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Nappy rash?

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pbo · 27/01/2009 18:34

DD is 9 wks and we're 3 days into our full-time cloth nappy use, day and night. She's got horrible nappy rash today and I wonder if it's linked. We're using Bumgenius with a fleece liner. I've been changing her regularly and I've heard that cloth nappies are supposed to be less likely to cause a rash but...? any ideas?

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littlelamb · 27/01/2009 18:36

Try metanium. It's great stuff. Ds had what I thought was nappy rash last week but metanium didn't clear it up, and it turns out it was thrush. The health visitor gave us a little tube of cream to clear it up and now it's fine. She did say that she too swears by Metanium and that if it didn't clear up nappy rash then it was likely to be something else. I have also used Lush's dreamcream on ds with good results.

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pbo · 28/01/2009 11:57

Thanks! I'll try Metanium, I hope it's not thrush, we just got rid of one bout of it...grr

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swampster · 29/01/2009 00:39

But don't use it with BumGenius! They get coated and become non-absorbent if you use cream.

I also seem to be the lone voice against fleece - it seems to make DS2 go pink at the edges (though at 2.7 he has never had anything I would describe as nappy rash - probably because he is made of rubber).

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pbo · 29/01/2009 09:55

swampster what are you doing awake at that ridiculous time!! I don't think my clock has a 00:39, at least i've never seen it...
Could it be the detergent otherwise? Maybe dd doesn't like surf?
I'll try without liners for a bit too.

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swampster · 29/01/2009 10:51

I neeeeeeed a bit of me time once the DSs are asleep. Then I lose track of it. I'm 39 weeks with jelly-for-brains so I can do what I want!

BGs do ask that you use very small quantities of specific (American!) detergent. I use a bit of ecover (powder for nappies, liquid for most other washing).

When we first started using it (when DS1 went rashy and eczematous and scaley about five years ago) I thought it wasn't working because my laundry didn't really smell like laundry iykwim. Now if I wash in anything else I can't bear to wear it because it is so powerfully whiffy.

DS1's skin was much improved btw - but I also cut out mineral oil and sodium laurel/laureth sulphate at the same time so I don't really know what - if anything - worked.

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