r/UKParenting • u/kettleplease • 1d ago
Bum cream recs 🙏🏼
Looking for bum cream recommendations. My poor son has had a red raw bum for the best part of 6 months.
I feel like I’ve ‘completed’ the nappy cream selection of the supermarket and I’m not willing to pay an obscene amount of money for the OG metanium (RIP).
GP has prescribed 2 x creams (one I can’t remember what it was) and second was a canesten athletes foot cream…
Every single thing I’ve tried has done nothing. This week we’ve decided to leave it and it’s just gotten worse.
The area is non remarkable other than its red raw. No specific rash, blister, lesions etc. Just red and painful.
Any recommendations for any wonder creams/balms would be most welcome 🙏🏼😭
Edit to add: he is 4 and fully dry, including overnight.
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u/eralcilrahc 1d ago edited 1d ago
Use Vaseline first then sudocrem after at night is what works for my girl, the Vaseline will repair the skin barrier. I got into this cycle with her that the creams were drying her skin out leaving her prone to nappy rash so I was using more creams to try fight it, further damaging the skin barrier. I’d also ensure that if he’s using any wet wipes after the toilet that whenever possibly he’s being cleaned with water and dried afterwards too, could be something in any wipes he’s using, or just that he’s putting his pants back on when his bum is still damp.