MCNs and cloth wipes = smelly bum...
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Topic: MCNs and cloth wipes = smelly bum...
Posted By: BaAsKa
Subject: MCNs and cloth wipes = smelly bum...
Date Posted: 19 December 2007 at 12:42pm
I use cloth wipes as well as MCNs and im loving not having to buy sposie naps or wipes BUT it doesnt matter how much i wipe Astins bum after every change - he still has smelly bum! which requires a bath or sposie wipes to make go away!!!!
SO i forgot to take some nappies with me to a friends place yesterday avo when we popped over for a "quick" visit which turned into staying for dinner etc! so i used some of her sposies naps and wipes and i was amazed at the difference! no smelly bum!!! except for the fresh wipes smell!! Heres my bogel that i need answered - Does anyone else have this smelly bum problem when they use their cloth wipes??? OR IS IT MY NAPPIES!!??? Maybe i should buy all new inserts??? I have tried using teatree oil in water on the wipes and also baby shampoo/soap on the wipes but still he had stink bumbum!
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 19 December 2007 at 1:13pm
| We use lemon verbena oil in with the water I use with my wipes and Daniel doesn't have a stinky bum.. |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 19 December 2007 at 2:23pm
Cant say Ive ever smelt Isla's bum!  Lol! Not like up close, but theres never anny obvious smell wafting!
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Posted By: kiwivic
Date Posted: 19 December 2007 at 7:13pm
The only time Leo's bottom is a little smelly is when I take his night nappy off in the morning as it's been on 12+hrs (which I think is understandable). At each nappy change I just wipe his bottom with a warm cloth wipe (no solution or soaps) and then sprinkle his bottom with good old-fashioned Johnson's talc. powder. I *love* that smell 
Vic xx |
Posted By: Spudling
Date Posted: 19 December 2007 at 8:16pm
yep, Jems bum gets smelly too. I usually use cloth wipes with baby wash on them and then every 2nd or 3rd change I use sposie wipes to give him that fresh as flowers smell  ------------- http://tickers.families.com"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 December 2007 at 8:34pm
| Han's bum used to get smelly... powder was my solution! |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 19 December 2007 at 9:46pm
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Powder works wonders for those random boy smells. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 20 December 2007 at 8:54am
| We are the same but I have a baby balm barrier cream stuff that has lemon smells in it and we smear that in his creases. yum!!! |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 20 December 2007 at 9:12am
lol cant say iv stuck my face in there! lol but its a killer even just changing his bum! 
hhmm might try some of these lemony products mentioned.... |
Kellz wrote:Posted By: kiwivic
Date Posted: 20 December 2007 at 1:23pm
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You should try baby talc too - it really disguises all sorts of smells and it lasts really well too. When I change Leo's nappy he still has powder on his bottom even though his inserts are soaked!
Vic xx |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 20 December 2007 at 10:40pm
| Just make sure it is a cream that you can use with microfleece... don't wait to clog up your naps! |