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Is it a diaper rash or a yeast infection?

If you're properly treating your child for a diaper rash -- if you're keeping his bottom dry and using a diaper rash cream, for example -- and the rash isn't going away, then you may be dealing instead with a yeast infection. Contrary to some beliefs, yeast infections aren't limited to adult women. A yeast infection can occur whenever the conditions are there that Candida albicans needs to thrive. One of the dark, warm, damp environments that encourage Candida albicans is inside a wet diaper on boys as well girls.

How did it start?

The natural, healthy bacteria in your body is what usually keeps Candida albicans under control. But antibiotics can disrupt good bacteria as well as bad bacteria. If your child is on antibiotics, or if you are on antibiotics for any reason and are also breastfeeding, then yeast infection becomes a threat. If you or your baby are using antibiotics, you need to be particularly fervent in combating both diaper rash and yeast infection. Fortunately, the steps to prevent/treat one are also the steps to prevent/treat the other:

* Change wet/soiled diapers as soon as possible.
* After a bowel movement, clean your child's bottom and allow it to dry thoroughly before you re-diaper.
* Allow the diaper to be loose enough so that air can circulate and help keep your baby's skin dry.
* Give your baby some diaper-free time -- play with him on a plastic/waterproof surface so that the diaper area gets
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