After the baby is born, the skin is immature. Anyone with parenting experience will notice that babies have red butts more or less at some point. Some of them are looked after very carefully by their parents. How does the careless mother make the baby's red butt still not improve at all, so let's take a look at what is the main reason for the baby's red butt? What are the treatments for baby red buttocks?
The true face of the baby's "red butt"
"Red buttocks," also known as diaper rash or erythema on the buttocks, are common in children under 1 year of age. The most intuitive feeling of mothers is that the area where the baby's buttocks and diapers are in direct contact with the baby's buttocks is swollen and red, accompanied by small raised rashes; in severe cases, it will spread inward and forward with broken skin.
Common causes of baby red buttocks
1. The skin of infants and young children is delicate and smooth.
The stratum corneum of babies is nearly 30% thinner than that of adults. The skin's self-protection function is weaker than that of adults, so it has slight stimulation to the external environment, such as dryness, friction, and stuffiness. It is easy to cause discomfort to the baby's buttocks skin.
2. Urine and stool irritation
Babies' skin is naturally weakly acidic, and urine and feces are generally neutral or weakly acidic. However, urine contains bacteria and urea, and the reaction between the two will produce alkaline substances, which will change the pH value around the skin from weakly acidic to weakly alkaline, thereby stimulating redness of the skin and causing the baby's red buttocks.
3. Diaper material
The raw materials used in some inferior diapers are unqualified, or contaminated during production and storage, the material is rough and hard (rubbing against the skin), the pH value exceeds the range of 4.0~8.0 (irritating to the skin), the amount of slippage and re-penetration Substandard (urine reverse osmosis skin is not dry), water transport substandard (diaper storage conditions, packaging compactness substandard, high moisture product content easy to breed microorganisms), bacteria and fungi are not detected. In terms of use effect, it also has adverse stimulation to the skin of infants and young children.
4. Allergy
If the baby's buttocks appear red repeatedly, and the red area is similar to the shape of diapers, it is necessary to consider whether the baby is allergic to diapers, and you can change to other brands of diapers to observe.
5. Diarrhea
When your baby has diarrhea, the stool is thin, watery, and may contain gut bacteria. At this time, the stimulation of the stool on the buttocks will be greater. When the baby has diarrhea, in addition to solving the problem of diarrhea in time, it is also necessary to clean the buttocks in time.
6. Excessive cleaning
Excessive cleaning can also increase your baby's chances of developing diaper rash. Newborn skin produces less sebum and less activity than adult skin, so there is no need to bathe with body wash every day. Some parents bathe and shampoo their baby too often, washing away the protective sebum on the baby's skin, which allows some bacteria to enter.
There are also some parents who did not choose the wet wipes properly. The cleaning ingredients of the wet wipes used are not soft enough. When wiping the buttocks, it will also damage the baby's buttocks and cause the baby's red buttocks.
How to deal with baby red ass
1. Change diapers in time
Urine stimulation is the main reason for the baby's butt red! For babies under the age of 1, change at least once every 3 hours, 5-8 times a day; check the baby's diaper every time the baby goes to bed, wake up, before and after meals; change and clean it in time to ensure that the baby's buttocks are dry.
It is recommended that parents use diapers with a diaper function during the day - after the baby defecates, the yellow diaper strip will turn green, which is convenient for parents to observe and change diapers in time (just don't need to touch it every time, it is easy to get a first-hand diaper ); and if the diaper gets wet after opening, the diaper will also change color, by the way, I remind you not to use it again.
2. Weak acid diapers
The pH of the baby's skin surface is between 5.4 and 6.0, and the pH of their urine is also between 5.0 and 7.0. However, bacteria on the skin surface and in the feces break down urea in urine and feces, and then produce alkaline substances such as ammonia, creating a local high pH environment that increases the pH of the skin around the baby's buttocks. From weakly acidic to weakly alkaline, it stimulates redness of the skin.
In addition, the digestive enzymes in the feces will also stimulate the baby's delicate skin and destroy the weakly acidic sebum film on the baby's skin surface; when the baby has diarrhea, the weakly alkaline intestinal fluid in the feces will also irritate the skin.
In order to avoid the stimulation of these substances to the baby's skin as much as possible, changing diapers in time is the most effective way, but what to do when sleeping? Sleep is important for adults and children alike, so how can you slow the time—and slow the rate at which these harmful substances damage your skin? The answer is weak acid diapers!
Weak acid diapers are mild and safe weak acid substances added to the surface layer close to the skin. Involved in regulating the pH of the local skin environment after the baby's excretion and defecation
Change and neutralize alkaline substances, help maintain the microenvironment in the diaper in a weakly acidic or neutral balance, slow down the irritation of urine to the skin, better protect the baby's weakly acidic sebum film and delicate skin, and prevent the appearance of red buttocks .
3. Cleaning method after defecation
If your baby has a red butt:
①After the baby defeces, rinse the baby's buttocks with warm water (do not use wet tissue to reduce friction).
② Dab and dry the water on the buttocks with a soft baby square or disposable cotton towel, pay attention to dab rather than wipe to avoid secondary damage to the skin
③ After drying the buttocks, buttocks and groin
Moisture remains in the small crevices, so the butt isn't completely dry. We are in no rush to put the baby in a new diaper. In summer, let the baby lie on the diaper pad with bare buttocks and let it dry naturally; in spring, autumn and winter, turn on the hair dryer and gently dry the buttocks. If the butt is not red, it means that the butt is red and should be opened and dried.
How to prevent baby red ass
Prevention is better than cure! Make sure to clean after the toilet every day!
①After your baby defeces, use a soft baby square or disposable cotton towel dipped in warm water to gently scrub the baby's buttocks. (Use wet wipes as little as possible at home, because the moisture is high and the texture is not soft enough. Only use it when you go out without cleaning conditions)
② Tap with a well-wrung square or cotton towel to absorb water droplets and moisture from the buttocks, groin and groin.
③Let the baby's bare butt lie on the urine pad to dry naturally, or use a hair dryer with warm air to dry it gently.
Through the above introduction, I believe that many parents know the main reason for the red buttocks of the baby. Although the baby's buttocks is a common phenomenon, it is not a serious illness, but the main reason is that the baby is very uncomfortable and often cries. Therefore, in order for the baby to suffer less, parents should master the treatment methods for the baby's red buttocks. If you love your baby, you have to take care of everything and keep our baby from red ass. Come on, young mom!