E's daycare provider put a non sensitive Pampers diaper on him for some unknown reason. He had plenty of Huggies Pure and Natural in his bag. (Remind me to call Huggies and send them some love.) Anyway, she mentioned that he had gotten a diaper rash from his somewhat looser stool today. He went there with no diaper rash despite having had pretty much liquid stool with us through the weekend. I didn't take him home and change him right away because we had to stop at the grocery store. When we got him here, we noticed the odd diaper. It was a Pampers one. When I took it off, his poor bum looked like this:
This photo is just his LEG. It's the minor part of the rash. It was also taken after we had already treated the rash/burn, let him air out and then put on one of his good diapers for a while. It was much worse. It's astonishing how just taking off that diaper helped him heal. The worst parts of it were where his skin had actually peeled up. He looked literally like a chemical burn patient. His skin was also crimson and irritated the whole way up his belly and down his legs where the diaper had touched. He couldn't bear to lie on his back because it hurt. This happened after one (maybe more?) Dry Max diaper to a baby who has never had a rash like this in his life and who did not have a rash when we last saw him. I really really wish Pampers would take this seriously. I realize E is probably more sensitive, but it seems to be happening to lots of babies. And even if it's not causing this kind of damage to each child, chemicals that do this can NOT be good for a baby period (or anyone else for that matter.)
Sorry for the rant. I'm just a wee bit frustrated. My poor teething (teeth showing!!!) baby didn't need this on top of it. He was up every single hour last night.
6 comments:
Rhett had terribly sensitive skin, too, and got diaper rashes really often. (I'm SO glad he is trained, partly for that reason!) I wish pampers would make swaddlers in larger sizes! He didn't do well with the baby dry or whatever the larger sized ones are called, so it is not just your experience. We eventually switched to the generic walmart brand, which were better. Weirdly, Jasper never gets diaper rash. Ever. I guess he just has tougher skin; it's not like their diets were ever so different.
I'm sorry, that really sucks. Poor baby. Give him some motrin maybe for the pain. It will help the teeth too.
Stupid diaper company. I can't believe that they won't admit the problem.
I would write them a letter and send a bunch of pictures to them. It is absolutely awful that they aren't fixing it - that is NOT okay!!!! So E is more sensitive than most.... if it does that to one kid, it's got to be doing that to a LOT of kids.
OMG- This is terrible! And it makes me glad we use Nature Babycare. They havent used Pampers since they were in the NICU because they make the uber tiny preemie ones that the hospital used.
That is just terrible!!!
Poor little E! Oh my gosh that looks so painful! I would be really mad at the daycare teacher for using that diaper, especially when he had some of his own there. Rashes like that are so hard to clear up too. Poor little guy. :(
P.S. Luckily I don't use Pampers.
Mom now says I had a bad reaction to them too, but it was more of a rash than this burn thing he got.
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