I just spent 15 minutes on the phone with an RN at my pedi's office (who had the loveliest English accent, I could have listened to her talk for hours), and she had a few suggested steps for combating diaper rash that I hadn't considered, so I thought I'd share:

1) Let him go diaper-less as often as possible to air it out. She suggested laying him on them and folding them up over his bits but not snapping them shut, but that wouldn't work for us because it would involved him having to lie still, and that just won't happen.

2) Use warm, wet washcloths instead of diaper wipes.

3) Put a little bit of baking soda in his bath water. (Will apparently also help to soften the water).

4) Diaper cream.

And then if none of that helped improve it try an OTC yeast cream (Lotramin?)

I hadn't considered the washcloth and baking soda!

Do you have any tried and true tips for battling diaper rash?