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<blockquote data-quote="Pink Elephant" data-source="post: 731834" data-attributes="member: 21572"><p>Most of the things I did have already been mentioned, but one thing that helped a lot related to my children's discomfort when they had a diaper rash, was not using rubber pants.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I used cloth diapers (always), so rubber pants were part-and-parcel to diaper-wearing in our house, but dropping the use of those old heat and rash-inducing pants used to calm the rash and help start the healing process.</p><p></p><p>Also, at change-time, when no rubber pants were being used, there was no elastics to irritate the rash, but let me tell you, when they were wearing rubber pants, as soon as I'd pull the rubber pants down off of the diapers at change-time, they'd start-a wailing, especially if the rash extended beyond their confines of their diapers where the elasticized leg holes of the rubber pants naturally sat around their thighs.</p><p></p><p>Also kept a few pairs of rubber pants that had holes in them (I used either the end of a sharpened pencil or my cigarette to make the holes), and those rubber pants helped keep their bottoms cooler, because they helped let heat out and air in.</p><p></p><p>Double diapering also helped keep my kids bottoms drier, because there was more layers of fabric to absorb the wetness, however, come nighttime, back on went the rubber pants.</p><p></p><p>Call me old-fashioned, but this traditional momma liked using rubber pants. I swore by those old rubber pants, mind you I'm sure most mothers my age lived by the same.</p><p></p><p>Oh... and I used to use browned flour and cornstarch as diapering powder, along with Desitin and Diaperene. Oh, and, hanging the diapers and rubber pants outside on the line in the sun to dry helped disinfect them and kill bacteria.</p><p></p><p>Also remember adding a cup of regular household white vinegar to the diaper wash (final rinse cycle) every few weeks, which helped balance the pH level in the diapers. Less diaper rash in our house when I started using vinegar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pink Elephant, post: 731834, member: 21572"] Most of the things I did have already been mentioned, but one thing that helped a lot related to my children's discomfort when they had a diaper rash, was not using rubber pants. Yes, I used cloth diapers (always), so rubber pants were part-and-parcel to diaper-wearing in our house, but dropping the use of those old heat and rash-inducing pants used to calm the rash and help start the healing process. Also, at change-time, when no rubber pants were being used, there was no elastics to irritate the rash, but let me tell you, when they were wearing rubber pants, as soon as I'd pull the rubber pants down off of the diapers at change-time, they'd start-a wailing, especially if the rash extended beyond their confines of their diapers where the elasticized leg holes of the rubber pants naturally sat around their thighs. Also kept a few pairs of rubber pants that had holes in them (I used either the end of a sharpened pencil or my cigarette to make the holes), and those rubber pants helped keep their bottoms cooler, because they helped let heat out and air in. Double diapering also helped keep my kids bottoms drier, because there was more layers of fabric to absorb the wetness, however, come nighttime, back on went the rubber pants. Call me old-fashioned, but this traditional momma liked using rubber pants. I swore by those old rubber pants, mind you I'm sure most mothers my age lived by the same. Oh... and I used to use browned flour and cornstarch as diapering powder, along with Desitin and Diaperene. Oh, and, hanging the diapers and rubber pants outside on the line in the sun to dry helped disinfect them and kill bacteria. Also remember adding a cup of regular household white vinegar to the diaper wash (final rinse cycle) every few weeks, which helped balance the pH level in the diapers. Less diaper rash in our house when I started using vinegar. [/QUOTE]
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