Apple Cider Vinegar, Sesame Oil
★★★★★
EC: Apple Cider Vinegar should be diluted with water (equal parts of both) when used on a baby's skin. If skin is broken or baby has sensitive skin, it would need to be diluted much more.
Baking Soda

I read a fascinating (and scary) article today about baking soda for diaper rash. (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7232046) Liberal amounts of baking soda for diaper rash caused a baby to become dangerously over alkalized.
I have actually never used baking soda for diaper rash, but I can see why using a significant amount on the bum of a baby and then the baking soda being wet from the diaper...yes, a lot of baking soda would be absorbed into a little person.
So, I wouldn't recommend using baking soda for diaper rash. (Besides, I think it would burn a diaper rash.)
But, I have used baking soda baths often for a variety of health issues and have figured the baking soda had to absorb into the body and help to alkalize it, which improves so many issues.
I use 1 cup per bath of 20-30 minutes once or twice a day.
I would not go adding several cups and soaking all day - you may have trouble then.
Anyway, disturbing as the article is, it does confirm to me that baking soda baths will help to alkalize the body. I will keep on using it for poison ivy, colds, coughs, the flu, chicken pox, tick bites....
~Mama to Many~
Baking Soda, Bentonite Clay, Salt
★★★★★
Browned White Flour
★★★★★
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
Coconut Oil
★★★★★
Colloidal Oatmeal, Coconut Oil
★★★★★
Corn Starch
★★★★★
(Medford, Or)
01/05/2017
Corn starch feeds yeast and will make a yeast diaper rash worse.
Egg Whites
★★★★★
Grapefruit Seed Extract
★★★★★
(Ny)
09/21/2017
The only one I can find is 60% vegetable glycerin and 40% Grapefruit seed extract. Would this work too or would the vegetable glycerin be harmful or exacerbate the yeast diaper rash further? Thanks!
Milk Kefir
★★★★★
In fact milk kefir, will cure any type of skin disease when applied externally. It is good for Eczema, fungal infections etc. Hope this helps.
Olive Oil
★★★★★
For the first year we used olive oil instead of any creams on her bottom before putting on her diaper. Every night a few drops of Olive Oil is put in her bath water. Her skin is fabulous. She had diaper rash once which we put lanolin on and the rash cleared up in 24 hours. Lanolin is known to 'stick' to broken skin / rashes / blisters and allows the healing process to continue, and most importantly give our daughter relief from the soreness she experienced.
Recently we have been putting Virgin Coconut Oil on instead of Olive Oil before putting on her diaper, which has eliminated a very minor rash patch, which I was concerned may have been baby candida - the VCO appears to have stopped this within 24 hours and skin is normal.
Our Dr was very surprised that our daughter has was not prone to suffer from any diaper redness - developing into rashes etc, so we showed the Dr what we used (Olive Oil daily and lanolin for the rash the one time it occurred or if we think a rash may develop). She kept the bottles we gave her at the clinic and then showed to other parents who's children suffer from nappy rash. This info has spread through the various local mums too as well as my sisters new baby and other friends. (Some mums will only use medical creams and do not believe in natural remedies! ).
Changing babies diaper often is very important to remove urine from skin contact.
Sunlight, Clean, Dry, Zinc Oxide
★★★★★
My five-yr old son had a yeast infection on the tip of his penis. The doctor wanted me to use Nyastatin, an anti-fungal. Instead, we bathed him. Used perfume-free soap. Dried the area well. Put some calendula gel on--don't know if that was necessary but I thought it would reduce the irritation--he stopped complaining that it hurt. Kept him in the sun (yeast gets killed by sun light.) The redness halved by the afternoon. That night, we cleaned the area again. Used a blow drier to really dry the area (yeast needs moisture)--tip from our fabulous pediatrician. Then used some zinc oxide (I used the expensive organic stuff.) The infection disappeared overnight. About 2 days later, he has developed a sore throat. So, his infection was a signal that his immune system was down. Wish that my attempts to put the children to bed earlier were successful. Will redouble my efforts.
Yogurt
★★★★★