My ds is nearly 6 months old. Since he was 5 wks nappy rash has persisted in a mild form on and off. It hadn't been troublesome until about 5 weeks ago when it really flared up and was very inflammed, hot and obviously tender. It was predominately concentrated along the line of the elastic around the front of his legs. My dad is a GP and thought there was secondary infection with thrush so gave me some Daktacort cream (antifungal and steroid) to use which cleared it up incredibly quickly. A few days after that we went on a 3 week camping holiday so switched to disposables for that period and his legs were good. We returned home last week and within 24 hours of being back in his wonderoos his legs were red again and dry/flaky. I have switched to disposables twice more and then rechallenged him with wonderoos and in less than 12 hours his legs have flared up quite dramatically.
I have been using baby salve by Green people. He's breastfed (not weaned yet) and I change him around 6 times a day, more if I know he's dirty. I only use washable wipes (or cottonwool) and water. I do a cold rinse first and then use a very small amount of Ecover non-bio detergent (same for his clothes) to wash the nappies and nothing else. I released the poppers around the leg to make them less tight there and I give him plenty of nappy-free time at each nappy change but nothing seems to help.
I am quite upset as I really don't want to 'give up' on cloth nappies but don't want to fork out for a different kind if we are going to have the same problem. Any suggestions?? Thanks