Diaper Rash

I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how may diaper changes you need in 24 hours to not get a rash. I don't want to spend any more on diapers than I have to so I'm wondering how many changes in 24 hours works for others.

Dana, It depends on a number of things. Cloth diapers seem to need more attention and quality of disposable (absorbancy, etc.) is also a big factor. What you used your diaper for is also important. I find I can wait for several hours in a wet diaper and only a few in soiled ones. Also a factor to consider is your amount of activity. The more activity the drier the diaper should be to avoid rash. Another point is preparation. I keep my hair short (sometimes gone) and liberally apply balmex ointment and then powder.

As you can see, there is no straight forward answer to you question. Low activity level and wet only I can usually get away with 2 daytime and one night time diaper. See topics on what diaper to use and balance that against your budget. Have fun.

I wear cloth diapers & plastic panties and get diaper rash quite often. It is important to use baby powder and lotion to prevent it. I also make sure to always have some Desitin's around.

Thanks for the response. I've been using disposables, but it's expensive when I wear all the time, so I'm thinking of switching to cloth. I've been using about six or 7 in 24 hours. It sounds like I could use less.

Diaper rash sucks. it almost 2 years of fulltime wearing i can honestly say daddy has done a wonderful job of preventing that! i can count on one hand how many times ive actually had a rashed tushy

Everyone is different. I usually only wear one nappy at night and one pad or the same incontinence pants during the day which are quite wet when I change. I use plenty of Sudcreme and have only a little soreness now and then.

Has anyone tried using coconut oil under their diaper? I'm new to diapers and thought of using coconut oil bc it doesn't bother my skin instead of getting separate diaper rash cream. I can't really speak from my own experience bc I haven't been in diapers long enough.

Never heard of this, don't know if it works, but I bet it smells good.

When you brought this up the wife had some in the pantry so I decided to try it. After a few days I found it worked ok but I really didn't like the feel of it. Perhaps it was because I had used regular diaper crème for so long.

It doesn't work nearly as well as desitin or even Vaseline . Now that I've been wearing for a month or so, I've found a combination of Desitin and Vaseline to work very well. Much better than coconut oil.

The Desitin was thick, so I used the baseline to spread it out some. Hope that isn't a bad mixture or anything. Anyway, I'm learning lots of new things as I go.

I normally use two diapers a day. I use good quality disposable diapers with powder. Lots of powder in the summer.

I usually put on a fresh diaper at bed time and a fresh pull-up in the morning. I use A&D liberally to prevent diaper rash.

I usually go through 3 during the day and one cloth diaper at nighr. I use desiring to prevent diaper rash so I reapply after each change. I also use baby powder with each change.

Diaper rashes are the worse

I genuinely go through 3 and day with lots of cream