I have found Baby Aquaphor which comes in a good size tub to be the best and easiest diaper rash reliever, and believe me, I've tried everything!  My son has had diaper rash quite often and I think I've tried just about every product out there: Balmex, Desitin, ButtPaste, you name it, and I've used it.

When my son was a newborn in the hospital they gave me a small sample of Aquaphor and being in the complete daze a new mom is in, I forgot about it and stuck to the zinc-oxide products my mom told me worked with me and my brother. They work okay, but they smell horrible and are difficult to rinse off your hands and since somehow my son is always trying to reach down into the diaper area when I'm applying the stuff, it gets all over him as well. He cries when I rub the zinc-oxide formulas on him too, they're just kind of thick and hard to work with. Plus, I would find my self going through tubes of the stuff pretty quickly.

When I rediscovered Aquaphor though, it amazed me! It didn't stink, was creamy and easy to apply, my son didn't freak out when I put it on and best of all, the diaper rash dissapeared quickly. Much faster than with the other diaper rash products. It is a little more expensive than some of the zinc-oxide tubes out there but you get much more for your money. The tub lasts forever and you don't have to use a whole bunch to evenly cover the whole diaper area. I love that I no longer have Desitin under my finger nails.  Aquaphor is the best, it has made diaper changes in my house a much happier affair. Plus it is great for mom's dry skin too. You may be  thinking that Vaseline would do the trick too, but it isn't the same. Believe me, I've tried:)