The Baby's Rash

Okay, it's going to be time to do some research.  I'm at that point where I just don't know what to do anymore, and the doctors have been giving us nothing to go on.  Doctors can be so infuriating sometimes!  It's time to start working on my own solutions for this problem we've had!

I know I've mentioned the baby's rash, and I believe that he had chicken pox, that the chicken pox rash got infected, and it was all kinds of craziness.  We were suggested that not using cloth diapers could help with the rash if it returned.  Well, here's the problem, we've gone over to disposables and the rash still returns, though often times not as bad.  We're planning on going over to cloth again as soon as we can get our washer and dryer up and running.

Well, today we found that the baby once again has a horrible rash, the same red, irritated, and kind of course skin.  It looks pretty rough for the little dude!  This time, I'm at a loss for how he got it, and what to do about it.  You see, before those rashes were all in the diaper area.  We could pretty easily blame the diapers or moisture for his rashy problem.  Now, however, it's not in the diaper region.  It's on his outer thigh.  It could be from just about anything!  We can pretty well rule out contact with the rug or floor as that would have caused a reaction sooner.  He wasn't wearing any leg coverings when it happened, so it wasn't his clothes.  There's got to be something though!  That makes it so much harder to treat too!

Medical advice says it's got to be moisture related, like a diaper rash, but we've eliminated that as a possibility.  Aside from that, they say it must be related to a diaper rash that he doesn't have.  It's been quite frustrating to get any kind of solid advice!

I went through this with my hands when I found out I had eczema.  The doctor had never seen it present quite like that before, so she was skeptical.  Finally they figured it out and were able to treat it.  I hate to think this is what we're going to have to go through with my poor little one.  In the mean time, if they don't find a solution, I'm going to try to find one of my own.