I seriously need help with figuring out what to do for my LO and his horrible diaper rash (if that's even what it is.) Warning: this will be long because we have been dealing with this for almost 2 months now.

First let me say LO has super sensitive skin. Initially, I thought that was our problem because we were cloth diapering and I chalked the frequent rash up to the cloth diapers just not keeping his tush dry enough. So we, sadly, switched to paper dipes, Target brand to be specific. Honestly, at first that seemed to help, for like a second. But a couple of days later I ended up calling the nurse line at our pediatrician's office because the skin became broken and was bleeding in some spots. She suggested using cloth wipes unteal it healed and Aquafor. The Aquafor did help with the broken skin spots but the rash continued to come and go with varying severity.

Two weeks after calling the nurse line we had our 9 month well visit and I mentioned that we had been dealing with a nasty diaper rash so she took a look and said it was yeast and prescribed Nystatin. She also suggested switching to Pampers because, in her experience, they tended to cause the least amount of reactions. So we switched diaper brands and used the Nystatin. Again, it seemed to work for a day or so but then we would have another horrible flare up.

For two more weeks we tried all the typical cures. Desitin, Buttpaste, Aquafor, Vaseline, eczema cream, using nothing at all, nakey time... After a particularly bad flare up I took him in to be seen. The doctor said he still had an underlying yeast issue but from the pictures (the rash would come and go so quickly that by the time I got him in the office his tush would look *almost* normal) that it looked like hives. Now, he had been scratching the area really intensely and I had noticed that almost always the rash would look horrible after a poop diaper. Because of all this the doctor thought it might be an allergy and suggested cutting out eggs since it was the last new major food allergen we had introduced, at around 7 months.

So, we continued with the Nystatin and cut out eggs. With these adjustments the flare ups did seem to appear less frequently and way less severely. Also, while his poop still definitely irritated his skin it wasn't nearly as angry looking.

That doctor appointment was two weeks ago and we are dealing with another nasty flare up. It was definitely not caused by poop this time and he hasn't had eggs since our doctor visit. But he has been scratching it like crazy, to the point where the skin is almost broken again.

We had followed the doctor's instructions to the tee with the Nystatin: 4 times a day for a week. We haven't used the Nystatin for a few days now so I'm worried that he has some super resistant yeast issue that keeps reoccurring. Is that even possible?

Or could it be a gluten allergy? Dairy? (He's formula fed, so I don't think it would be dairy since formula has cow's milk, but honestly, I have no idea.)

Here is what it looked like right before we laid him down this evening (just imagine the redness in the picture all over his tush, penis, pubic area, and the other inner thigh.) It doesn't look as bad when it's confined in just this area, but I didn't think posting a picture of all his bits would be appropriate. Just trust me, it's ugly. Super red, raised, really dry.

I realize this is probably way too much information and that I've rambled, I'm just so frustrated and desperate. Help!