skin rashes for babies and toddlers

Have you ever faced skin rashes problem with your kids?
As you know, there were 2 common skin rashes which are heat and nappy rashes.

Heat Rashes : If your little one suddenly develops a bright red pimply rash on his neck, under his arms, or near the edges of his nappy or underwear, don't panic; it's probably just a heat rash. Heat rash, also known as prickly heat or miliaria, is a red, pimply skin eruption that can appear when your child overheats in hot and humid weather.

Nappy Rashes: If your baby has nappy rash, you'll know it. Some of the skin covered by the nappy – probably the genital area, the folds of the thighs and the buttocks – will appear red and inflamed. The affected areas can either be dry or moist and sometimes look pimply.

* detail can be retrieved from Babycentre

For my lil boy case, Adam mmg sejak lahir, he got a sensitive skin. He was so sensitive with the heat/temperature and I think specially with his weight, he tend to sweat a lot.
So area2 dekat arm,knee and neck..were the most yg banyak kuar rashes..worst sometimes at his cheeks..
Mase time baby dulu,mmg kesian,kena plak Adam type suka scrtach2..huh..jenuh I nak remove his hand from scratching all over his body.

Due to this, since his day one untill now, I prefer to use a medicated product for his shower gel, lotion, nappy cream..and I used Sebamed baby.It work s well to my Adam and I love the smell too..
Even,everytime I meet the paed for skin rashes issue, when the paed asked about the product we used, he will just asked us to continue..
In fact, there many other product which medicated and with balance 5.5pH which suitable for sensitive skin , ait..;)

Various range of  Sebamed product

*picture courtesy of  Google

Even Adam with sensitive skin he had, he never faced problem with his nappy area.

Until a few weeks back, I started to spot a reddish spots at his nappyarea, and some similar spot at neck and his arm's too.

It could be due to the hot wether currently.I thought!

So,we just apply some of the calamine lotion and Sebamed diaper lotion around his nappy area.

It getting worst day by day, and we started to worry, so I bring him to his paed.

Cautions, prolonged nappy rashes can lead to infection!

So the paed, gv some antiobiotic and cream for fast teratment, Alhamdulillah in 2-3 days its gone.

yeap,the paed also mentioned, jangkitan ni mmg common to babies specially to those yg stay with carer/nursery..possibility nak transfer infection nih easier..

Pening sunggoh kalau bab2 nursery ni..Even how much we try to protect our kids, yet other kids could transmitted to our child..cabaran sungguh!!

Its ok, as long as we tried our best to take care and protect them..

Owh yea, I pun nak share some info about the detergent..

Time Adam started to face again with skin rashes tu, pening lah mommy Adam ni find solution to treat this skin rashes.

As u know, kalau utk nappy rashes tu, I have to stick to use Huggies Ultra, if I used either comfort huggies or the blue one tu, cepat sangat dia berpeluh and start to scratch2..mahu tak mahu tak boleh dah nak gilir2...

then I started to search info about Cloth Diapering too (thanx to Farah!)..

In fact still intrested to introduce CD to Adam (walaupun dah lambat)..haha yg kelakar I went to mothercare dah takde size cloth diaper for Adam..huhuhu..

ok ok back to detergent story..

I just got this info when Nadine posted entry about her stained white shirt, and somebody said the nappikleen could able to washed out the stain!

Wah, sungguh kagum dengan Nappikleen time tu, then lama2 pike and info from Thara too,

I started to think, it could be from detergent tu that caused skin rashes to Adam..

*sb Nadia pun sgt sensitive dgn detergent yg kuat2 ni..

So I started to search info for other detergent yg soft to babyskin and specially with natural ingredients.

So I strated to use this Purren H-A-D!

*napelah dari dulu tak pike pasal ni..

So skrang ni tgh monitor how this detergent works!

Pureen H-A-D

Features:

-Leaves no chemical residue on fabric

- Does not irritate delicate skin (hypo-allergenic).

- Leaves fabric naturally soft with a fresh, clean scent. (Does not require softener).

- Increases cloth life-expectancy.

Cleans all the way to the fibre

- Effective in removing stains and odours i.e. grease, blood, tar, ketchup, pine sap, red clay, mildew, grass.

Fragrance-free; No Bleach & No Phosphate; No Enzyme & No Brightener

- Colour care .

- Does not irritate delicate skin (hypo-allergenic).

Biodegradable, Vegetable surfactant

- Environmental Friendly.

Detail can check from this:

http://pureen.com.my/Detergents/Hypo-Allergenic-Detergent-H-A-D/flypage.tpl.html

Worst thing I just find out about this:

Irritant Contact Dermatitis : A type of skin rash that is triggered by substances that irritate the skin such as chemicals, perfumes, soap or detergents. Symptoms include redness, swelling and itching. This reaction usually worsens the longer the skin is in contact with the offending substance. It can be frequently found on the hands and other exposed parts of the body.