Diaper Rash with Cloth Diapers - Hobart,IN

I put a fleece liner and then coat their butts with Aquafor. It's the only thing that I've found works great. I bought a strip of fleece at Hobby Lobby in the clearance bin for like 80 cents I think and just cut it into strips. Fleece doesn't unravel so you don't have to surge the edges. And the fleece also wicks the moisture away from them which to me would prevent future rashes. If that doesn't work, you can always use a sposie while getting rid of the rash. For my kids though, it made it worse.

My girl had a rash for a while - turned out she was allergic to the detergent I was washing with and when I switched, it went away. While she was rashy we used Boudreaux's butt paste - you can rub it in and it doesn't really get on the diaper too much, and it really really helped. My husband also used powder. And you can always get some micro-fleece fabric and cut some liners out of it too. If she's really soaking the diapers at night you might consider just using disposables at night and cloth during the day - this is what we ended up doing with my son for about a year until he was potty trained. You might try doing a detergent switch and putting her in disposables for a few days to get the rash cleared up. Once you've re-washed all the diapers in a new detergent, try them again. You'll know it's the detergent if she's fine in the disposables (like completely clear) and then immediately gets rashy after you put a cloth one on her for a couple hours.

FYI she was allergic to Tide (which is funny, because I think it does a really great job cleaning the dipes, and my son never had a problem with it). And she's fine with her clothes in the Tide, just not her diapers. She was completely fine once we switched to Allen's Naturally detergent. It's a bit spendy, but you don't have to use much.

we almost always had great luck with the burt's bees diaper ointment, and it washes out of diapers very well. another one that did wonders was a wahmmade diaper salve available here -- http://hyenacart.com/BlessedBeeHerbs/index.php?c=0&p=.... it also washes out of cloth diapers just fine. if you're worried, fleece liners are a great idea and if they do get goopy -- no worries, just toss them because they are so cheap (or try boiling the buildup out if you want to). if the rash has bumps, it sounds like it might be yeasty, so putting on some lotrimin or similar (yes, the stuff for athelete's foot) under a thick layer of butt cream to protect it from further damage will probably help. also, warm baths with no soap and a few drops of tea tree oil in the water worked wonders when my kids had bad rashes, especially with yeast. and then ample bare-butt time like you mentioned you've already been doing.

as for the cause of the rash, make sure the diapers are stripped -- some detergents build up in certain fabrics and that can cause rashes. if too much detergent is being used, that can cause rashes as well because it might not all rinse out. also, some fabrics seem to hold onto bacteria more than others, and a tiny bit of bleach with extra hot rinses to get everything out might help out if it is something in the diapers themselves causing the rash. hth!

Regular diaper creams will cause cloth diapers to repel. The easiest way to apply the cream, would be to put in a strip of fleece (as a previous poster suggested) between your baby's bum and the diaper. This will also wick away the wetness from her skin. Be sure to not use too much soap when washing. You only need 1 TB of detergent per FULL load of diapers, and you should do an extra rinse at the end of the cycle to make sure all the soap is rinsed out.

K.,
There are "disposable" liners you can buy for the cloth diapers that will create enough of a barrier so you can apply some cream. They are meant for saving some clean-up from a poop - they are like a long strip of thick toilet paper that you can flush. You can get them at Be By Baby in Roscoe Village or order them on the internet. Also, like the other post said, plain fleece works well, too. And fleece is a wicking fabric so her bum will stay a bit more dry.
Hope this helps and congratulations!
T.

Hi... I asked a question last week about diaper rash with cloth diapers and got tons of great advice. We've used cloth diapers on my 19 month old since her birth and she's always had a rash no matter what we did (sometimes a really bad rash). I thought I had tried everything, but mamapedia gave me some great new tips. I wrote about what I did that FINALLY worked at www.UrbanSuburbanFamily.squarespace.com. It was a whole combination of changes including adding boiling water to strip the diapers, changing detergents, and (what I think was key) adding GSE to the rinse cycle and washing her bottom with it. Good luck!

Glad that it's clearing up.

I've been cloth diapering for 11 months now and I use diaper cream from time to time. All different types. I just occasionally strip the diapers with Sensiclean. Burt's bees usually clears it up in no time.