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Cloth Diaper Chat #25
1/12/06

5 mamas in attendance

20:15:59 z2akids Hi there.
20:17:26 host_Cuddlebaby hello
20:17:48 host_Cuddlebaby I forgot to put hte url of mommychats in my promotions and my server's locking up and I can't do it!
20:17:56 host_Cuddlebaby may just e the two of us...
20:18:09 host_Cuddlebaby good thing I got this window up before my server hiccoughed!
20:22:46 host_Cuddlebaby testing to see if I am still on  :)
20:24:38 TurboClaudia hello hello!
20:24:51 TurboClaudia rebecca, is that you?
20:25:06 host_Cuddlebaby woohoo!
20:25:12 host_Cuddlebaby hello hello!!!!!!!
20:25:15 host_Cuddlebaby great to see youj!
20:25:32 TurboClaudia yes, great to see" you too!"
20:25:36 TurboClaudia happy new year!
20:25:42 host_Cuddlebaby what's been going on in your life?
20:25:45 TurboClaudia (when can i stop saying that?  february, i guess...)
20:25:49 host_Cuddlebaby thanks!  and to you!
20:26:04 TurboClaudia we had a busy christmas/ new year's holiday visiting all the fam on the east coast.
20:26:36 TurboClaudia some craziness, especially on the trip back home, so we are glad to be home but missing our families but realizing we just don't fit into that locale anymore
20:26:41 TurboClaudia how about you?
20:27:02 host_Cuddlebaby yeah, that's a hard realization isn't it?
20:27:07 host_Cuddlebaby fine.....
20:27:11 host_Cuddlebaby how many babies do you hvae?
20:27:16 host_Cuddlebaby sorry I forget  :)
20:27:45 TurboClaudia just the one, he's 19 months now
20:28:28 TurboClaudia but we met his new 5 month old baby cousin boys (twinnies!) and then the cousins were over (6 yo g, 6 yo b, 7 yo g, 8yo g, 12 yo b)
20:28:34 host_Cuddlebaby what a great age....
20:28:36 TurboClaudia that day was madness!
20:28:53 host_Cuddlebaby you mean FUN!!
20:28:57 host_Cuddlebaby I love kid madness!
20:29:07 TurboClaudia (and i hate to say this, but his 5 mo old cousins were not very cute... :(
20:29:22 host_Cuddlebaby hahahaha!
20:29:31 TurboClaudia it's like sad and funny and cute and the same time...
20:29:32 host_Cuddlebaby 'precious' is the word to use  :)
20:29:33 host_Cuddlebaby ha
20:29:38 host_Cuddlebaby yeah...
20:29:43 TurboClaudia yes, precious... i';ll have to remember that
20:30:04 host_Cuddlebaby my least cute baby turned into the cutest toddler....so there's hope...
20:30:12 TurboClaudia i actually have a diapering question for ya...
20:30:18 host_Cuddlebaby K!!
20:30:22 host_Cuddlebaby that's what I;'m here for!
20:30:23 TurboClaudia oh good... i was worried for them...
20:30:38 TurboClaudia honestly, i was.  i didn't want our son to be the only cute grandchild.
20:30:50 host_Cuddlebaby how selfless!
20:30:53 TurboClaudia hang on a sec... my little guy is banging his head on the table on purpose...
20:31:56 TurboClaudia he really really wants to have a conversation with me RIGHT now.  :D
20:32:40 TurboClaudia i'm not really that shallow when i say that about their babies...  i mean, all babies are precious.  that sounds so horrible when i say that...
20:32:51 host_Cuddlebaby no it doesn't
20:33:07 TurboClaudia anyway, diaper question.
20:33:16 host_Cuddlebaby I really meant that you were selfless....most mommies would WANT their babies to be the cutest grandkids...I heard the sincerity!
20:33:54 TurboClaudia oh no!  i couldn't deal with all the stuff they would send him if he were the cutest grandchild!  we barely have the space to put the stuff they get us now!
20:34:07 host_Cuddlebaby hahahahaha!!!
20:34:10 TurboClaudia it's seriously crazy the amount of stuff they got him for christmas.
20:34:18 host_Cuddlebaby what love!!
20:34:27 host_Cuddlebaby what's your diapering question?
20:35:07 TurboClaudia we left home with 3 suitcases, zipped down in the small positions, and we came home with those 3 suitcases, zipped out to the max and stuffed, a brand new duffle bag filled with stuff AND an entire rubbermaid tub filled with only the toys they bought him.
20:35:51 TurboClaudia serious losing of the brains from the families.  (mostly bill's family, since we are going on vacation with my family at the end of feb as our present.)
20:35:54 mikesgirl64 hi :)
20:36:06 TurboClaudia hi mikesgirl!  welcome
20:36:16 TurboClaudia okay, my diapering question:
20:36:30 host_Cuddlebaby well hello mandy!
20:36:52 mikesgirl64 hiya :)
20:37:05 host_Cuddlebaby I'm so glad you two could come...hopefully jennifer can chat too....eventually....since I forgot to mention the url in the promotions (mommychats) I really thought no one would be here.
20:37:19 TurboClaudia so while we were on christmas holidays, we used sposies because of space packing reasons and also because i could only anticipate germophobia from bill's mom when we were at their house.
20:37:37 TurboClaudia and the bum rash that had been plaguing the little man finally cleared up.
20:37:41 mikesgirl64 oh i remebered i normally forget bc im watchin the oc but they moved it to 9
20:37:54 mikesgirl64 so i settled in to nurse and chat :)
20:37:56 host_Cuddlebaby oh good mandy!!
20:38:11 host_Cuddlebaby sorry to hear about he sposie rash!!
20:38:29 TurboClaudia and now we've been back about a week and using our cloth again, and the bum rash is back.  i did a vinegar rinse to get rid of any yeasties.
20:38:43 mikesgirl64 have you tried any tre tea oil
20:38:48 host_Cuddlebaby probably urine burn?
20:38:50 host_Cuddlebaby bright red?
20:38:55 TurboClaudia oh, sorry, no it was apparently our cloth that was causing the bum rash
20:39:00 host_Cuddlebaby that happens when you switch back and forth...
20:39:20 TurboClaudia bright red/ pink with sores that appear and then become open ones.
20:39:23 host_Cuddlebaby baby's skin forgets what it's like to have ammonia against it...
20:39:28 host_Cuddlebaby use fleece liners for a bit...
20:39:31 z2akids I'm back for a few.
20:39:36 TurboClaudia so now i'm also using microfleece liners to keep his bum dry
20:39:44 mikesgirl64 i know a few drops of oil in my rinse helps kill stuff too
20:39:47 host_Cuddlebaby welcome jennifer!!!
20:39:52 mikesgirl64 oh i pmed you jennifer
20:39:57 z2akids No problem
20:40:00 TurboClaudia we use a detergent from melaleuca that has tea tree oil in it already
20:40:07 host_Cuddlebaby I know it's a busy time of day for mommies....this time really stinks....it's when *I* am the busiest too!!!
20:40:21 z2akids Can't you get anything later or earlier?
20:40:34 host_Cuddlebaby doing homework with teh 10 yo right now with the 2 yo on one knee
20:40:41 TurboClaudia (:bag: we're doing take out indian food for dinner tonight... it is a bad time, generally...)
20:40:44 host_Cuddlebaby the 7 yo is very temporarily watching the baby...
20:40:47 mikesgirl64 yikes rebecca :)
20:41:19 mikesgirl64 we didnt do dinner we tend to not which makes me super hungry there is just no time
20:41:28 host_Cuddlebaby yeah maybe it's not ammonia burn  then...
20:41:32 host_Cuddlebaby open sores, ick!!
20:41:42 host_Cuddlebaby make sure you aren't dealing with yeast...
20:41:48 host_Cuddlebaby allow tons of naked time too....
20:41:50 TurboClaudia anything else i might try to help get rid of the bum rash?  it obviously hurts him 'cause he gets very upset when he's up on the changing table...
20:42:01 host_Cuddlebaby may even learn how it all works...
20:42:05 z2akids poor little one
20:42:21 host_Cuddlebaby poor thing, just be gentle....what ointment ar eyou using?
20:42:50 mikesgirl64 poor guy are you using any rash creams?
20:42:51 TurboClaudia weleda diaper cream.  (it;s got calendula and some zinc oxide in it)
20:42:53 host_Cuddlebaby I really like badger balm from burts bees, very gentle...
20:43:01 mikesgirl64 i love burts
20:43:11 TurboClaudia hmm... maybe i'll get some badger. i just saw it at the health food store...
20:43:39 TurboClaudia as for the yeast, what else other than a half cup of white vinegar to the final diaper rinse?
20:43:46 host_Cuddlebaby yeah, it's good, aloe vera, E and olive oil.
20:43:58 host_Cuddlebaby do you think it's yeast?
20:44:03 z2akids Our worst rashes are usually yeast.
20:44:21 TurboClaudia i have some liquid grapefruit seed extract diluted in water which i can try for wiping, too.
20:44:28 z2akids I keep a tube of lotramin around and I usually try that before regular diaper creams
20:44:35 TurboClaudia