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Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - (see all news for this day)
nappy rash with cloth - 09:00 PM
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this is weird. i've finally dug out some of smiley's cloth nappies & have been using them for at least half of today. since i've put them on him he's had the worst nappy rash he's had since he was born.
when i say the worst, it's not actually all that bad, but it's spread over quite a wide area. when he's had nappy rash before, it's usually been just a tiny spot here or there. it doesn't happen often anyway.
i left him without his nappy for his afternoon sleep & also put some papaw ointment on it & it cleared up really quickly, but with each cloth nappy it returned just that little bit more.
i have no idea why this would be happening! he's worn these very nappies before. in fact, he's worn this type ever since he was born.
i had a thought that maybe it was some washing powder residue, but i haven't changed the type that i use so if there was going to be any residue it would have affected him long before now.
hmmm. i wonder ..
the last time i used them was in childers. after i'd washed them the last time to pack them away ready to leave childers, i left them out on the clothes airer for a number of days to make sure they were bone dry before i packed them. there's a lot of bagasse dust floating around in childers. i wonder if the dust has got into the nappies & is not agreeing with his skin? they weren't crushing when we were there toward the end, but there was still a large pile of the stuff at the back of the mill which was in our backyard.
i think i might wash all the cloth nappies before i put anymore on him.
poor little thing. his bottom is all red & pimply sore looking. he's running around without a nappy at the moment. that should help to clear it up ready for a night in a nappy. i'll use a disposable tonight since they haven't seemed to give him any trouble.
double rinsing is a good idea. the water there may be harder and not easy to rinse things out like you are used to.
I just can't get over the fact that you're letting him run around without anything on his little bottom---you are a brave woman. That's tempting fate in a way I wouldn't be brave enough to do.
Either that or all the floors in your house are covered in linoleum.
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try double rinsing maybe the rinse is not removing all the soap due to the size of the load.