Wearing Diapers in Hot Weather

Do you change anything in hot weather when wearing a diaper? I don't. I do use a lot more baby powder and a lot more desiten to help preven diaper rash though. I love my diapers

Yes powder is a must. im lucky that i would indoors but you sure can sweat allot in plastic pants. but it comes with wearing diapers.

I am not a fan of humidity do when it gets really hot and sticky it can get pretty unbearable if your diaper is in the same condition. Extra powder is a good idea, I also like to change more frequently of its really hot

Lots more powder

I use goldbond medicated powder.

http://www.goldbond.com/original-strength-body-powder.html

the cooling effect helps when its hot.

I use baby lotion & baby oil. Just don't get it on your plastic panties!

Powder goes a long way

It's been hot and humid all day where I live and, not needing to leave home today, I worked in the house since early morning wearing a cotton diaper (with one change) and plastic pants all day. When going outside to cross the street and pick up mail and, later, to water hanging plants on my front and side porches, I briefly pulled on pants and a golf shirt - they came off as soon as I was back inside. I use zinc ointment only. Ten plus years of experience taught me that only ointment will work for me to prevent rash. When I first began wearing diapers 24/7, I used baby oil and developed a wicked case of painful rash (from urine). When I switched to ointment, the rash disappeared within days, even as I continued to soak my diapers. Powder might be fun as part of an AB experience, but I don't understand a "need" for it, because with the first release of pee, it just washes off the skin.

In my experience, only urethane plastic (available at www.angelfluff.com as "Super Flex") will withstand repeated contact with oils and ointments without hardening and cracking within a couple of weeks of continuous use.

I agree with northernguy that zinc oxide ointment is key to preventing diaper-rash. Desitin is particularly effective (it comes from an old Norwegian recipe, as I recall) because it contains cod liver oil, rich in vitamins and nutrients and emollients. (It also helps give Desitin its marvelously medicinal odor.) I must remonstrate regarding baby-powder; I find Johnson & Johnson's Talc Baby Powder really helps to cut down on diaper-friction and prickly heat (especially when urethane pants are worn over cloth diapers in the heat), and does help with comfort, absorbency, and smelling sweetly even after first wetting. Urethane pants are a must. PUL (polyurethane laminate) pants breathe -- they allow sweat to transpire while retaining urine -- but true urethane pants (mine are high-backed Gary "Euroflex" -- truly outstanding for supple, sexy feel, for durability, for translucency, and for top-notch protection over cloth diapers) will last a long time, will tolerate diaper-creams and baby-oil well, and will please any caregiver as well as any wearer.

I avoid the cornstarch powders (sorry, ol' buddy) because they tend to clump more than talc does and they encourage yeast and other opportunistic infections in some (like me). I use lots of Desitin and talc; Desitin first, with talc dusted over. Smells wonderful and lasts for a while. I find it's no problem to wet and wear so long as my plastic pants either breathe (PUL) or get changed from time to time (Sani-Pants, Euroflex). I find the real rubber pants just a little too hot and sweaty this time of year.

I do enjoy my fine Simplicity hospital-grade diapers in the heat. They are lightweight and airy, with silky blue plastic and a nice trim mat that nonetheless absorbs well. These contain well too, and they are just so sexy! I have even worn them discreetly under nylon swim trunks as a quasi-swim diaper (wet only); they work, but of course balloon ridiculously. I haven't yet invested in the high-tech swim diapers for the beach, but I bet they work well. Stay dry and rash-free! Happy nappies.

@diaperfriendly: The Super Flex urethane plastic pants available at www.angelfluff.com have the Gary label and are likely identical, but labeled for the North American market.

@northernguy: Thanks for the helpful tip. I purchased mine from LLMedico; they are not shown on the website, but the proprietress, who is ab/dl-aware and truly a peach, ordered them for me, and they work splendidly well. I will revisit the angelfluff site sometime to compare. Thanks again!

Yes Gold Bond Cooling powder is like air conditioning on your genitals. I used to volunteer coach youth soccer and the games would be on my lunch break when i was in the army. So I would be in a hundred degree heat in Missouri in my uniform sweating like a pig but i would be cool down there.

That's why wearing diapers for me, I simply wear them out in the open as a pair of short shorts

Where my home is in Brazil the heat is usually in the high 80s and sometimes well over 100 degrees. The heat is not the problem for me it is the humidity that runs 90 plus most of the summer. The perils of living in a rain forest. My housekeeper taught me that a little looser fit on the diapers with just a light silk t- shirt make for a very much more comfortable experience. For dusting purposes corn starch seems to keep things free and breezy.

As many of the good folks here have probably read already online. Perfumed Talcum powder has been discovered to have long term health issues for the user. It is worth the time to investigate this on the internet and form your own opinions. I still love and use my old Johnson & Johnson, and yes Gold Bond regularly.

That's exactly what I do. Unfortunately it sometimes isn't enough, easy for diaper rash.

Hot weather in the UK really should not be a problem asvwe rarely ever get hot, warm on occassion yes and plenty of cool too.

On the one or two days of HOT that we get I really love it with no nappy overheating problems experienced.