pampers swaddlers causes burns?

patientnwaiting

A friend of mine just told me that pampers swaddlers caused burns on her daughter. I have never heard this and wanted to see if you ladies have or had experience with this. We're not sure if we're doing cloth or disposable yet and swaddlers were recommended to me if we go the disposable route so I just wanted some feedback from all of you! Thanks!

aeh72

I'm not sure what your friend means by "burns" - like skin irritation from rubbing or actual burns (which I cannot even imagine) - but we use Pampers Swaddlers for DS and they are great. Haven't caused him any irritation at all.

maddie80

I think it totally depends on the baby - my DD was super sensitive and got terrible rashes from swaddlers (sensitive and regular) as a newborn.  Although they are soft, they are pretty heavily perfumed.  She did better with huggies.  That being said, newborn poop is pretty acidic, and they poop a lot, so it's tough to fend off rash sometimes.  Now that DD is older (5.5 months), she seems ok in any diaper except for luvs (which gives her rashes). 

(The jury is out on pampers with drymax - I've seen reviews that they are awful, adn reviews that they are fine.)

We CD'd my older DS because I was home FT and doing the CD laundry was no big deal, and it was great.  If I were home more, I'd love to be doing it again.

bobbs420

There has been alot of controversy with the Dry Max they started putting in the Pampers a few years ago. Some have claimed that it caused chemical burns and bad rashes on their babies skin. I have used these diapers for both my boys and never had any issues. Most don't have issues, but some baby's just must react to it for some reason. My oldest has sensitive skin too, but again, never a problem with these diapers. They are the best for newborns IMO.

g8trkim

Some kids had allergic reactions to dry max. It's not really a "burn" more of a rash. This whole controversy was going on when DS was a newborn. We never had an issue with the dry max but obviously it's possible for kids with very sensitive skin. They do offer Pampers for sensitive skin too.

jennyann28

It's certainly not outside the realm of possibility. Disposable diapers are loaded with chemicals. DD wore Pampers Swaddlers in the hospital for about a week. She didn't react, but I was so happy to get her home and into cloth. The smell of disposable diapers is truly nauseating.

fyziksgirl

I haven't, my 7 week old is in Pampers swaddlers and we LOVE them. We've used sensitive and regular and not had any issues. A friend gave us some Huggies, too, but we really didn't like them, they didn't fit our baby well. I think it just depends on your baby. Don't load up on anything before baby gets here, try different things, but we love Pampers.

fyziksgirl

I haven't, my 7 week old is in Pampers swaddlers and we LOVE them. We've used sensitive and regular and not had any issues. A friend gave us some Huggies, too, but we really didn't like them, they didn't fit our baby well. I think it just depends on your baby. Don't load up on anything before baby gets here, try different things, but we love Pampers.

katielynn01

bobbs420:

There has been alot of controversy with the Dry Max they started putting in the Pampers a few years ago. Some have claimed that it caused chemical burns and bad rashes on their babies skin. I have used these diapers for both my boys and never had any issues. Most don't have issues, but some baby's just must react to it for some reason. My oldest has sensitive skin too, but again, never a problem with these diapers. They are the best for newborns IMO.

This is what they mean by the burns, and SIL's babies both got them from the swaddlers. I'm trying them anyway because not everyone has the same issues and a lot of people seem to really like them. I have heard of issues due to the dry max though.

azzyberry

I used Pampers Swaddlers for both my kids and never had any issues.

mom2b22013

bobbs420:

There has been alot of controversy with the Dry Max they started putting in the Pampers a few years ago. Some have claimed that it caused chemical burns and bad rashes on their babies skin. I have used these diapers for both my boys and never had any issues. Most don't have issues, but some baby's just must react to it for some reason. My oldest has sensitive skin too, but again, never a problem with these diapers. They are the best for newborns IMO.

I agree with all of this. DS has only been in Pampers and we have never had any issues. They worked the best for him. 

MouseInLux

We CD full time and never have any issues with diaper rash and don't have to worry about chemicals because they aren't used in our diapers to boost absorbtion.

MrsLele

Yep, this is why I plan to CD!!

juliane2004

Dry Max is the problem (Pampers Cruisers, I believe).

We use Pampers Sensitive Swaddlers and Pampers Baby Dry.

BabyShipp

We used Swaddlers for DD up until size 3 then switched to Baby Dry.  There's more in the size 3 big boxes of Baby Dry and I can't find size 4 swaddlers anywhere locally.  

We have had no issues.  I love pampers!   

CrazyToast

Controversy happened back right before I had my DD.  I was very scared to try Pampers - but we were given them at the hospital.  We used them some w/ DD as a newborn, but we are a Huggies family.

You have to try multiple types, depending on how they fit your child, and how your child reacts.

dojo1

No issue with mine.  They're the best at holding in his major craps!

lynn3yb00

My stepmom went through this with my stepbrother, as well as my 3 nieces. The burns were so severe that my stepbrother ended up in the hospital for treatment of these blisters and he could not wear ANYTHING at all for almost a week after using the diapers for just 1 day! When she contacted the company, they said that it does happen in some cases and that there is nothing they can do. She researched it and found out that pampers DOES NOT test their diapers for allergies and that the only company who does test for allergies against their productes is huggies.