Will cloth nappies stop DS2's constant eczema/fungal nappy rash, if so which ones would be best?

[Olihan]

That's it really!

Anyone with any experience or recommendations?

TIA

oh dear, you sound like me before the ad's kicked in

ok, so have looked at profile and i see hes 6m.

have you lanolised well/enough? how do you lanolise?

bamboo is most absorbent fabric, and me sandys have a lots of room in em. if he pees a lot at once you need something that will soak it up quickly, like whatjacallit (microfleece? summink like that), and obv you want fleece next to skin.
(incidentally, raw silk liners soaked in cammomile tea or not, are v healing. sounds like bullshit, but its true)

id say a me sandys (or other bamboo nappy) with liner, 2 or 3 boosters, one of which is the fast drying/fast absorbing stuff, and then well lanolised shorties on top should hold him.

When ds2 had a fungal infection in the nappy area it just got worse and worse even using the prescribed cream, until we switched to disposables for several weeks. Plus lots of nappy free time which was hard as it was middle of winter and we had a draughty house!

Even if you use fleece, wool, etc, the fact is that unless you take a cloth nappy off THE SECOND its got even a tiny wee in it, then it is a damp atmosphere which the fungus loves.

Disposables by the way they work, keep the skin completely dry. Its only by keeping the skin dry and eradicating the damp atmosphere that the fungus loves, that you will be able to get rid of it.

On the nappy rash question we always found camomile tea works a treat, we didn't socak liners in it but just used it on washable wipes or cotton wool.

Have you been to the docs about the fungal infection, it needs an antifungal cream and is free prescription for babies.

No, he's 19 months- I said that earlier but its on the other page. I use bamboo (bambineo) in the day, maybe I should try one at night. They were lanolised when I bought them and I have lanolised again. He was better last night in the slinki minki though- no rash down his legs.

LOts of cream e.g. canestan/metanium and disps to sort it out then a nappy trial kit to figure out what is causing it and what suits you best.

i would try triple boosting the bambineo then (but not so much it barely does up, or gapes too much at the legs)

mind you, if he was better in the slinky minki, then maybe you ought to ditch the shorties and just have a minki at night?

I have gone with minki and shorties again. I want the shorties though- I want to be a hardore lentil weaver .

I don't want to be hardore just hardcore

you loon!
but theres no point having shorties over a minki !
i like your style though... praps you should go and plant some carrots in a tub, would that help satisfy lentil weaving desires??

But there is a point because the longies were still piss wet through this morning...just think if that layer of PUL hadn't been there, what may have happened? He could have drowned in his own piss .
I've been a vegetarian for 21 years and have a compost bin, but its just not enough

lolol

my darling children informed me happily today that theyd pulled most of my carrots up and eaten them, but theyd replanted them afterwards so i wouldnt mind.

i think being a vegetarian is a safer way to get lentil credentials without losing your mind than veg growing

How many points do I get for washable sanitary towels and a mooncup? Maybe we should leave this thread now after mercilessly hijacking it. Are you on facebook? Oh and lol at replanting the eaten carrots!