Comments on: How We Cured a Yeast Diaper Rash

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:57:15 +0000

If the diaper is too small it can cause problems. Although I like a tight fit, it can cause the moisture to wick or irritate the skin. You might buy one diaper a size up and see if that helps. You’d know if it was ammonia from the smell. Yeast could be a culprit. I believe (and could be wrong) that FB recommends occasional bleach use. You might try that and see if it clears up.

By: babyletsshop

babyletsshop — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:40:39 +0000

How do I know if it’s a yeast rash for sure? I am new to cloth diapering and my son has a bad rash on his thighs but not in the crease and not wear the elastic is but near the elastic on the top of his thighs (red, puffy). It sometimes affects his scrotum too. We have used fuzzi bunz since one month, he is 5 months now and has had the rash for a few weeks now). I do not know if it is diaper chaffing (the microfiber insert), yeast, ammonia or just bad fit (we are using small fb and he is on the first snap for waist and last snap for thighs). Please help!!

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:14:11 +0000

http://allaboutclothdiapers.com/killing-the-dreaded-yeast-monster/

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:03:43 +0000

Thank you so much for the cream recommendations! I am really trying to avoid the bleach (again) since it majorly faded my diaps the 1st time I did it and it seemed to wear them down. Will GFSE/sun not be enough? I’m willing to bleach if it will cure the problem but just trying to find a more natural solution…thanks!

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:09:04 +0000

Here are some good yeast creams: Northern Essence Better Butt(er) Cream The Homestead Company Baby Balm (LOVE their Diaper Rash Oil) I would definitely bleach the diapers. Yeast will thrive in the diapers until it's killed. You could boil them all but that would be laborious. Strong probiotics wouldn't be a bad idea.

By: Becky

Becky — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:04:55 +0000

Hi, I am so relieved to have found this blog. My daughter has had what I think is a yeast rash for 2 months. I am at my wits end and just about to give up CD’ing altogether. We finally got HER cleared up by putting her in sposies for 3 weeks. I vinegar’d all my diaps but the day she was back in them, the rash came back. Should I bleach? Should I use GFSE? Is that going to be strong enough to kill it? Do I need to treat her again and if so, what do I do this time? Before, we used a strong probiotic does for 10 days to knock it out…I am still giving her probiotics but not as much. Thank you for your help!

By: Holly Nelson

Holly Nelson — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:38:05 +0000

Thank you ladies for all the great advice. I’ve been battling the dreaded yeast for about 2 weeks now, didn’t know what it was until we went to the doctor. Antibiotics caused his rash, yuck! I’ve been using the RX cream, with no results, let him air it out some during the day and it will start to improve, but then just goes back to red after a day or so. I have some Gentian Violet I might try that. I have to go back and remember all the things I did when I had a yeast infection when I breastfeed. I know I had to wash everything and not use the same anything over again. It’s all coming back to me now. I’m ready for this yuck to be gone. My DS has to have surgery in 3 weeks and I have to have this cleared up before he can have his hernia operated on. Wish me luck!

By: Autumn Beck

Autumn Beck — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:59:00 +0000

i use approx 1/4 cup

By: Sarah Koenig

Sarah Koenig — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:23:05 +0000

when using bleach on diapers, how much do you use to avoid ruining colors on diaper covers? I use pocket diapers, so I have to kill yeast in my diaper covers as well as the inserts.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:13:27 +0000

When we started CDing my daughter got a yeast rash, I think it flared up because I used too much detergent and it wasn’t thoroughly washed out since we use pay per cycle machines without an extra rinse. Here’s what I did to solve it:
-Washed my prefolds two times without detergent until there were no bubbles visible in the wash/rinse cycle, letting me know all the detergent residue was out (I use Allen’s)
-After every diaper change, sprayed my babies bottom with a solution of 10-15 drops of Grapefruit Seed Extract and 2 oz. distilled water and fanned it dry before putting a new diaper on.
-I also started making recycled wool longies and use those at least at night and often during the day as well for more air circulation than the PUL covers I was using exclusively. I think this really helped too. See Autumn’s post on recycled wool or google “recycled wool longies”

These three things in combination solved the problem and we’ve had no recurrence. Thanks for all the tips everybody! One thing that I like about prefolds is that they leave no red marks or irritation since there is no elastic, etc. I often use a fleece liner (just a cut rectangle of fleece) to wick wetness away from the bum.