My little toddler (2yo) has had a few instances of very tough constipated poopies a month or so ago. (She isn’t potty trained yet). It resulted her not wanting to her herself cleaned because it was sore. However, i persevered and within half an hour would clean her with fresh warm water and cotton pads (as I’ve already done since she was born). However, a few times she’s done a poopie whilst we’ve been out of the house and on our way home in the car, which has resulted in waiting at least 45mins or longer before her nappy is changed.

Now she’s just extremely sore there and frequently tells me it’s “ow ow” there. I usually use My Expert Midwife bottom oil, but when I saw it not go away and be quite red, used Sudocreme. I actually changed to Burt’s Bees because of the natural ingredients but I think that just aggravated and sort of initiated this problem. For 2ish months she’s just quite pink there and most recently, when I gently wiped her little buns, a hint of blood came. I bathe her every second day (id like to do it everyday, but I’m disabled and it’s challenging to complete all chores (both for the house or for the baby) simultaneously, so I have to split it into two days.

There was a yellow cream I bought too a few days ago, which didn’t help but didn’t make it worse.

Any advice on what other product I could use? Should I just let her roam around without a nappy and clean up when she has an accident (she isn’t ready for the potty)