After I had my first baby, I was warned about how bad diaper rash can get. The advice I got? “Just let her go without a diaper. It’s the quickest way to heal a rash.”

Yeah. And the quickest way to soil a carpet.

Instead, I tried a variety of diaper rash creams, most of which did a passable job. But none of them generated the sort of “Wow!” response that I’ve seen among the bloggers who’ve tried out Diaper Goop thus far.

As much as we parents wish it weren’t so, diaper rash is inevitable. One blogger admitted: “Both of my daughters are stealth poopers. They will either do it when they are across the room and then avoid me, or they will hold off until bedtime, waiting until the middle of the night to let it all out. As you can imagine, keeping that against their sensitive, fair-skinned bottoms for so long can lead to diaper rash.” Plus, kids get all sorts of other skin irritations - most notably, eczema - that require repeated applications of creams, which is a chore for parents.

The parents have an easier time applying it, thanks to the convenient tub containers. One mother enthused: “I love a tub. LOVE IT. I hate having to squeeze stuff out of a tube, I’m weird like that. I feel like I can really get my money’s worth out of a tub of something, where I can scrape the sides clean…I love a tub.” Another agreed: “There’s nothing worse than trying to squeeze the right amount of cream out of a tiny tube while wrestling down an unwilling preschooler with a sore butt who is yelling No cream! No cream! With Diaper Goop, I can unscrew the lid and have it ready to scoop out when I need it.”

And with Diaper Goop, the kids didn’t howl nearly as much when it was applied: “It must be more soothing, too: I haven’t noticed her doing her I’m-in-pain, wide-legged cowboy walk lately.” Another little guy “…actually asks to have his bum gooped before bed. Well, not so much asks, but when I’m putting on his overnight diaper he lifts his legs, points to his nether regions and says, Mommy, cream!”

The main ingredient in Diaper Goop is lanolin, and a few bloggers did mention that Diaper Goop “doesn’t smell like baby powder. It’s not that it’s an overwhelming or terrible smell, it’s just a departure from the fresh-scented baby products these days.”

Most importantly, not only did Diaper Goop work on the kids’ diaper rashes, “it was also good on the cracked noses, chapped lips and hands, and all those other red irritated areas on my kids’ bodies.” Another blogger even used it on herself: “They should call this stuff Everywhere Goop because once I started slathering it on myself I couldn’t stop. Crusty, winter hidden knees and elbows look fresh and new! My heels are as soft as butter! Flaky cuticles smooth as silk.” And it stays where it’s been applied: “Unlike some of the other creams, the goop was still on his skin in the morning, and hadn’t rubbed off onto his clothes.”

So far, Diaper Goop has been the next best thing to a miracle cure for our bloggers’ kids’ diaper rashes and other skin irritations.

Check out the rest of the reviews, and don’t forget leave a comment telling us which diaper rash cream you use, and you’ll be entered to win one of two tubs of Diaper Goop! We’ll draw two winners at random on 4/10.

Wed 4/2 - Motherhood Uncensored
Thurs 4/3 - Creature Bug
Fri 4/4 - Marketing Mommy
Mon 4/7 - Growing Your Baby
Tues 4/8 - Island Review
Wed 4/9 - My Family Loves It
Thurs 4/10 - Round-Up Review on PBN