My 13.5 month DD has a bad rash around her mouth. Seems to be from teething. It's quite dry up here in the Northeast and I think that is exacerbating it.

What can I put on it to help her. I think it's more cosmetic than painful/bothersome to her. But it sure looks back.

Will lotion burn her / irritate it more?
Can I put some type of diaper rash stuff on her face, that close to her mouth?

Any ideas? Thank you!

Could you try vaseline ? I mean it's messy but it is a great barrier etc...

Expected planned delivery on 11/13/2008 -3 weeks early.
42-recent FSH 12.4 at private md.
Natural Cycle w/ proges. support BFP 02/08 at 42.4
Natural cycle-BFN
M/C Sept.07-natural p/g waiting for IVF Ins. says fertile must wait 6months to reapply for IVF!
June 07-IUI low stim good responder-BFN
May 07-IUI low stim-BFN
April 07- FSH -11.3 & 11.5 E2-44
March 07- all fertility testing no issues. Husband has no issues.
10/06-Delivered stillborn DS at 40weeks a day after my 41st birthday. Cord Accident. Natural conception at 40.
01/2006 -natural conception at 40
10/2005 -M/c at 7weeks
09/2005 - natural conception
08/2005 - start trying for #2
12-2004 - c/s delivery of ds at 39.2
04/2004 - natural conception at 38

My 7 mo. old DS is going through the same thing. We just flew from DC to Australia and the long hours in the dry air on the plane made it worse. He looked like he had a red beard by the time we arrived here! I put some Eucerin cream on him and it really cleared up.

being near the mouth I think I would try a little olive oil. That way, if she licks it, it would only be a food product that she is licking.

Good luck,
Pink

we had that problem too and I rubbed some expressed milk on it and it cleared up really quickly. i also tried to keep it dry by wiping it dry when i could but that was hard. I'd rub the expressed milk on when she slept otherwise she'd refuse and it was a fight.
I used olive oil and that was good too.

jm


me:40, DH 41
FSH 26
DS: born by c-sec Apr15'03 (after 4 years of ttc, starting in 1998)
DD born by c-sec Oct 13 2007 (after just under 3 years of ttc)
DS was conceived naturally the cycle following a cancelled DE IVF, using my good friend's eggs. She was on the verge of hyperstimming.
DD's nat conception I attribute to using OPKs like a crazy nut, eating grapefruit daily and using preseed. also 5 cycles of TCM ending 2 cycles before that lucky cycle.
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I buy it at my local grocery store. It's great!

Love love aquaphor. I work in derm and suggest it all the time. Do not put a lotion, is will sting and if it raw enough a cream may sting too. I would take a washcloth, tepid water and hold it onto the skin as long as she will let you and then immediately apply aquaphor, or you can do vaseline. It is healing and will also protect the area from drool. If this doesn't help you can get some otc hydrocortisone 1% ointment and apply it, once would probably do the trick and just wait at least an hour before letting her use a pacifier if you use a topcial steriod because it needs to absorb and I don't want her to get it in her mouth. GL, Gail

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Tried what we had in the closet - vaseline - it's slowly doing the trick. Thank you all!