I've talked a lot about diapers in this blog, because we got away with almost never having to buy any. Until we went to California and bought inserts for Grovia. We still have some left over.
Then our little boy got a nasty rash this winter. The kind of nasty that you go to the doctor for. The doctor prescribed over the counter jock itch cream and a zinc cream. We had a tube of Butt Paste and bought the jock itch cream and used both. It didn't go away, so we went back to the doctor who sent us to the pediatric dermatologist. Sometimes I wonder if its totally an Iowa City thing that we get to go see specialists like "pediatric dermatologists".The doc had us use the same things but in an opposite combination, and that seemed to help. And she recommended 12 hour disposable diapers for overnight.
I wasn't happy. She said just try it. Two things happened.
1. The rash went away and hasn't come back, at least not very much.
2. His overnight sleeping improved.
A third thing also happened. I became introduced into the world of buying diapers. These cost about $9 for 24! We are lucky enough to only have to buy them every 24 days, but yeesh, other people spend that kind of money every couple of days?! Seriously?!
Also, our baby has a habit of pooping early in the morning. Into the disposable. Bonus.
So, while I'm a strong supporter of cloth diapers for many, many reasons, I have learned that disposable overnighters are okay too.
As for the diaper rash? Whenever we see the little red spots, we use the jock itch cream and it clears right up.
When he doesn't have a rash, we use a homemade beeswax/olive oil/calendula salve that I made three jars of before he was born. But we don't use that at all if a rash shows up.
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