Being rubbed raw by Huggies Pull-Ups
The last few days, I’ve noticed a little sore on the Kiddo’s tummy. First one appeared, it looked like it had been picked at, I figured she had just scraped herself on something, or it had been an itchy spot that she scratched until it scabbed up. Then another appeared, less than an inch from the other one, but smaller. Then one more, about the same size as the second.
Then yesterday, we get home and I go to change her out of her pull-up, and notice a HUGE blister (like, the size of a green pea!), near the first three other spots, plus another much smaller spot that also appeared to be a blister. What in the world??
When I took off her pull-up, I noticed that the “waist line” of it lined up exactly with where the blisters were at. Hmm. I wonder if something was rubbing wrong in that spot and causing the blisters? We are using Huggies brand, which I did notice that those have been redesigned sometime in the past couple of months, because now they have this extra purple elastic in the front and the back, which I presume is to make them “better fitting”. We’ve used Huggies in the past and she never had any issues, but that was before they redesigned them.
So rather than put her in another pull-up and make things worse, I put her in underwear and then we went to the grocery store. She did really good, only had a tiny accident when we first got to the store because dummy mommy didn’t think to have her use the toilet before we left the house, and when we got to the store, the second we step foot in the building she tells me she needs to go, and the bathroom is not exactly close to the entrance – maybe about 70 feet away. And 70 ft to a toddler who has to go potty, could just as well be a mile away.
She asked a second time while we were shopping to go to the bathroom, so I had to park the cart at the end of a check-out isle and dash into the restroom with her. The third bathroom visit came after we left that store and I realized, well crud, I forgot something! So I drove to a different store down the road (don’t want to look too dumb, ya know?), and she told me in that store she had to go again.
I swear toddlers must have bladders the size of a thimble.
Since she did so good, including going one more time before dinner, she got four stickers for her potty sheet – one for each visit to the potty. Today she went to school in underwear (instead of the usual pull-up), and the teacher took her to the toilet as soon as I left the room since she sat on our toilet for a good five minutes and didn’t do a darn thing. She’ll only be wearing a pull-up for nap time, but she does have a bandaid over the spot where the blister is/was, so hopefully that will be fine for just nap time.
I’m a little annoyed at this because we have a nearly full package of pull-ups now that we probably won’t be using anymore. I think I am going to write to Huggies and complain about this. I took a picture of the blister, too, so I will probably include that in the letter. I want my money back, I don’t even want to donate these to the daycare in case it rubs some other kid’s poor tummy to blistering.
It was rather odd that it was only on the one side, though. I guess she favors her left side in that case, since the blisters are on the left.
Anyway – has anyone else had this experience with the new design of this brand of pull-ups? I just wonder if it’s an isolated incident with just my daughter or if there are others it is happening to as well.
Tags: Blisters, Huggies Pull Ups, Kiddo, Mommy
September 12th, 2008 at 10:18 am
I have noticed this with almost every Single pull up i have used, I don’t know why.. But its just at the underwear line that we get them…
so Much that I have went back to diapers, for naps and bed
September 12th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Well, we used to use T@rget brand, I just haven’t been to that store recently to get more. My MIL uses P@mpers brand, but I never really looked at their design to see what those look like. And I hate W@l-m@rt’s version, they don’t have the “velcro” stuff like the others do, which makes it easier to take them off w/out a huge mess if they’re poopy. We use diapers for bedtime, but are about to run out. At this rate I may just buy more bags of those for bedtime – I use 7th Gen for diapers.
September 12th, 2008 at 10:31 am
Any chance it’s a latex allergy? My daughter used to get blisters around the legs of her diapers cause it was a latex allergy. Just a though..
I don’t use pull-ups just because they are too much like diapers to me, and I think it makes it tougher for the kids to be fully trained.
Goodluck!
Jenny
September 12th, 2008 at 10:47 am
I thought maybe latex allergy, but it’s just the ONE spot. If she had a ring round her waist & legs I’d be more inclined to think allergy. But I started buying latex-free bandaids just in case. And except nap-time & bedtime she’ll be in underwear from now on, so hopefully we won’t even need to worry about pull-ups anymore. Thanks for thinking about that, though.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:02 am
I have disliked Huggies since my little boy was born!! They always leak and cause rashes. I wish Luvs had a pullup-they are my favorites-no problem at all!!. When I use pullups, I use Pampers and Walgreens brand. I got the Walgreens pullups for free when they had a special deal on them. But I like them better than the pullups.
September 12th, 2008 at 11:40 am
I have never hjad much luck with Huggies brand either. My friend likes them, but we always prefered pampers. When I was a few months into diapering my first child I bought some Sam’s Club (Member’s Mark) brand diapers to try them out. I LOVED THEM and still do even though they have gone up in price a bit.
One time after using the Sam’s Club diapers for awhile I picked up some pampers because I did not have time to run to Sam’s. While I still like Pampers as far as leakage control goes, I did not realize that there is an extra chemical smell associated with the pampers, it would even make the smell of pee worse when your child goes, I probably would not have noticed if I had never not used them for awhile.
Anyway, I tried Sam’s pull ups when the time came and I was just as happy with them as I was with the diapers. I do not know where they are on the price scale compared to other brands these days, but I would compare them and give them a try.
As far as the spot on your baby’s tummy goes…some kids are just very sensitive to anything scratchy , I know I was as a child. If other brands do not help, maybe you can place a small bit of toilet paper or soft fabric under the edge to protect their belly.
Good Luck!
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