Real nappies & nappy rash

Hi Just wondering who uses real nappies rather than disposables? Im using them, but my girl keeps getting terrible nappy rash so have bought a pack of disposables till it clears up. I'm thinking shes getting it bad because she is such a long sleeper and her nap is sitting on her too long. I don't want her to have nappy rash but also don't want to wake her to change her nap & upset her!

I use a barrier cream, lucas pawpaw ointment and also have sudocrem.

What do you guys do?

Hey thats interesting, can I ask you where you got the liners from please?

Thanks Heaps!

Daniel is really prone to nappy rash when he's in cloth. I use RealNappies flushable liners, always use a light cream on his bum when using cloth and change 2 hourly. I also use disposables at night.

I tend to change him before he has a sleep and then shortly after he wakes up. During the day he doesn't sleep for more than 2 hours and I don't bother changing him at night as he's fine in his sposies. Also, at times like teething or if he's sick,I just keep him in sposies as I know they are times when he is much more likely to have nappy rash.

I thought we had avoided the nappy rash plague (everyone said I would have a problem with it if I used cloth) but as always with bubbas, just when you are feeling smug about how great you are they bring you back to earth and we have been battling an angry red bum for 2 days. I think it was set off by heat (I had her in the pram under the rain cover and a polar fleece blanket ... yes I basically cooked her).
anyway we have got on top of it using combo of disposables and pawpaw cream. I also got the bepanthen out of hiding.

As Flissty says, my best tip would be to use disposables at night as they just do the business over those longer stretches. It's still heaps cheaper - I use 2-3 per night - lot better than all day as well.

Jody started getting nappy rash until I realised I was using totally the wrong kind of clothes washing stuff. I was using surf sensitive. It had built up in the nappies. So I stripped the nappies (I did a search on stripping in the cloth nappy section and found a vinegar/baking soda 'recipe').
Then I switched to using Am-O-Lin liquid, with a few drops of tea tree oil.
I have always used the Johnson's liners from the supermarket. I have been meaning to get micro fleece liners.....

Another thing to think about is the wipes you're using - do you use bought wet wipes or cloth wipes?
I know my boy reacts to too much use of wet wipes, even the fragrance free varieties.

Hi dinkyminky

Glad it worked ! Did you buy liners or buy microfleece and diy ?



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