We have been cloth diapering K and A for a while now. A has worn mostly cloth since he came home from the hospital, and K has been in cloth since May. When A was very small, he had Kissaluv diapers with (mostly) Thirsties covers. K has always worn Bum Genius One Size diapers.

Once A got to be about 12 or 13 pounds, we moved him into the Bum Genius diapers, too. It was wonderfully convenient. They both wore the same diaper. We separated them by color. K wore all blue diapers, and A wore the green and yellow. This helped us avoid having to snap and unsnap the diapers to resize them over and over. Another benefit of the diapers is that they fit babies from 10 pounds to 35 pounds. We bought enough for our boys, and at that point, we we were done buying diapers forever! Perfect, right?

Unfortunately, no. Some time after A started wearing the Bum Genius diapers, he started getting a contact rash on his tummy and around his legs. So, for about a month now, I’ve been trying to figure out what could be causing the rash. Is it too much detergent? Not enough detergent? Is there not enough absorption in the insert? Am I changing him often enough? I’ve gotten nowhere. I am having to admit to myself that it is possible that he is sensitive to the suedecloth that lines the diapers.

Both Jason and I are frustrated with this conclusion. Unfortunately for us, the Bum Genius diapers are pretty expensive, and we have quite a few of them. It’s looking like we are going to have to either keep them for later and hope that A is less sensitive at that point or buy new diapers. At this point, going back to disposables is not an option that we are interested in. There are so many benefits to using cloth diapers, and we like the diapers, so it’s hard to consider a return to disposables.