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Article: Our Pediatrician's On Call.
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- babytalk
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- August 1, 2002
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Bonnier Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: Marianne Neifert, M.D.
Rash decisions
Q My 9-month-old son recently developed a particularly bad diaper rash. I've been treating it with the same ointment I have used for him before, but this time it hasn't helped. My mother says he got the rash because he's cutting a new tooth. Is this true? What else can I do?
A Almost every baby experiences one or more bouts of diaper rash before he is potty-trained. It occurs less often in breastfed infants (though we aren't sure why), and more often in infants 8 to 12 months of age, probably because their eating habits are changing dramatically at this time. In the past, diaper rash was often ...