reading charlie's thread made me realise that when my lo is in disposables rather than cloth for any reason such as if we go on hols or he's being babysat he usually comes out in nappy rash too!!!

Silk liners are brilliant.  I bought some new ones on a shop from ebay.

I always do a cold rinse cycle before I do a wash cycle to wash off the ammonia.  You need to wash at 60 to completely get rid of the ammonia, especially if you have a babe with senstive skin like mine.  I use bepanthen cream, you can also use camilosan (the nipple cream) which I think is natural?

It could be something he is eating (how old is he?), or something you are eating (if you are bf), rather than the nappies. 

A friend of mine had problems with her son when he had cloth at home and sposies at nursery. So she got some AIOs and pockets for nursery to use and then he was fine.

charli that is interesting what you said about changing from disposables to cloth as my ds never had nappy rash till i decided to try cloth at 6 weeks old then he got it soon cleared up with bethnapate then got it again when he wore a disposable as didnt have enough nappis to use full time but my stash is building up nicely due to sprecken and mamaleelee on ukparents

you can also buy silk liners that have silver thread run through them, silver is a natural healer, I havent tried them but they are supposed to do the trick. I have found that DD gets nappy rash from the disposable liners so I have switched to fleecy ones. She does get nappy rash when teething, sudocrem does do the trick but recently I have started putting lots of vaseline on her at every nappy change as a barrier cream, seems to be working as she has just cut a tooth and no nappy rash!

I have heard that they can get rash when you swap from disposables to reusables or vice versa, as the moisture balanc in the skin changes. Don't know how true this is tho.

cLD B A BUILD UP YOUR DETERGENT ..... sorry caps lock! .... try washing them without detergent for a wash or do an extra rinse at the end of the washing cycle to ensure the detergent and vinegar are completely out of the nappy and see what happens or also cld b he's teething - my lo always gets a sore bum when he has a tooth coming thru!

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Could it be an allergy to the detergent you use? I lent a few of dd3's nappies to a friend a couple of weeks ago and she washed them in with her nappies so they were fine just to put back into our rotation. Dd3 came up in horrendous nappy rash with one nappy after about an hour. Washed them all in with ours and she was fine again!

if your machine has a rinse plus cycle on yourmachine that might help remove any soap/ vinegar residue

Thanks for replying and for your advice

we use fleece wipes so i dont think they could be causing the irritaton, i think what i'll do is i'll bung them all in on a 60 degree wash together with a tiny bit of wash powder to see if there is a bit too much detergent in them and thats why he's getting the nappy rash and not use the white vinegar for a bit to see if that helps. His bum is looking better this morning as i covered him in sudocrem last night, hopefully its just a blip, he did have his mmr yesterday too although it might be a bit soon for that to be causing him problems

Thanks again

if it's really sore then could be thrush?? in babies it often appears as red patches not the white discharge we associate with it as adults.

Despite what a lot of people say I have noticed that DS gets slightly red more often with reusables (he was in disposables for 18 months, started experimenting with occ cloth nappy from about 9 months tho), I use sudocrem and have got through much more since he's been in cloth even though it's shorter time in total - still not got through all my sample pots though so don't use much even now!

I tried Earth Friendly Baby red clover cream and really liked it at first but found it dried DS skin up loads, so think good for nasty weeping rash but not for just a bit red iyswim.

Other Q is what liners you use, if disposable then he may be sensitive to them. I've not found a problem with vinegar but guess it is possible, I just use a tbsp or 2.

Hi there I am after a bit of advice please

I have been using tots bots bamboozles since Harry was 3 weeks old,  we are only part time users 4/7 days due to work etc, anyway over the last few days Harry has developed terrible nappy rash and i'm not sure why. The only thing that I can think of is that I have been putting white vinegar in the wash to clean the nappies as a couple had stains on them and am not sure if this is the root cause.  Has anyone else had this? I also only use 2 tablespoons of detergent as usual. His bum is so red and sore and he cries whenever his bottom is changed, im not using wipes just reusable wipes with warm water. Do you think he could be allergic to the white vinegar? 

Also does anyone have any suggestions for some organic paraben free nappy cream?

Many thanks

Laura & Harry