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Nappy rash! Why does dd explode into horrible red raw rash the instant I put her in cloth?

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Indith · 01/02/2009 15:28

She is 6 weeks old and literally after a few hours in cloth she is raw. It goes away quickly in sposies.

She hasn't reacted to detergent anywhere else, rest of her skin is perfect. All the nappies were washed and stripped after they came out of the loft and have stripped them again. Have caked her in sudocream to no effect.

Any magic solutions I may not have thought of? Ds never really had nappy rash, only time I had a problem with him it turned out to be fungal. These sposies are blowing a hole in my housekeeping budget, more importantly she now looks daft in her C4C dungarees

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giantkatestacks · 01/02/2009 16:21

Indith - my dd needs changing much more often than my ds used to - maybe every hour and a half at that age.

We also found sudocrem to be useless with her and have to use bepanthen instead.

lollipopmother · 01/02/2009 16:39

Are you using fleece liners? She may be sensitive to the powder you're using even if she isn't elsewhere because being hot and wet can make it a lot worse iyswim.

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Indith · 01/02/2009 16:45

She is changed pretty frequently...

We do use fleece yes.

Have just managed to persuade my eco balls to open for refilling so I guess I can do the nappies again with them to make sure I remove all traces of powder.

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PinkTulips · 01/02/2009 16:51

is she bf or ff?

my dd had exactly the same reaction when i tried to introduce ff and cows milk in food at 6 months, as soon as i cut it all out she was fine again.

even if you're bf-ing some mothers find that their babies react to foods they eat, maybe try cutting out some common allegans if you are bf-ing and seeing if the situation improves.

pbo · 01/02/2009 17:09

I was just about to ask the exact same thing!
Indith have you tried Metanium cream? I found it didn't work for dd but others swear by it. The only way I'm surviving with cloth is by having one day cloth one day dispos but I hate it - completely ruins the point of using cloth! Have you tried without the liner?

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Indith · 01/02/2009 19:01

bf- don't like the idea of cutting out allergens [lazy]. Could do dairy but not sure I could survive wheat! But if all else fails.....mind you would allergens not cause rash whatever the nappy? It literally springs up the instant she is in cloth and goes in sposies.

Shall try metanium pbo. The nappies I use most on her are fluffles so they have a fleece in them. I sometimes put a separate liner in too for ease of poo removal.

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PinkTulips · 01/02/2009 19:10

if she's 6 weeks and bf i's imagine it's quite runny poo though right?

sposies suck up all the liquid really quickly wheeras with cotton there's alot more skin contact.

have you tried paper liners? they tend to work a bit like the top layer of a sposie and draw everyting away from the skin.... never got on with fleece myself.

giantkatestacks · 01/02/2009 19:25

I was going to suggest that as well PinkTulips - though not the shinier ones from places like Boots - those liners can make the bf early poo run sideways and out the legs ime.

lollipopmother · 01/02/2009 19:29

It's possible that she's having a reaction to the fleece. Also, two layers of fleece means that it's harder for the water to get through so it sits on the top for longer, I wouldn't recommend doing that.

Guadalupe · 01/02/2009 19:34

ds2 always got a hideous sore bum when I ate a lot of oranges. The Neils yard baby balm really seemed to sooth it.

Guadalupe · 01/02/2009 19:35

I didn't find sudocrem that helpul with any of mine.

sjcmum · 02/02/2009 16:27

Definitely agree - try metanium - only thing that works for my dd - we ended up putting on every nappy change and still do, otherwise she only needs sit in a poo for about 5 mins and she gets v.sore. Good luck!

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Indith · 03/02/2009 14:28

Metanium and paper liners then! I hated paper with ds, they stuck to his skin so he was sitting with soggy paper wrapped around his willy. But if it is the fleece.....ho hum.

Thank you

(who sells paper liners? Can't think of anywhere around here and not doing an internet order just for liners)

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giantkatestacks · 03/02/2009 15:15

bigger branches of boots do - and mothercare too - they sell their own brand. Not as good as the ones on a roll but as you say they're internet only afaik.

trufflebum · 03/02/2009 20:17

Try using a slip of bamboo or cotton fabric inside the nappy instead of fleece. Both will suck up the worst of the wet poo and it will then draw down into the nappy. Much better than fleece. Your DD may benefit from a more natural nappy fibre such as cotton instead of fluffles which are man made fibre. Why not invest in a few terry flats and try those for a week or so to see if it is the nappy causing the rash? If it helps you can then try fitted cotton nappies and if it isnt you'll have some new cleaning cloths.

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Indith · 03/02/2009 20:33

Good idea on the liners

I have terry nappies already and she has been in them (dh just prefers to use the fluffles). That was still with fleece liner though so perhaps she would be better with another fabric.

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foxytocin · 03/02/2009 20:36

aww sorry to hear that indith.

no real answers dd1 was the same so i went paper.

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Indith · 04/02/2009 13:40

I refuse to give in and use paper! Too bloody expensive for ome thing when I have 54(?) cloth nappies between the pair of them, plus I have a great pink wrap a friend passed on that has yet to be shown off under a dress

Course I need to buy dd some dresses before I can do that....

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giantkatestacks · 04/02/2009 14:21

the paper liners arent that bad Indith - if they are only wet you can wash and resuse them as well of course...

claireybrations · 04/02/2009 14:27

DD went through a stage of this (she'd been in cloth for a while though). Changing washing powder helped her. Metanium helped a bit. Cotton jersey is quite nice as liners, have you an old tshirt you could cut up?

mrsgboring · 04/02/2009 15:00

This happened with DS, and it also happened with eco-disposables. Some things that helped were using Bepanthen and never using wipes, but they were only partial solutions. Bum was red within an hour or two of using cloth.

Sorry, but we went over to evil, environment destroying Pampers-type nappies and all was well.

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Indith · 04/02/2009 15:34

I meant paper nappies giant

She is pretty much cleared up now in her evil huggies so shall raid dp's drawer for an old t-shirt for some cotton liners and give them a go with a bamboo terry or something. Can't find paper ones in town.

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pbo · 04/02/2009 16:31

I found that not using a fleece liner with my dd has cured her nappy rash completely. I suppose I didn't actually need to use a liner with the BG but for some reason I thought I did. Paper was rubbish, it just stuck to her and didn't make any difference...changed to Fairy washing powder too, that might have helped! Now I've just got to get rid of my 18 pointless fleece liners...

lollipopmother · 04/02/2009 22:28

My DD has been red for quite some time and I've tried everything, just started using Canesten in case it's fungal/thrush, part of it has cleared completely but she's still red around her inner legs, I am at a loss. I think it must be friction but it's not actually where her nappies are anymore (it came when she was wearing Sandy's and Airflow wraps), I'm debating getting some cheapo disposables to give her legs a break for a week.

mummypig · 04/02/2009 22:40

Indith my ds3 gets exactly like this in his Fluffles. I only use them at night-time, but I've decided they really aren't very good for him. I think he just gets really wet and sweaty in them. It's not fungal as it looks different to when ds1/ds2 had thrush, and it's mostly around his tummy area rather than his willy or bum.

I agree with all the suggestions about different liners. If I put a muslin in as a liner his poor skin seems to get better.

I'm going to look out for some secondhand bamboo nappies and in the meantime make sure I always have a cotton layer next to his skin.

hth

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