Dd had the same thing. Make sure to dry it after feeding. Use a bib if you can each time, when I fed her the bib would get soaked every time from dribbling milk though, so make sure you dry it thoroughly. What helped for her was to make sure to keep it clean and dry. I used butt paste on it once and that just made it worse.

As soon as she was able to start holding her head up more often it went away for good. The little chub rolls don't get any air until they can hold their head up on their own.

As pp already said, its usually caused by milk / moisture on the rolls.

Others suggested not putting anything, but i believe that it is irritated and will cause discomfort for the child so i'd apply cream such as sudocream. Thats what i applied for my child when she was a baby.

You can try airing it out & applying Neosporin. Make sure his neck is always exposed to air. But I'd honestly take him in to make sure he doesn't need a fungal cream to clear it up.

You can clean it and put Desitin on it. My son went through a pudgy phase around 3 months old and had folds we had to put desitin on. Our pediatrician also suggested Calmoseptimine lotion for in the folds. Just my experience

Corn starch powder after u clean & dry it

Milk, keep the area clean and dry

It's probably milk collecting there. My dd had it also just try to keep it dry don't put anything on it.

DO NOT PUT ANYTHING ON IT!! Keep it dry it needs to be dry. If it's constantly wet it'll turn into a fungal infection.

Since its this bad i think u need to apply sudocream

But dw its very common alot of moms dnt know that

Babies need their neck folds ,behind ears,armpits,fingers and toes and the creases inbetween next to the genital area and behind the knees need to be dryed very well after a bath then some cornstarch powder not talc should be applied

Also use a wash cloth inbetween baths wet it and do those areas at least once or twice a day

My daughters neck looked similar to this but luckily we were at the dr that day and she pointed it out. It was from milk. She had to get a cream and we had to put it on her neck. I felt so bad. Thought I always got everything and never saw anything dribbled down. Does it have a yeasty smell to it?

You don't sound dumb...I formula fed and I didn't realize it was happening lol I'm a FTM so it's all about learning as you go!

It needs to breathe imo but if you do put anything on it..maybe just a few dabs of regular petroleum jelly...if he was alot older I'd say peroxide..cleans and dries cuts fast... But don't worry it'll be ok..things happen love

I never thought to watch for milk because I breastfeed. I sound dumb don't I? Ugh...I guess I didn't think any really dripped to his neck.

Same thing happened to my daughter! Now when I change her diaper sometimes I take a wipe and go along her neck

Yeah when my son was a newborn he would get that from the milk collecting under his little chubby chin. He will be ok mama...I would just let it breathe and maybe put a little aquaphor like someone said on it.

All my children had this at one point or another when they were tiny. I used to clean, dry and rub sudocrem on it, always helped.

My baby got that too but not as dark, after just 12 hours (until I learned to clean her neck better). She gets a lot of milk trapped in there and sometimes her clothes Irritate her neck. Usually whenever she eats, I wipe it with a wipe after and it stopped happening.

Don't feel bad. Even when I clean her neck all the time it can still happen from her clothes. I usually just air it out. I haven't put anything on it.

I never put anything on it so it could breath. Just make sure to dry it after every feed. It should heal fairly quickly.

I wouldn't put coconut oil on it, something healing...aquaphor, a&d, Neosporin, nipple cream works miracles if you have any.

I swear I felt something come off in the bath but didn't see what it was. I guess it could've been milk too. Idk it just looks like it hurts ?

I put some ointment on it that my mom gave me. I was wondering if there was anything else I could use on it. Would coconut oil work?

It could be milk collecting in the roll. My daughter use to get that. I just had to make sure to clean it at least once a day.

He has mild eczema too but I doubt this is from that. It's only on that side and I washed something out so I'm pretty sure it was a hair ?