At least my nappies dry, but then again if they are out over night they are soaked by morn!!!!!

oh, to be somewhere where it rains! we haven't even had clouds in the sky for last fortnight. just plus 35 temps.
I have since discovered that she is sensitive to the chemicals in sposies and wipes (can only use huggies).

Propylene glycol is a big culprit (see ingredient list for baby wipes)

Anyway getting to the point, I have just switched to side Snappers and DD has developed blisters and redness around the leg holes. They are worse first thing in the morning as she is such a heavy wetter and even her Mandy Mac's purple night nappy is soaked through, I have started adding a trifold as extra boosting (i still get leaks out of the cover but not as bad as before). Anyway the pawpaw ointment has helped and I have given her 2 days nappy free (she's loving it) but every morning it is back, albeit not as red.

My suggestion is:

stop using PUL covers for night covers. Many have FOE around the legholes (cause irritation to many babies, if worn for LONG wears, e.g night wears.
PUL covers are best suited for SHORT wears e.g day, but some kids are so sensitive to the FOE (fold over elastic), they don't suit those kids even in the day time.

Switch to covers for night that are suitable for night

- handknit wool soakers (no waist or leg elastic) but do need handwashing
- machine wool covers (hidden elastic) but do need handwashing e.g sugarpeas wool sidesnap covers
Wool is a very good night option, lanolised wool keeps absorbing fluid, after the fitted nappy is 100% saturated.
with PUL, once fitted nappy is 100% saturated, the PUL then "wicks" or leaks, as the fluid has nowhere else to go.

- malden mills windpro covers with hidden elastic (machine washable) e.g sugarpeas fleece covers
- malden mills pullup covers, zero elastic (machine washable) e.g dancing bears "bear bottoms" covers


I can't go nappy free all the time as she's not TT yet but she is spontaneously using potty now!!!!! Although it would be nice if it was all the time, the carpet is looking decidedly patchy now. Oh for tiles.

You can get cloth training pants. i had white rental carpet to deal with. the firm fitting legs of the cloth trainers (e.g imse vimse) caught the poo, that would have been on the floor, if i'd had in her knickers (loose legholes).

I'm going to try to find some canesten rinse to see if it is bacteria that is causing it cause I am not washing as often as I used to, but if anyone has any suggestions please let me know as she is itching and pulling at her nappy like crazy.

What is the INNER fabric on the affected nappies?
(suedecloth and microfleece are often teh culprits)

Do the affected nappies have FOE?
Only thing to do with those, is stop using them and get ones that DON"T use FOE.

WOEB - Mandy Mac's purple nights with frog motherease airflow cover and extra boosting!!!!!
Nappy rash can be caused by so many things, hard to isolate EXACTLY what is setting your child off.

in general
- use ONLY WATER to clean her bottom
- use ONLY WATER to clean her in the bath
- wash the nappies in hot water and very little MILD MILD washing detergent
- while nappy rash is at it's worst, avoid synthetic fabrics e.g PUL. The most breathable mcn option possible is natural fibres (inside and out) nappy, with wool cover. i had to do this, to get my DD over her skin reaction to synthetic inners.
- leghole irritation to me, screams "FOE" reaction.

having a child with nappy rash bad, made me research fabrics heaps, educate myself so i could make more suitable buying choices in the future for my child's nappies.

have you ever handwashed and lanolised a woolly soaker/shorties/longies before? it sounds daunting, but is not as hard as it sounds. Wool was the best cure for my DD, it breathes so well, and nappy rash thrives in dark, moist environments, so if you can keep your dd's bottom as well ventilated as possible, that goes a long way to helping.

i've put down general stuff, as i don't know your individual situation (except that i read you use a PUL cover with FOE for overnight). i did that when my bub woke every two hours, but not for longer sleeps. and not for a heavy wetter.

Do you sew? i sewed up double layer cotton velour liners for all my dd's nappies, it kept the inners of pale nappies looking good, and it allowed my DD to wear synthetic inner nappies ocassinally, so the natural liners were great for us. I made her first ones out of cut up old flanny sheets. Bamboo velour ones would be nice. I found single layer liners just annoyed me, double layer was much better (sat nicely).

you can get raw silk liners for NR too, but that involves handwashing them, i found out i wasn't THAT dedicated to teh cause LOL.

so i've cast a wide net, i hope SOMETHING in my ramble might help you!

anything i've touched on, that you would like to know more about, just yell out.

cheers