milly5 - I may have just what you are looking for with the nappy rash problem. While I was still breastfeeding and just before her surgery was due, my DD broke out in the most horrific nappy rash as a result of some antibiotics I was given for a serious ear infection. It made it look as if her skin was burning and peeling off, and it was everywhere, including in the skin fold where they needed to make the incision. It sprang up literally out of nowhere and all my usual nappy rash lotions and potions didn't make any difference. It is likely that there was a bit of a yeast infection mixed in with the nappy rash due to the antibiotics, which may be what your daughter has due to the constant dampness in the skin folds. I noticed my DD had the same problem a few days ago in the skin fold of the leg that wasn't operated on, as it isn't getting any air to it under the cast. All I can say is DAKTOZIN!! It cleared up the terrible nappy rash / yeast infection from the antibiotics, and it has made an instant difference to the skin fold problem too. I am now keeping a light coating on the skin fold and refreshing it once or twice a day, and it is starting to clear up already. Daktozin is my miracle cream. :-)

I think the Aldi nappies are more absorbent simply because they are a little bit bigger without going up a full size. I'm not sure if that will be a good thing for your little one, but it has made a world of difference with the cast. I was out today and only had the Huggies with me, and it was so loose in the cast that I was glad we were only driving home from being out. I had Aldi nappies recommended to me before this whole hip dysplasia thing and have used them fairly constantly since DD was about 3 months old.

With the boosters, they go inside the nappy to absorb extra fluid. They are exactly the same as boosters used in the "modern cloth nappies" but the lady kindly cut them to the size I needed and lined them with a soft fleece to wick the moisture away from her skin as much as possible. They have been quite good but if your nappies are working fairly well, I wouldn't bother with the boosters, especially with a little bub. They need to be washed and reused and I still remember those newborn poos...I don't think washing boosters on top of everything else would have been a great deal of fun!

We have our first X-ray tomorrow and I am so nervous. When she gets excited, DD jumps up and down in her cast like a little jumping bean, and I can't help but worry that she has overdone it, or that the hip had dislocated again just because it wasn't stable enough. I will let you all know how we go.

I was so upset last night to get an email from one of the Mum's in my Mother's group telling me that her 12 month old has just had X-rays and now needs to see a specialist. She doesn't know the extent of the problem yet, but the only reason she asked her health nurse about her daughter's hips was because I had mentioned to our Mother's Group that uneven skin folds can be an indicator, and that I was frustrated because I had known all along that DD had uneven folds but I had no idea that it was a sign of a problem. She checked her daughter and noticed the same and so asked the health nurse who suggested that she see a doctor immediately. The X-rays aren't great so now she needs to wait and see the extent of the problem. Having just gone through all the emotion of the diagnosis myself, it hit me really hard to hear that another one of the little girls in our group (out of a group of 12 bubs) and her family were now going through the same thing. I spent quite a bit of time on the phone to her last night, but I haven't been able to stop thinking about it. It just seems wrong that late diagnosis really isn't as uncommon as it is made out to be.

Wow, that was a novel! Must run but will update once I know more from our X-ray and surgeon's appointment tomorrow.