Allergy to pampers?

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I wonder if anyone has ever heard of children being allergic to pampers. DS has broken up in a very angry rash today, mostly around the nappy area but it is now spreading up to his ears poor thing. I have tried to think of what we have done differently and the only think I could think off was that we ran out of "nature" nappies yesterday and bought an emergency pack of pampers which seems to tie up with the rash. I am really surprised though that nappies could cause this, he is in such a state poor thing. Keeps waking up because it is so itchy. He doesn't have a temperature but if it carries on I will take him to the doctors tomorrow.

Has anyone ever heard of such thing?

yes children can be allergic to pampers, or to huggies, or any different type of nappy, i think it is quite common. I would him back in his normal nappies as soon as possible, bathe the affected area with water reguarly to help calm it.

ds has allergy to pampers the extra dry ones with green stripe down middle for keeping baby drier its something in the stripe.

you could try antihystamine such as piriton for itching or calamine lotion

Oh thank you! I wasn't expecting to get any replies tonight! I have given him piriton and he seems to be sleeping now. I think I'll do the same and see how things go tomorrow. Am shocked that nappies can cause such a bad allergy though

My kids both got rashes from pampers and huggies, but not from the Tesco brand nappies.

Well we took DS to the doctors and it definitely is an allergic rash. Poor think got some everywhere even his hair! I think I might complain to the manufacturer!

For what it's worth, pampers and huggies are the only thing ds has ever been allergic to thus far (he's 10 year old now).

DD was hideously allergic to pampers. With DS we used reusable nappies and we never had a problem. Reusables are fantastic and much less bother than one would think.