Well what I thought was a diaper rash turned out to be a yeast infection.  Poor baby! With every change I would cringe my face.  It looked red, patchy, and so very painful.  She seemed to be handling it better than I was.  I just wanted to cry for her.

I’m a very natural kind of gal and wanted to try all the home remedies first, before I had to do anything over the counter.  First I tried calendula, and it just did not do anything for her bum.  After the application, she was just a little oily down there.  I washed her bottom with water at every change, and it seemed to help.  During her nightly baths, I put some distilled white vinegar, and I couldn’t visually see anything immediately, but it’s said to stop the yeast from thriving (she smelled like vinegar too!).  I also left her bottom half naked, so that it could air dry, and that seemed to help a lot.  Moreover, with every cloth change (she wears cloth diapers), I put plain soy yogurt on her bum because it’s said to kill off the yeast.

I use the Seventh Generation Baby laundry detergent, and don’t think the detergent is causing anything.  However,  if I don’t see a change in her bottom in the next couple days, I will boil her cloth diapers in hot water and vinegar.  It’s definitely trial and error.  No two bums are alike.  I just have to see what works for my baby and run with it, when that one remedy works!

Update this morning: After doing vinegar baths and putting soy yogurt on her bottom, she is 99% clear of the redness and her yeast infection!  I literally started the treatment yesterday and it worked so quickly.  It is recommended to do the home remedy 3-4 more days after the yeast infection disappears.  I am super excited and happy!