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newborn baby has thrush on her bum – how long does it take to clear? tips to make nappy change less painful?

  • Posted on February 12, 2011 at 5:24 am

My 7 day old daughter has thrush on her bum. Its very raw and very sore for her. She screams at every nappy change, especially if she does wees while her nappy is off. I think it must sting like crazy. I use huggies nappies and i am just using warm water and a very soft cloth on her bottom, i also am not wiping, i just sort of dab it. I dry her bum afterwards and then i apply the cream my midwife prescribed for her. We started using the cream yesterday and she said to use it at every nappy change for 3 or 4 days, however its the end of day 2 (well we started using it yesterday afternoon) and i havnt noticed any change, it definately hasnt got any better yet. I give her as much time as i can without a nappy on but she is usually screaming and crying that its hard to settle her without her nappy on. I have stopped drinking orange juice and eating acidic foods to see if that helps. Also she is fully breastfed. So if anyone has any help that would be great
Oh.. its a diaper. We call them nappies. Im from one of those ‘weird’ countries that put a ‘u’ in everything too. Labour, honour, colour etc.

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My daughter keeps stripping off her clothes and nappy at nighttime.?

  • Posted on August 29, 2010 at 9:25 am

I’m trying to potty train in the day but at night she wont keep her clothes or nappy on. The nappies she is taking off are usually dry and unsused. This is happening atleast seven times a night and I keep having to strip her bed and remake it. Shes usually sat at her gate in a puddle of wee. I tried putting her potty in her bedroom, stopping her from having drinks after six, tried pull ups, tried tying her clothes on, tried getting her to choose her own clothes. I’m at a loss of what to do. The only thing that seems to work is smacking her bottom and I hate doing it and i have to do it again the next night so she is obviously not learning from it. I’ve tried taking away her toys, tried telling her not to do it, tried a star reward and sticker chart. Shes doing exceedingly well on her potty in the day but at nighttime shes just not ready yet. Please help!
I don’t spank her for using her nappy i did it because she kept taking them off and then getting back into bed and weeing. It just got to three then four in the morning and I was tired. I don’t smack her bottom hard just a pat to let her know shes done wrong and shes so shocked that she actually does as shes told. I hate doing it and it makes me feel guilty as hell.

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