Category: Health

Homemade Butt Paste / Diaper Rash Creme

This is from y2kemo:

As if babies don’t scream and cry enough, wait until your kid gets a bad case of diaper rash. Common among babies between 4 and 15 months, diaper rash is caused by infection with a yeast or fungus called Candida. And where does candida thrive? Where it’s warm and moist—like your baby’s diaper.

To treat diaper rash you could just go to a pharmacy and buy a jar or tube of butt paste, monkey butt, DESITIN, or A+D. Many homemade remedies include some of the former  with a bit of corn starch (an ingredient that can make a yeast diaper rash worse). The homemade butt paste I’m proposing is awesome. It’s close enough to butt paste,  costs a wee more (a 16 oz. jar of BP costs $18) and works much better.

What you need

  • Screw top jar (free, ask your pharmacist)
  • 2 oz zinc oxide ointment ($4)
  • 2 oz A+D ointment ($4)
  • 1 oz Maalox or similar antacid ($4)
  • 1 oz bacitracin ointment ($5)

Open the jar, squeeze in the ointments, add Maalox until the cream is of desired consistency, mix, label, close the jar. When your child gets diaper rash use your new homemade butt paste.

Ingredient info

Zinc oxide is used to treat and prevent diaper rash and other minor skin irritations. It works by forming a barrier on the skin to protect it from irritants and moisture.

A+D  ointment is a skin protectant. It works by moisturizing and sealing the skin, and aids in skin healing. Vitamins A, D, and E are commonly found in other products such as Neosporin and Sunburn lotion.

Maalox, and its main ingredient calcium carbonate, are typically used to treat indigestion and ulcers. It is used in this butt paste recipe because Maalox (calcium carbonate) will help eliminate you baby’s bleeding butt, and will also help neutralize the acid that is causing your baby’s butt to burn.

Bacitracin ointment is used to prevent infection in minor skin injuries. Interesting factoid, tattoo parlors recommend bacitracin as it works rapidly and does a great job in preventing infection from the tens of thousands of needle punctures involved in a single tattoo.

Important

If your baby is allergic to any of these products, or has an allergic reaction as a result, see a doctor immediately. My son used it without any complications so I’m sharing it. You don’t have to make it so don’t sue me if something goes horribly wrong.

Sinus Headache Remedies

  • Use an over-the-counter pain reliever.It’s an obvious solution and you’ve probably already tried it. But medications like acetaminophen (Tylenol), ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), or naproxen sodium (Aleve), can help reduce your pain. Always read and follow the label and don’t use them for more than 10 days at a time without talking to your doctor.
  • Try a decongestant.These over-the-counter medicines help open the blocked sinus cavities by reducing the swelling in your nasal passages and reduce the amount of mucus. But follow the instructions. Don’t use nasal decongestant sprays for more than three consecutive days, and don’t use oral decongestants for more than seven
  • Try other medicines.Antihistamine allergy medicines may help if your sinus problems are related to allergies. In some cases, your doctor may prescribe nasal steroid sprays and other drugs to help reduce your congestion and sinus headache pain. 
  • Keep your nasal passages moist.Dry air will further irritate your sinuses. So use a humidifier or vaporizer. Rest a warm wet towel over your face for a few minutes. Try a saline solution nasal spray. 
  • Use nasal irrigation (or lavage). Get a bulb syringe or Neti pot and flush out your sinuses with salt water. It moistens and helps clear mucus from the nasal passages, helping to reduce the pressure. If you’ve never tried the approach before, get some pointers from your doctor. It’s important to note that, according to the CDC, if you are irrigating, flushing, or rinsing your sinuses, use distilled, sterile, or previously boiled water to make up the irrigation solution. It’s also important to rinse the irrigation device after each use and leave open to air dry.
  • Avoid irritants. Perfume, cigarette smoke, and certain chemicals can worsen your sinus symptoms by irritating the nasal passageways. via WebMD