You're probably right about the big cities thing. Munich is hands down my favourite city and I adore it, but the attitude towards children there is quite shocking. I once read in a newspaper (Süddeutsche Zeitung, if I recall correctly) that the death rate there is actually higher than the birth rate. People there don't value children much and thought I was crazy when pregnant with my third. Diaper rash cream? A lot of people I know like Weleda, which can be found in DM but I found Bübchen's Calendula creme really did the trick, when I had little ones in nappies and you can find it just about anywhere. My son used to call it "dula" when he was a baby. He'd say "dula Mama, dula!" when he had a sore bum! ;-)