Peek A bOO !: Rashes on Babies

Rashes adalah MUSUH utama Baby !

Terpaksa story sikit dalam blog, coz last week my baby had problems with heat rashes kat muka dia. Before that jugak, ada problems with nappy rashes ! So, I wanna share here how I encountered that problems

My baby sebenarnya tak pernah ada problems with nappy rash sejak newborn. I sebolehnya memang rajin and kerap tukar pampers dia, walau malas mcm mana sekalipun nak bangun tengah malam... I akan tuka and basuh kat paip ! Maksudnya x basuh guna baby wipes, lap2 macam tu jer. Even masa baby, tapi nasib baik dia jenis keras and senang pegang ! Tapi yang kesian, dia laung jugak laa... bila terkena air sejuk ! Ahh takpe nangis sikit jer, xleh ajar manja2 sangat ;D Masa newborn, my baby selalu kalau terkena air time tuka nappy/ dia nangis nak minum susu .. bunyi rentak nangis dia mcm ni " Giiiii" ... kelakar x .. "Gi" tu slang orang kelate maksud nya Pergi ... mcm suruh I pegi buat susuuuu cepat2 hehe

Nappy Rash

I dah guna quite a few creams for nappy rashes ...

L-R: Drapolene, Buds, Egotize (with Zinc Oxide), Candid B

Masa dia lahir till umur dia 3 bulan ,... I guna Nappy Cream from Buds. Price dia dlm RM30+. This cream contains Sunflower Oil, Vitamen E & Bisabolol. Its an organic product actually. So far I guna this cream memang tak pernah naik rashes ... satu bintik merah pun xde. Clean & Clear ! One more thing, sejak my baby lahir, memang I setia dengan Pampers Huggies for Newborn. Pampers tu pun sgt best I rasa... till ada sekali tu maybe I terlambat change nappy .. masa tu my baby dah masuk 3 bulan .. ada laa naik rashes sikit kat tepi2. I ignore jer awal2 ... Plus, masa tu I try tuka pampers ke MAMI POKO ! pastu makin merebak, sampai kat tengah2 dah. I buat slumber jugak ... tapi I try la tuka ke Drapolene coz this cream is quite famous ... tapi x jadi jugak ! My advice for mothers out there... jangan beli MAMI POKO ! dah la nipis, my baby memang selalu bocor pakai pampers tu. Pakai Huggies, x pernah bocor pun ! Till now, I setia dgn Huggies... baby dah besar so sekarang pakai Huggies Ultra, 100% satisfied !

Pasal nappy rash tu...sometimes, I selang seli letak bedak sebab powder ni actually can absorb moisture ... creme sbnrnya untuk prevent jer lebih... sebelom terkena rashes tu. I guna Carrie yang ada corn starch mmg for nappy rash treatment. Bedak ni jugak I selalu letak bawah leher and di setiap lipatan2 yang ada... badan dia memang totally 100% no rashes. Awal2 memang nampak improvement... pastu naik balik and getting worse ! My baby tak pernah nangis pun pasal tu.. kalau I basuh pun dia x nangis.. so x tau that rashes menyakitkan ke x ;(

Then I was being told by my sister (she's a doctor) tuka cream yang ada Zinc Oxide ! .. oh now I know anything yang ada Zinc Oxide can help with rashes. I try la beli creame tu, recommended by pharmacist kat farmasi tu ... Egozite (contain 15% zinc oxide). Tapi hampa... no effects! One day I nekad, nak bawak gi klinik, coz my sister sebelom ni pun her daughter had the same problem ... bila dah teruk sbnrnya dah ada bacterial infection. So, the doc gave me that creame ... Candid B (contain steroid!) so small amount masa apply and thrice a day jer pakai together with Candid* (not Candid B coz the creme is already strong) powder untuk treatment. Alhamdulillah, now dah cure ;)

Heat Rash

From L-R: Calamine, Ezerra,Hydrocortisone

My baby got heat rashes on his face, last week. X prnah2 naik ke muka. Masa umur sebulan mcm tu naik sikit2 kt kepala. I only used ezerra cream, memang sekejap jer hilang. I rasa sebab I bwk dia ke hulu ke hilir cr brng rumah d hujung minggu, panas yang terlampauu... ngeee~ I was worried ! Suddenly rasa rinduu sgt2 kat muka dia yang licin tu :( Rashes kat muka dia sgt teruk for me, muka dia jd merah2 berbijik and some part kering ! Mirip rupa kucing pun ada, kucing yang comot ! :p

Try letak Ezerra memang no effect ! I buat research over the net, most ped akan bg Hydrocortisone cream ! I malas sbnrnya nak bwk gi jumpa any docs regarding heat rashes, coz its normal among babies. X pyh laa nk beriya sgt kan. Kalau demam ke apa of course terus kna bawak jumpa Dr. ASAP ! heee ~

I know that, hydrocortisone ni too strong for babies coz it contains steroid !So at first, I tried that Calamine cream ( contains Zinc Oxide) dulu before guna hydrocortisone, but no changes ! Makin jd kering ada laaa.. Jadi sebab geramm sgt, terus I appy hydrocortisone ! Sekali dua jer.. sebab takut jgk sbnrnya . Jgn buat main dgn chemicals...hee ~ Alhamdulillah better ! Creame ni pki thin layer sekali jer pun teruss hilang, within days! Because it contains steroid, so don't use it often.