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I haven't been on here in awhile. We cd'd our 4th baby (now 23 months) from newborn until 15 months. We've had major problems since with bleeding rashes. The cliff notes version: it's not yeast, he's been to the pedi. I stripped the diapers, no difference. We would switch to Pampers and he would be fine. Everytime we switched back to cloth, within a day his bottom was bleeding again. We have a front load machine and I use Allen's. I ended up buying fleece and putting a strip on top of the diaper and it was helpful, but where the fleece shifted, it would get irritated and bleed. At 19 months, I gave up and we've been in sposies. We've been using Earth's Best, but I can only buy them locally up to size 5 and he needs a 6. I can order online but prefer not to do that. I bought more Pampers last night and the fragrance is killing me. Yuck! I'm fortunate enough to have a cloth diaper store in my town and the lady that runs it has been very helpful. I think I'd like to give it one more try.
My little guy is 30 pounds. He's a chunk! He'll be 2 next month. He's not showing any signs of readiness for potty learning yet. He is a heavy wetter. Our previous system was prefold with Thirsties or Bummis Snap covers.
I'm looking at pocket diapers, would prefer hook and loop. I really like the look of the BG 3.0, but they only go to 35 lbs. The lady here in town said for pockets, she would recommend the Happy Heiny one size pocket. I'm not sold on it.
I thought about fitteds, specifically the Thirsties fitted. But some of the reviews say they are not terribly absorbent and not great for heavy wetter's and there can be issues with the aplix.
We have the brown edge prefolds from Cloth-eze. The lady here said I could use a Cottonbabies Insert Sock that will turn a prefold essentially into a pocket, still using a cover. It's suedecloth and supposed to have the stay dry feeling.
For either of the last two options, I'd need new covers. Our covers are all mediums, up to 25 lbs. I'm really scared to spend more money if it doesn't work. But I so desperately don't want to use sposies anymore. Not at the expense of my son's skin though.
For wipes, we've always just used water. Someone told me that just water can be irritating as well. Any ideas what to use with the wipes?
If anyone has thoughts on these ideas or suggestions for something I haven't mentioned, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.
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My little guy is 30 pounds. He's a chunk! He'll be 2 next month. He's not showing any signs of readiness for potty learning yet. He is a heavy wetter. Our previous system was prefold with Thirsties or Bummis Snap covers.
I'm looking at pocket diapers, would prefer hook and loop. I really like the look of the BG 3.0, but they only go to 35 lbs. The lady here in town said for pockets, she would recommend the Happy Heiny one size pocket. I'm not sold on it.
I thought about fitteds, specifically the Thirsties fitted. But some of the reviews say they are not terribly absorbent and not great for heavy wetter's and there can be issues with the aplix.
We have the brown edge prefolds from Cloth-eze. The lady here said I could use a Cottonbabies Insert Sock that will turn a prefold essentially into a pocket, still using a cover. It's suedecloth and supposed to have the stay dry feeling.
For either of the last two options, I'd need new covers. Our covers are all mediums, up to 25 lbs. I'm really scared to spend more money if it doesn't work. But I so desperately don't want to use sposies anymore. Not at the expense of my son's skin though.
For wipes, we've always just used water. Someone told me that just water can be irritating as well. Any ideas what to use with the wipes?
If anyone has thoughts on these ideas or suggestions for something I haven't mentioned, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.
