby wipes which comes in the market, as it contains chemical which is harmful for your child so use a very soft towel to wipe the baby skin.




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