Problem with Baby Wipes

Use cloth wipes! And Kissaluvs wipes solution. You mix like 2 teaspoons of the solution with 4 oz of witch hazel in a spray bottle, wet the wipe with water and spray just a bit on the wipe. Far, far more economical, better for baby and way better for the environment. After I started using cloth diapers and wipes I hated when I had to use the disposable ones. I would only have to use one cloth wipe to clean up a messy diaper compared to 3-4-5 disposable wipes.

This is advice I learned from other moms on this site so you may have already heard it! :)

My son just went through terrible diaper rash and we used water in a spray bottle, spritz lightly on the bottom and dab (not wipe) with a piece of paper towel. It really helped. His skin was cracked and bleeding and this was a much gentler way to clean until things cleared up. Also, we switched to using Aquaphor (instead of Desitin) because it doesn't stick to the skin so much (it kinda absorbs) so it wasn't so hard to wipe off.

I think some other moms have suggested possible causes other than the wipes. That would be smart to look into just in case there's another underlying cause.

Hope everything works out! Happy wiping! :)

You could stop using wipes altogether. Wet paper towels work just as well.

Earth's Best wipes! chlorine free! Cleared up my son's butt in a day!

I use (and have for the last 7+ years) huggies natural care fragrance free wipes. Never had a problem. Although, when the kids do have a diaper rash, it does irritate them. And for those times, I just use a soft washclothes with warm water to clean them up.

I think Seventh Generation makes baby wipes. Maybe you could try those?

You can buy cloth wipes and use water- cotton babies.com

You can just use a protective ointment every time to protect her skin- Aquaphor is good.

You could investigate food sources. My son gets rashes if he eats more than one serving of cooked tomatoes or any raw tomatoes. He also gets it from citrus like oranges and mandarins (even canned) and if he has more than a handful of strawberries.

What diapers do you use? Huggies recently added new chemicals to theirs.

If you've been using the Huggies Sensitive wipes for awhile, I would bet it is the diapers or diet.

We had the same going on this year- she started scratching at night complaining all night of being itchy.
Turns out it was pinworm! We never heard of it but traced it back to one of those indoor playgrounds at a fast food place (yuck)
she went on a chewable medicine and in 3 days it was gone. Good luck!
It is HIGHLY contagious so they gave us the meds for her sister too...

Check out http://www.ewg.org/skindeep/ It is an entire database on cosmetics with a whole section on kids products. This might help you to find some better products.

Any chance its a yeast infection? My 2 month old got one and diaper rash cream won't take it away it just gets worse. I thought it was the diapers we were using but the Nystatin they gave us took it away totally. Good luck.

Hi J., I think it is individual.

This time of year -- with heat and humidity -- could also be a factor.

I agree with some of the advice below -- simple water and a soft cloth works as well.

Take care. Jilly

I started out with Huggies sensitive and my dd was fine then all of the sudden she wasn't I switched to pampers sensitive and she is now ok. Try using triple paste I love that stuff for rashes.

We just used wet paper towels.

My son was allergic to babywipes. We'd use them, his skin would degrade, and a yeast infection would set in. It took a few months to figure out :( But after switching to damp paper towels I would never pay a gazillion dollars for wipes ever again. Hot water, paper towel, wring, use. Simple. For in the car, a water bottle and a roll of paper towels.

I remember when my son was born, I thought I needed the "best" wipes...either Huggies or Pampers...after he got a horrible rash, I decided to try the BJs brand wipes...I LOVE THEM!!! They are thin and strecthy, as opposed to so thick. I am not sure about the ingredients, but I say give them a shot! Good luck!

Also to treat the rash, I have found that the Arbonne diaper cream works best...it's like magic! :)

My kids are allergic to those Huggies sensitive. We use Costco's Kirkland brand and none of us have problems with those. My kids will also end up with worse diaper rashes with a lot of those diaper creams. 2 of mine are so sensitive. The only thing that works on them is Triple Paste. When the rash gets that bad and bleeding I stop using wipes until the rash is gone. If they poop I wipe of what I can with the diaper and then rinse them off in the tub/shower. If it's pee I use a wet washcloth and give them a second to dry before putting the diaper on.
The Triple Paste should show improvement by the end of day and it does not normally take more than 2 or 3 days for the rash to be 100% gone, depending on how bad it is. If it doesn't show improvement it could be a yeast infection or fungal and need something else to treat it.

make your own wipes. just means you'll have more dirty laundry to do. or just switch to a different brand for a bit and see what happens. did the dr look at them? if not maybe its not diaper rash at all and a yeast rash. in that case use lotramin instead of desitin.

Make sure, it is not a yeast infection rash.
Take baby to the Doctor.
That is the only way, to properly diagnose it.
Diaper creams, will not get rid of a yeast infection rash.

For now, just use a damped paper towel or toilet paper.

We had to use cloth wipes or wet paper towels (Bounty Extra Soft worked well) for my DD when she was younger. Yes, the wipes could be the culprit.

We have been using Pampers Sensitive wipes for a while, but each kid is different.

We also use A+D with aloe.

My son has very sensitive skin and I used the Toys "R" Us brand supreme unscented and he had no problems with them. I don't know if your doctor checked for this, but it sounds like the problem my son had once when he was a baby. He actually had rectal strep. I'd never even heard of it, but if the rash continues, you may have them check for that if they haven't.

Have you looked into any changes in her diet? All my kids had that issue from time to time and it was usually tracked back to a food. Not so much that it was a food allergy just that the poop it produced burnt the heck out of their backside.

My daughter had a similar problem and it turned out it was eczema. This is apparently not a very common problem in the diaper area because most of the time there is too much moisture, not a dryness problem, so even the pediatrician was a little confused. But, it was easily remedied with less soap in the bath and some hypoallergenic moisturizing creams (and ONE or two treatments with a dilute cortizone cream over the course of a year -- beware of too much cortizone on little ones if you decide to use it, but it sure is effective for eczema.) I agree with the wet paper towel idea too. If both kids had the problem, it really could be an eczema issue because this is a hereditary condition. The best thing for diaper issues is potty training though -- if your 2-year-old daughter isn't potty-trained yet, consider that she might be ready -- reading a lot of potty training books and talking about how big she is might help her get there. Good luck!

We use Seventh Generation and love them. They are free of most chemicals and dyes. Bonus - they're better for the environment.