Really frustrated with nighttime cloth... - Page 2

[Jaimee]

Originally Posted by Italiamom 

I cut up some fleece remnants and tried using that as liner over a premium prefold last night, with some coconut oil.  His skin seemed less damp this morning than it is with the BGs, and certainly less damp than with the prefold right next to his skin.  I'm puzzled as to why it would be "dryer" than with the BG's, because it's basically the same idea...  But I had the fleece handy, so I'm hopeful that this might do the trick!

Oh good!!  Probably because there is a thicker layer between him and the absorbent insert (I hadn't thought of that benefit before, I'll have to keep that in mind for the future) and the fuzziness of fleece does wick slightly better than suedecloth.  Glad to hear something is working at least a little better!  Crossing my fingers that it continues to do so and the rash does not come back!!
 

[Perdita_in_Ontario]

Originally Posted by is it puppies? 

It was the calendula diaper creme. I think it's the only one in the Weleda Calendula line? I wouldn't imagine that lanolin is good on the inside of cloth diapers, they use it to waterproof the covers lol! I remember seeing other "CD friendly" cremes with lanolin and thinking WTF!?  but maybe we are wrong ;) I have read both that the weleda is CD safe and not good for CDs but I don't remember if I've looked at the ingredients. I wonder if there are two versions and that's why I have read two diff things?

OP I have had such luck with coconut oil, too bad it didn't help :(

I have been using lanolin as a barrier on DS for about 3 months now - and it works exceptionally well. I don't know how well it would wash out of a synthetic material as DS can only tolerate natural fibres, but on cotton/hemp/bamboo it protects and washes out really well in a hot wash. And yeah I use it on my wool covers too. Doesn't make sense to me either, but it's the only thing that works for DS!

[Italiamom]

Originally Posted by Perdita_in_Ontario 

I have been using lanolin as a barrier on DS for about 3 months now - and it works exceptionally well. I don't know how well it would wash out of a synthetic material as DS can only tolerate natural fibres, but on cotton/hemp/bamboo it protects and washes out really well in a hot wash. And yeah I use it on my wool covers too. Doesn't make sense to me either, but it's the only thing that works for DS!

It makes perfect sense to me!  If lanolin can protect your nipples in those first few ravenous days of nursing, then by golly it should be able to protect a behind!!

I wish that DH didn't like the BGs so much.  I HATE them.  If I were just using prefolds I could get away with using just about anything.  I've used prefolds with regular old Desitin, washed them separately from the BGs, and never seen any problems with repelling.  Sigh.
 

[Jaimee]

Originally Posted by Perdita_in_Ontario 

I don't know how well it would wash out of a synthetic material as DS can only tolerate natural fibres, but on cotton/hemp/bamboo it protects and washes out really well in a hot wash.

It does tend to build up on synthetics so would not be a good choice for use with your BG's unless you line them with a flushable liner like Biosoft liners.
 

[ELMmomma]

Certainly not less stubborn from my perspective! LOL!  That's why I use diapers as back up ; ), for all those times when my willful toddlers and babies didn't want to be taken from their warm jammies.  I wouldn't want to be taken out of my warm bed to pee either I guess! Nearing 2 could definitely make it more of a challenge especially if they are starting to exert that notorious 2 year old will!  If you wanted to encourage him more to use the potty you could build some kind of ritual or game around it.  Like everyday when he wakes up sing a cheerful song about doing potty, (you could even have a doll or a puppet come in his room like they are waking up and have the doll go through the motions of going to the potty) I know when my kids are being contrary or unwilling to do anything,  when I add humor or make it fun it melts away any resistance they might have. Now if I could only remember to use it every time, my life would be perfect! LOL. Glad you got the rash cleared.

[alyadri]

Originally Posted by lizzie 

I'm by no means an experienced CDer, coming here to get clued in a bit before I begin that adventure with my new LO, but one of the PPs mentioned cornstarch, and with my dd I found that dumping COPIOUS amounts in her diaper (sposie) cleared up almost everything... I found that out because I was putting some in her diaper at night, didn't have a lot of light and dumped way too much in - it was out of the box, off the baking shelf at the grocery store, not designed for diapers, but it was so much cheaper, and didn't have any nasty additives! - and the next morning her rash was almost completely gone. My mom had told me how wonderful it was, but it didn't help until I went overboard with it, so just another suggestion as you work through this! :)
 

ETA: that trick, using what seemed like way too much, worked throughout the diaper years for both my oldest two. :)

I have also had really good luck with cornstarch.  My DS had a diaper rash that was cracked and bleeding.  After trying EVERYTHING, cornstarch was the only thing that worked!! I'm pretty sure I used a handful at a time with every frequent diaper change!

[apple o' my eye]

After trying every combo of stripping and detergent and diaper creams out there, I've settled on RLR for all my rash/stinky problems. It has solved all our problems at every twist and turn of CDing. And it is super easy to use, just put it in the wash cycle.

We haven't had your particular rash issue, but we have had some really really bad rashes. It is worth the couple bucks in my opinion. I also tried the fleece liners and all that, it was just another thing to deal with and didn't really help.

Hope you find a solution!!  Something I didn't' realize is, once they use the potty during the day, you still have potentially years of nighttime diapering till they are ready to be dry at night.(duh) Hope you can get this figured out!

[mamadiamond]

my dd got a pimply-looking rash when we went to cloth at night. i use bg's and i think our problem was that once the insert got really soaked the lining wicked it the wrong way to be back on her skin. once i added a hemp insert as well the rash stopped, i think because hemp holds moisture much better than microfiber and won't let the pee wick back out.