Regardless of how much you try to prevent diaper rash, it will mostly develop during your baby’s diaper-wearing years. Diaper rash occurs when skin covered constantly by diapers becomes irritated by feces and/ or urine. Other irritants can cause rash too. 

For instance, your baby can be allergic to the plastic pants or disposable diapers he or she wears. Over-the-counter lotions and powders can also cause the rash. If your baby doesn’t wear disposable diapers, it doesn’t mean she or he is immune from diaper rash. It can occur on the skin if the baby’s allergic to detergents and/ or fabric softeners you use. 

As a result, your baby’s irritated skin becomes red. Also, small pimples or dots appear along with the redness on areas such as the genitals or lower abdomen. Actually, you may first notice the rash on the genitals before it spreads outward. Sometimes when you’re changing your son or daughter’s diaper, you may smell a strong odor of ammonia. 

Infant skin doesn’t have to worsen. You can treat the diaper rash with simple solutions and natural baby skin care. For instance, increase the amount of times you change your baby. Clean the infant skin cautiously and with care every time with warm water, soft cloth and soap. You should make sure the soap is mild. However, only use the mild soap on the infant skin after he or she has a bowel movement. The rash should disappear after a couple of days. 

Some parents may use over-the-counter products with zinc oxide to protect infant skin. In addition, you can use natural baby skin care products to help purify and soothe infant skin. For instance, the Milk & Oatmeal Bath Powder by Tawna Hill Baby natural baby skin care relieves diaper rashes and other types of irritation. You can use it during bath time by adding one to three teaspoons of the product into the bath water. 

The bath powder, like all of Tawna Hill Baby natural baby skin care products doesn’t have any harsh chemicals. Instead the natural baby skin care product has ingredients such as milk, colloidal oatmeal, epsom salt and cornstarch for example. You can also use Tawna Hill Baby’s Super Smoothie Cream, a moisturizer that can clear up infant skin irritations.

To help clear up the rash, provide your baby with at least 15 minutes of no diaper time every time you change him or her. The period between the dirty and clean diapers allows your baby’s bottom time to dry naturally and quickly. You may want to switch from disposable diapers to cloth diapers or vice versa until the rash clears up. 

It may be hard to control or eliminate diaper rash when your baby is at a childcare center because frequent diaper changes may not happen as often. Thus, talk to the childcare center supervisor and ask about increasing the diaper changes. You may also want to include the natural baby skin care products with the additional diapers. 

Of course, if the rash doesn’t improve within three days, you should contact your baby’s physician. You should also talk to the doctor if treatment doesn’t work or the rash spreads. You don’t want the rash to develop into pus-filled blisters. 

Regardless of the type of treatment you choose, natural is the best because you’re not using harsh chemicals.