HELP!! Is this yeast? Sooo frustrated...

villegasemily

Hi Ladies! I need your help please!

I have been CD LO since we came home. She has super sensitive skin and be have had issues with diaper rash, heat rash, lots of baby acne etc. We just can back from a week long vacation in which I used Seventh generation disposables...her bottom was beautiful, the best it has been. So last night I put her back in cloth, and by noon today her bottom is getting chapped and red. I washed my stash before I left, cold prewash, hot/cold wash with extra rinse. I use Allen's Soap for diapers and clothes. Diapers I have used last night and today are thirsties, fuzzi bunz, and BG's 4.0. We change at every feeding and even in between so she is not in a wet diaper for long. 

The rash is red, chapped looking on her bottom, chubby inguinal folds but no tell tale signs of yeast (the dots). Could this be a yeast we are battling? I am so discouraged...this just makes me want to use disposables to keep her bottom happy.

What are your thoughts?? tips suggestions? (Also, LO and I have not had any antibiotics.) 

Thank you ladies!!! 

veruca5839

Maybe it's a detergent sensitivity.

villegasemily

I thought about that...but no rash right now anywhere on her body, just the diaper rash. I use the same detergent for everything in the house. Also, the diaper rash appears to be where urine would be touching her...so is that a clue that it could be yeast in her urine?

Aurora_Borealis

Not yeast - yeast is a beefy bright red central rash with little satellite dots just as you mentioned. Yeast would not be in your LO's urine; it is a skin condition.

Honestly this kind of sounds like a sensitivity or irritation of some sort. Either the suedecloth of the diapers (BG, not FB, though) or wetness.

veruca5839

Aurora_Borealis:

Not yeast - yeast is a beefy bright red central rash with little satellite dots just as you mentioned. Yeast would not be in your LO's urine; it is a skin condition.

Honestly this kind of sounds like a sensitivity or irritation of some sort. Either the suedecloth of the diapers (BG, not FB, though) or wetness.

I agree.  It doesn't sound like yeast.  I'd suggest running your clean CDs through a few hot rinses without detergent to get out any lingering detergent.  It might be detergent buildup, or it might be detergent sensitivity.  Try not using the BGs and see if the rash goes away; if it does it could be a suedecloth sensitivity. 

hispenguin

veruca5839:

Maybe it's a detergent sensitivity.

I'm thinking the same thing. Babies can develop a rash from the detergent used to wash their diapers and be fine with clothes washed in the same detergent.

villegasemily

Thank you ladies! Throwing some clean FBs, Thirsties and wipes in the wash now without detergent for some rinse cycles. Hope it helps. Any suggestions on another free and clear detergent to try? I really would like to keep using cloth, but want my baby's bottom to be happy.

hispenguin

Chickypoo2468:

hispenguin:

veruca5839:

Maybe it's a detergent sensitivity.

I'm thinking the same thing. Babies can develop a rash from the detergent used to wash their diapers and be fine with clothes washed in the same detergent.

Yes. And even most of the diaper area can be fine, but where the pee touches it somehow reacts with the detergent. So it sounds like that's what you've got.

This is exactly what happened to us when we tried Tide. It was really red, and burned, almost raw looking.

villegasemily

What detergent are you ladies using??

bhdoucette

villegasemily:

What detergent are you ladies using??

We use Nellie's. DD had a similar reaction to Tide.