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Hi,
I am new mum - my baby is only 4 weeks old- and have been prepared for months already for cloth diapering - got one of each ME and thinking about getting more Sandy's and OS; 24 prefold diapers and I made myself a bunch of each fitted and AIO diapers using Very Baby patterns. I read everything I could about CD, have been reading this forum for months and am convinced that CD is the best for my baby however I have a problem: my baby gets really red bum from using cloth - for 2 days I used Pampers and Huggies and Sudocream and the rash was gone. I started to use cloth back and her bum is again red! What am I doing wrong? How should I use the CD that my baby doesn't get rash? I don't want to switch for disposable diapers for full time - I was planning and would like just to use them occasionally- but if the rash continues,I might...
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Are you using any bum cream with the cloth. Some babies need that extra layer of protection, especailly newborns who poop all the time. I always use fleece liners wtih the bum cream. Also cloth needs changing more than disposable. My ds had a red bum at that age from pooping constantly. My advice use a barrier cream and change frequently.
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| What about your laundry soap? |
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| Corn starch was my saviour. I keep a little bowl of corn starch on my change table. I just toss a bit on my baby’s bottom with each diaper change and it has made a huge difference. |
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I don't know where you live, but the laundry soap suggestion is a valid one--it's probably worth checking to make sure that your detergent doesn't have enzymes in it (non-bio), as those can be irritating to some babies' skin.
A friend of mine who switched to cloth found that her son's bottom got very red at first. I didn't have this with my boys, but for the first week or so she had to give him a liberal dose of a barrier cream with every change. You could also try using a fleece liner (just cheep fleece cut up, no sewing needed), as that will keep baby's bottom drier by wicking the moisture onto the diaper.
Personally, I'd try the barrier cream and/or fleece, but stick with the cloth, since switching back and forth with disposables isn't giving the skin the chance to get used to cloth. I would bet that the redness will go away without actually developing into a rash. |
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Thank you all for quick response. I will try using corn starch and will stick with the cloth for full time to let my baby's bum to get use to the cloth.I am using the cream on her bum with cloth,but I remember reading somewhere that you are not supposed to use the cream with cloth because the cream damages the diaper,any experience with? I will as well get a special laundry detergent for cloth diapers from Bambino mio(http://www.babyproofingplus.com/item7872.htm?blnSearch=yes )- they have a special soup for diaper washing- and will observe my baby. I hope it will help. So far I am using little of Tide HE - I bought as well Oxy baby and am going to add it to my washing. My diaper washing routine is: dry pail for max 3 days; rinsing without spin or hand washing cycle without spin neither detergent; heavy cycle on hot + prewash, second rinse, extra spin and one more double rinsing with extra spin - I have front loader.
I really want CD works out for us. |
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Many people have no problems with Tide, but it does contain enzymes (which help it clean but which can irritate some babies' skin).
Diaper cream can build up in diapers and cause repellancy, although this is more of a problem with certain creams, especially those containing fish oil (I don't think Sudocream does?). A layer of fleece can also help with that, since then you're not getting the cream on the diapers themselves, and if you do feel that the cream is building up and causing a problem, fleece liners are cheap and easy to replace (not that you'd want to do that all the time for environmental reasons, but . . .). |
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| Thank you so much for the tips... I started to change my daughter more often and used the cream few times and her bum looks way better... |
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It sounds like your baby is sensitive to the detergent. I've heard that Tide can really irritate those little bottoms (although some people have no problems and swear by it!). Oxyclean gave my son a terrible rash (he screamed at every change until I realized what was happening!), but again, some people have no problems. We use Country Save and my boy is rash-free.  |
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| If you want to try another detergent, we've been very happy with Nellie's Laundry soap ($20 at The Bay) and our son has never had a reaction to it. It's made of a coconut/borax base and only needs a tablespoon for each wash, so it goes a LONG way (I think a box is 80 washes). |
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| Try a wool cover or a stay-dry fleece liner. Wool breaths so well...no heat buildu-up. My favorites are aristocrats. Also, try Country Save Detergent...it rinses out completely and leaves no residue or enzymes to irritate the skin. |
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Thank you again for your reply!
I changed the detergent to Claudia's Choice, washed all the diapers in hot few times without the detergent and for the weekend I switched to disposables and lots of sudocrem; it looks like her bum cleared well. I got as well 8 BumGenius and lots of stay-dry liners and will use them with corn starch... I think my baby had a diarrhea and probably this caused the rash - at least I hope so. Now her bum is nice enough that I tryed the cloth diapers and hope very much that it will stay this way. I really don't want to switch to disposables...
I will keep you updated |
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