I've been using 1/2 cloth 1/2 spossies since bringing bubs home from hospital until the extra covers I ordered arrive and I'll be using cloth full time, but bubs bottom is really red where we've been wiping most so right on his bottom where the poop comes out and the little bit between his bottom and his doodle dh thinks it could be because we have been using wipes and then patting dry with a tissue and perhaps the tissue is irritating. I thought it might be the huggies wipes? Anyway we've been putting the zinc sudocrem on for the last day and it doesn't seem to be doing anything, can anyone recommend anything else? I've also been using spossies all day today as I'm under the belief that you can't use barrier creams with cloth, is that also correct when using a microfleece liner? Are there any products that are ok to use again microfleece?
I use moogoo though unless the rash is really bad.
And it could be the huggies wipes, they have lots of nasty chemicals in them. If I use huggies wipes on the kids, they rash up straight away - even DS.
Get yourself some MooGoo MSN cream its great and its safe to use with the MCNs. Also I would stop using bum wipes and just use a warm facewasher instead, some wipes have all sorts of guff in them so you will want avoid guff that might cause stinging.
Definitely the wipes I reckon, my DD started to cry when she was old enough with disposable wipes, I use gorgeous velour flannels and they're great at picking up the poo, you only ever need one, i got them fron bonnibuns
in the meantime we go for a night in disposies and slather on daktozin and vwala!
good luck
I'd get some cloth wipes and just use water. You can make your own very easily.
It's not that unusual to react to the chemicals in the disposable nappies, also, so once you switch over that may also help.
On the wipes I bought a couple of 10 pack face washers that I use for wipes. I also made my own but find that the face washers are fine, I keep a Pump bottle in there as well with a tiny bit of Gaia bath wash in it and water.
Actually if you wanted wipes try the Gaia ones they are quite nice DD always reacts to something in the wip-es but doesn't with these or Eco Nature ones!!
I swapped recenly to the Gaia wipes after DD had terible nappy rash andshe does not even wince when I wipe her with them. The other day we were out and I didnt realise I hadnt put any gaia ones in the nappy bag ans sge cried wgen u wiped her bottom.
The gaia ones are also made from bamboo I think and are softer.
I am going through a similar thing at the moment. We also use facewashers instead of wipes (I keep a sample pack of wipes in the nappy bag in case we get stuck somewhere without water) - it's not a problem to wash them when you're already washing nappies.
On the creams: I use MooGoo (I use the eczema/psoriasis balm bc it is milk free and DS has a dairy allergy) most of the time. I use Daktozin when he has had thrush, and I use hydrozole when it's just a normal nappy rash that has gotten very sore-looking. Hydrozole is VERY effective but as it's a steroid cream, I don't like to use it if I don't have to.
We use microfleece liners, and I'm actually beginning to wonder if they are causing some of the problems (due to being synthetic). But they do keep him nice and dry. How do other people go with liners?
the other thing we did when DD had SHOCKING nappy rash was stop all creams (under doctors orders) and give DD a salt water wash 4 or 5 times a day.
1 TEASPOON of salt to 600mL of water.
Then make sure you just pat the area dry not wipe.
It was amazing the difference this made.
oh no, poor little Blue Tiger!!
How much time does he get with is nappy off? not sure if you mentioned that, Harper is being fidgety and farty atm, so my readingand typing are a bit shonky
I cant offer any advice, Harper has been really good and never had it actually!! Bless!! My CHN did suggest sudocream and talcum powder to keep things cool and fresh but not too moist. Perhaps try not using the tissue and just letting the air dry him after a wipe. If there is no relief seen quick then I would immediatly change and try some new wipes.
Whatever you do, I hope it works quickly for him. There's nothing worse than feeling sorry for your bubby
xxooxxoo
Thanks for all the replies girls. We've started doing no nappy time a few days ago and today we had a bath together and then gave him a massage and some tummy time and I reckon he had his nappy off for about an hour so I hope that helps. His bottom is still pretty red. I've tried Bepanthen as we had a sample tube from the hospital and I think I like that better than the sudocream.
Q where do you get moogoo? I've seen it online but can you get it in a pharmacy? and would I get the Eczema & Psoriasis Balm or the MSN one for nappy rash? or is one better for an every day cream to use at each nappy change and the other for when there's actually a rash there?
I'm also confused about when to use powder I know, I know, what a looney! I mean I've put it on after baths and at some nappy changes but can you put powder on 1st and then the creams?
I have the eczema moogoo and the msm one, i use the eczema one when its looking really nasty and a bit fungal like, msm cream the rest of the time. You can get it at pharmacies and heath food shops, just check out moogoo's website for list of stockists. Oh hang on, your on the sunny coast, the mrs flannerys (or something like that) health food shop opposite the plaza in maroochydore is where I got mine from.
As for powder, um we don't use it? Its not good to use powder with girls, so I don't use it. And never really had to bother with ds. But on the rare occasions that I have used corn flour on DD2's bottom, I put the sudocream on and then the flour.
YAY Arimeh's Eden I didn't think to check the stockists our local health food store has one of each in stock and have put it under the counter for me, hopefully they will do the trick
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dh thinks it could be because we have been using wipes and then patting dry with a tissue and perhaps the tissue is irritating. I thought it might be the huggies wipes? Anyway we've been putting the zinc sudocrem on for the last day and it doesn't seem to be doing anything, can anyone recommend anything else? I've also been using spossies all day today as I'm under the belief that you can't use barrier creams with cloth, is that also correct when using a microfleece liner? Are there any products that are ok to use again microfleece?
I know, I know, what a looney! I mean I've put it on after baths and at some nappy changes but can you put powder on 1st and then the creams?
our local health food store has one of each in stock and have put it under the counter for me, hopefully they will do the trick
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