How to Treat Diaper Rash Using Home Remedies

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Take off the child's diaper and clean his/her diaper area with soap and water.

   Dry the area as best as you can, making sure to dry within all the child's skin folds.
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   Step 2: Place a towel on the floor and carefully lay the child on it on his/her back.

   Make sure the hair dryer is plugged in, set to cold, and close at hand. , Set the hair dryer on its lowest fan setting and blow air over the child's diaper area.
   
   If you don't have a hair dryer with a cold air setting, a fan placed a couple of feet away and directed at the child's diaper area will also do the trick.
   
   If the blowing air makes your child uncomfortable, skip to step
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   Given enough time, a child's diaper area will eventually completely dry if left bare. ,,, Diaper cream with a high zinc content is best. ,,,,
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   Step 3: Raise the child's feet in the air to expose his/her diaper area.

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   Step 4: Continue blow-drying until the child's diaper area is dry to the touch—or for as long as the child will let you.

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   Step 5: Let the child run around with a bare bottom for a while.

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   Step 6: Liberally apply diaper cream to the child's diaper area before you diaper him/her.

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   Step 7: Diaper the child.

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   Step 8: Change the child's diaper very frequently: every couple of hours

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   Step 9: if you can.

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    Step 10: Repeat blow-drying process a few times a day.

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    Step 11: To avoid diaper rashes

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    Step 12: apply diaper cream during every diaper change; diaper cream creates a barrier between a child's skin and the moist

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    Step 13: skin-irritating environment in his/her diaper.

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