Procter & Gamble making the tweaks after parents complained
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My newborn son developed open oozing sores on his bottom last year after wearing Pampers Drymax Swaddlers. I was a Pampers baby, as was my now 8 year old daughter, however we've now switched to Huggies Little Movers with no problem rash ever since. While Pampers has denied any problem with their Drymax diaper, I don't think it was a coincidence that my son's open sores were the exact shape, size and distribution of the mesh liner in the Pampers diaper. I'll never buy Pampers again. They should have just fessed up and fixed the problem, now I don't trust the company.
Hello....you sit in urine soaked material for hours, I guarantee you will have sores and rashes, too. The materials used, and the outer layer of plastics will heat up urine to extreme temperatures, causing sores, rashes and other problems.
Also, you'd be surprised how many microorganisms already live in the DRY diaper before the, um, "deposit" is made.
My son was in his diaper for less than 2 hrs (it had urine for less time than that) and he started to get blisters. It shouldnt happen that quickly...
The perfect solution to cost and toxic chemicals? cloth - My now 7 yr old was exclusively cloth diapered. No diapers or poo in the landfill and just a couple extra loads of laundry every week. Perfect!
So, where does the "poo" go then?
Chris--in the toilet, where it belongs. You just shake it off the diaper and toss the diaper in a pail.
toxic chemicals like cotton fiber and polyacrylate? because that's what absorbent diapers are made of.
oops - double post
Brand-name diapers are a waste of money. Generics work just as well and are quite a bit cheaper. Cloth would be even cheaper but I hate doing laundry enough as it is, so the convenience of disposables is worth their cost to me.
I agree for the most part. I simply cannot justify spending nearly twice as much for an item whose sole purpose is to temporarily store human waste before it's thrown away. Talk about a sh-tty way to spend your money (sorry, couldn't resist the pun).
The only exception for me is "over-night" diapers for nap time, bed time, road trips or any other occassion in which extended wear is likely. In those situations I spring for the Huggies Overnites. Otherwise, I've found the Wal Mart brand to be the best overall value for regular wear - costing far less than any name-brand and many of the generics, and outperforming most in either category.
Unfortunately I have not found a generic diaper that works for my son yet. Only huggies and pampers, and I wont use pampers anymore because of the dry max issue. He soaks through them all with one pee! I have wasted so much money on generics, I just gave up. I am planning on trying them with my next kid, hopefully it will work a little better.
My friends son, Dom, wore Pampers Cruisers with the drymax for a short time and he ended up with the oozing blisters all over where the diaper covered. The doctor told his parents that it was chemical burns and he had the possibility of developing a yeast infection.
I felt soo bad for Dom. It was hard to comfort him knowing that we could only put cream on his wounds. He would cry and tell us that his peepee hurt. He could barely walk.
After a informal complaint to Pampers, they sent Dom's parents a $5.00 USD coupon. Like that will over the pain, suffering and cost of doctors bills.
Now Dom is in cloth diapers and is very happy. Everytime Dom see's a Pampers commercial he yells "They made me hurt down there, bad!"
I hope that everyone gets proper compensation for what they had to go through with their children wearing these Pampers. I know after this I do not trust that disposable diaper companies will have my child's best interest in mind. Just the money they earn. I will be using reusable cloth diapers. Yes, it takes more time and you have to wash those stinky things, but at least I know my child will not end up with chemical burns or cry because they hurt due to something that I put on them.
If your kid is old enough to say "they made me hurt down there, bad!", he's old enough to be potty trained and out of diapers.
Suite Judy - are you a pediatrician, or do you just like giving ill-informed, condescending and unsolicited parenting advice to complete strangers? Based on the fact that you have no idea how old the child in question may be, and children reach developmental milestones in a wide range of timeframes, I strongly suspect the latter. After all, just because you couldn't put together a complete sentence until grammar school, that doesn't make it true for everyone.
How old do you think the kid has to be to say that, and how old does the kid need to be, to be potty trained? A lot of kids aren't even ready to really start until 2-1/2 to 3 years old. Do you think a 3yr old can't say that? I know a girl who wasnt even 2, and she could say "delicious" (pretty much perfectly) At her 2yr checkup, the dr asked about what words she said. Her father said she says "delicious". The doctor said thats impossible, no 2 yr old can say delicious. The little girl looked at him and said, "well, actually I do say delicious"
Her post gives no indication as to how old her child actually is. You really shouldn't judge when you don't know the facts of the situation. The average age to be potty trained is about 3yrs. That means that some are earlier, and some are later. They don't HAVE to be potty trained by 3. It is perfectly normal to not be trained by 3, especially for boys (Her post seems to indicate it was a boy) Maybe you should get off of your high horse and look at reality.
Mickeygirl -
Unfortunately my costs were not at all compensated by pampers. I received a coupon for more diapers. I sure as hell was not buying any more diapers from them. Especially since their boxes weren't even properly labeled, so I had no idea which ones had Dry Max and which ones didnt.
I was out 3 boxes of pampers ( I bought a few at a time) plus the costs for medical, and my sons agonizing pain for over a week.
My kid is now 16 but pampers ALWAYS blistered her bottom even back then. I bought Huggies non fail and never had a problem again. To be fair she also got a rash from generic diapers. I don't know why the Huggies were so great but I willingly forked out a bit more for them since it was cheaper than the creams for the rash and the sleepless nights from the crying.
Not surprised at all. Pampers Cruisers with DryMax made my daughter break out in red welts all over her torso and legs. It was only one package that affected her after we had used them for a long time but it was enough to make me switch to Huggies. I plan on using cloth diapers for my next child.
I used pampers with my first child with no problems but this article is making me think about using them for the 2nd baby. Huggies has broken out every baby on my mother's side for YEARS, have no clue why. I bought a pack when my funds were a little low & couldn't get pampers and I will be a darned if my daughter DIDN"T have a budding rash on her bottom the next day. I swallowed my pride and asked my dad to buy her some pampers . A little cream & she was good to go....
Why re-vamp the product every year? It's just a receptacle for human waste. The amount of marketing associated with diapers and baby product is rediculous.
My wife and I have 10 children. We've only used Pampers for their preemie size. After that, it was whatever was cheapest and would not leak (some off brands were good, while some were dreadful). With regular changes, we didn't have any problems with excessive diaper rash or blistering (though that's not to say some kids aren't more sensitive to the products used in diapers).
I'm just glad we're down to the final diaper-clad child. Our budget is looking forward to some relief.
I have boy/girl twins who had been in Pampers since they were born. When Pampers came out with drymax, my daughter immediately started having really bad reactions and open sores, but my son was fine. We bought every package of "old" pampers we could find then switched to Huggies. If we have more kids, I can promise you we won't even buy Pampers wipes. Just because every kid didn't have the reaction doesn't mean that there wasn't something wrong there. Just admit it, apologize and take it off the market.
I'm expecting #2 in a couple of months and I had planned to use Swaddlers for the newborn, just like I did with my first. This is making me rethink that. I didn't realize the Swaddlers were Dry Max, too. I'm already planning to use cloth diapers this time around, to save money and generate less trash, but not until baby is a little bigger. Maybe I will have to look harder for a cloth system that fits newborns well. I already have some generic newborn disposables that were leftovers. I guess I'll use those first. In my experience, some generics are as good or even better than the name brand ones. I have never tried Costco's diapers, but I LOVE their wipes.
A side note to those who are saying certain posters should have their kids potty trained and not in diapers anymore - back off. You have no idea what they may be going through and if the kid is ready or not. Trust me. I'm working on one right now and you never know what challenges you'll face along the way or how long it will take to finish. If you think you're such an expert, please come to my house! Maybe we can bash our heads against the wall together!
I loved the swaddlers and had planned to use them for my next child but I will not do so. I refuse to ever buy pampers again (or Luvs because they are the same company) because of the way they handled the situation. They said that we were neglectful and left our kids in dirty diapers for to long. My son got a rash in less than 2 hrs of wearing the new diapers. He was barely wet, and was wet less than 2 hrs (obviously) I did not know that it was the diapers, and so just tried treating it. It got far worse really quickly. Big oozing, bleeding blisters that looked like horrible burns. After about a week I saw the first news article about these diapers. I gave my son a bath (his 5th that day) loaded some Rx cream and powder on him, and put him in a huggies. Next morning the blisters were mostly dried up. My box didnt even say it had dry max so when I bought them, I didnt even know I was buying something new. I found out after I brought them home and opened them that they were different diapers. I had to do research to find out if they actually were dry max diapers. Apparently, they had been packaging them in old boxes to use up their old boxes before they officially released the new diapers.
Unfortunately generics do not work for my son. He pees once and soaks through them all. I gave up on generics for him, but I am hoping my next one will do better in generics.
Rumparooz makes an all-in-one cloth diaper called "lil joeys" for preemies and newborns, they even have a little snap down to make room for the umbilical cord stump! My friend had them for her son, and they lasted until about 3 months old. She sold them after that for almost what she paid new!