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SeptemberBaby_2

Dormouse wrote: »

Also in case some of you haven't seen this, the March issue of Pregnancy & Birth magazine comes with a whopping £13 worth of Huggies vouchers (for wipes and newborn nappies, but most Tesco and Asda stores should take them for anything!). The mag is £2.70 and is likely to sell out very quickly

Thanks, Dormouse! I have posted this on the Pregnancy Club - hope you don't mind!

I bought the mag a few days ago and used a voucher to get a 6 pack of Huggies wipes down to £3.75! (might use a few with my weekly shop when I'm feeling brave enough :rotfl:).

x

Dormouse

No probs SB, I was going to post it there myself but forgot

TMI, sorry, but my AF came today. I did expect it to start sometime soon, but was hoping for a few more weeks without it as I'm still feeding at night. Obviously not then. :rolleyes: Oh what fun! :rolleyes:

Although this has been about 14 months without a period so not too bad, I guess. :cool:

SeptemberBaby_2

:grouphug: Dormouse...hope you recover quickly from your shock! x

Can I ask a quick Q about babies eyes? Poppy's are still blue, a really bright blue that I would love her to keep! She's 4 months old today and I was wondering if they will stay that colour now? The thing is, DH and I both have hazel eyes - its my dad and his mum with blue ones . DH did try and explain the odds but it all got a bit too technical :rotfl:.

purplepatch

I think that they can change up to 6 months, but my guess would be that if they are bright blue now, they're probably going to stay that way. DD1 has green eyes now but they took ages to look that colour and when she was a baby they were a kind of weird bluey green grey colour. DD2 on the other hand has really dark chocolate brown eyes and they were never blue, you could see they were dark from the moment she arrived although they had a kind of strange tinge (blue?) when she first came out.

Lu_T

Hi SeptemberBaby

Puplepatch is right I think. Any time up to 6 months is when they can change. Imogen has bright blue eyes (which are my dad's). My eyes were bluer when I was younger, but are now described by OH as grey/green. He has dark hazel eyes.

Don't think Imogen has much chance of her's changing now, which is great as they are a lovely bright blue.

With two grandparents - one on each side - with blue eyes I'd say there was a fair chance of her keeping them. You must both have a blue eye gene, but your other gene won!

izoomzoom

DS1 had the most beautiful blue eyes when he was a baby. However, he was about 18 months old when we suddenly realised that they weren't that incredible anymore (well they were, but ykwim) and over the next six months they changed to the green that he has now, which is still lovely colour, and it matches his dad's eyes.:rolleyes:

DS2 eyes were a dark dark blue when first born, but within a day they had changed to brown, just like good old mum !!:D

Can I ask a question about thrush please ?

Here is the story ...

When Samantha was about 4 weeks old I noticed a rash on her bum. The HV at the clinic told me to try metanium which I did, as had previously been using vaseline or sudacream. Then when she was 6 weeks old I became convinced it was thrush, so when she had her checkup another HV confirmed it and we were given a prescription for an ointment. This ointment also had hydrocortizone in it, so pack said to only use for 7 days but as rash was still present after 7 days I carried on and when we saw GP for her 8 week check-up the rash was terrible again, and he prescribed another ointment which didn't have hydrocrotizone in and basically since then I have been using a combination of the two ointments (on GPs advise, but not at the same time). I do this on every single nappy change and when it is particularly bad I have put more ointment on, eventhough she hasn't needed her nappy changed. I rub the ointment in well too, as it says in the instructions.

Samantha is 14 weeks old tomorrow and although the rash seems to almost go away, it hasn't completely and it seems that it is about to flare up again. Now this has been the situation for nearly 10 weeks now and I am at my wits end.

I have tried changing her nappy brand, even tried cloth for a short while too, I have stopped using wipes and tried cotton wool and cool boiled water. I have thrown away all of the creams I had (except prescription stuff) and rebought incase my bottles were infected and still this bloody rash is present. If the rash is still present on Monday I will take her back to the GP but was wondering if anyone could offer me some advise that I haven't already tried. I really am at my wits end and it is obviously painful for her when it flares up.

I also understand that I should carry on using the thrush ointment for at least 5 days after the rash has disappeared, but we haven't got to that stage yet and its been 10 weeks since this nonsense started !!!

purplepatch

Izoom, DD2 has suffered from nasty nappy rash from very early on - which on occasion has been described as thrush although I'm not convinced it ever has been. I'm guessing the ointment you have got is clotrimazol (sp?) which they often combine with hydrocortisone to aid healing. I've not really found that terribly effective. Isabel's bum flares up from time to time and I think it is to do with teething and the way it makes their wee and poo more acidic. There was one time when it got very manky with lots of open weeping sores etc and I think that time it might have developed a thrush infection as on that occasion the ointment worked. Whenever I've used it since though, it hasn't made any difference.

Basically, I can't offer much advice but would say to be quite insistent with your gp and say you really aren't happy as the prescribed stuff isn't working. I use metanium, bepanthen and drapolene dependent on the type of rash and whether it's weeping or just inflamed (I find metanium dries it out so is good when it's weeping, but not as good as drapolene and bepanthen when the skin is just red and inflamed). Those 3 creams are the best ones I've found, sudocrem I've found to be next to useless. When I can see that the redness is coming back I slather it on to try and give her as much barrier as I can.

purplepatch

I would also add that hard as it is to bear when they are tiny and in pain, try not to be at your wits end with it. Some babies are just more prone to it than others unfortunately. Izzy is 15 months now and I can't say that her bum has ever been totally clear since it all started when she was a few weeks old. There's always a little redness or rash, we just put up with it. It doesn't seem to bother her unless it really flares up. I think she will only get shot of it altogether once the nappies are gone for good.

Anyway, enough of me wittering on, let us know how you get on with the gp.

SusanCarter

The only suggestion I can think of is nappy free time.

Curious_George_2

hi zoomy,

Daniel had the WORST nappy rash ive ever seen, blood in his nappies, screaming everytime he went to the toilet etc and we tried everything too
sudacrem, vasaline, metanuim, canesten, daktacort and timodine (timodine actually made it worse)
we were advised to think about changing to cloth nappies (sorry... but thats not happening) and to have as much nappy off time as possible
and then we spoke to a doctor who said he didnt need treating, he needed a barrier
so prescribed a zinc and castor oil cream called Morhulin that has a really thick pasty consistancy, we slapped that on at every change and hey presto.... the rash he had suffered with for weeks was gone!

the tubes he prescribed us have now gone but they sell zinc and castor oil cream everywhere (boots and chemists etc) and its still doing the job, his bum has been fine ever since