What helps against nappy rash? Start with daily no-nappy times

Even if it brings the risk of an accident, giving a child some time to air out every day will reduce the risk of nappy rash. – Photo: 123rf

Sooner or later, every person caring for a baby comes bum-to-face with nappy rash, that collection of redness and sometimes blistery nodules that appears out of nowhere from underneath a dirty nappy.

Usually there's no one cause, but a variety of factors that combine to make the right conditions: a warm and humid environment, friction and prolonged skin contact with urine and faeces.