hmmmm

Since our daughter was born we have battled exzema on her skin. It has been particularly bad on her feet, often making her ankles raw. When I met with the “diaper service lady” she told me that they switched to cloth diapers because her daughter was allergic to disposables and got really bad exzema, especially on her feet and face. G has also had exzema on her face.

Recently we were trying to help G get out of pull ups at night. We ordered some washable “pull ups” through our diaper service. G tried really hard but it seems that her bladder just isn’t ready to go all night. She kept saturating the bed by about 6am even though she would pee rivers before bed and around 10 when we would take her. She was getting so tired from having her sleep all messed up (and I was having trouble keeping up with adding bedding to my daily laundry regime) so we decided to switch back to Pull ups for a while (she doesn’t leak in them). I noticed the other day that her exzema is really bad on her face and feet again. And then it struck me, when we were using the washable pants her exzema totally went away. How badly do I feel that she has probably been allergic to disposables since she was born and we could have prevented all of this exzema YEARS ago? Now I’m in a bit of a quandry as to what to do about the Pull up situation. Do we continue with the disposable ones that enable to her to be dry and sleep all night knowing that’s probably what is causing her exzema or do we go back to the washable ones knowing how it messes with her sleep? And putting her down for a nap is so not an option. That is akin to suggesting she not wear sandles outside when it’s snowing or put on some socks when she is complaining that her feet feel like icicles.

So, hmmmmm?

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