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Hi all,

Please excuse me asking what might be a basic question but it's my first year in nappies with my incontinence starting in January.

The weather here over the last few days has got a lot warmer. It's currently 25c outside (I know for some of you that's cool) but here it's a nice summers day. As a result I'm drinking a lot more, making me pee a lot more. I can't drink less as then I get headaches. However, I'm also finding that I'm getting a lot of chaffing (I assume due to sweat) where the nappy meets the inside of the thigh. I've tried loosening them off a bit but I've found that gives me more leaks outside the nappy.

Thoughts please on how I can get round this or do I just have to live with it? I'm also off on holiday to a hotter country later this year for 3 weeks and I'm hoping that I can find a solution before I have the same problems on holiday.

Hi Drew,

There is no one solution for all of us. Please tell us what diaper (nappy) you are wearing and whether you are wearing a diaper cover (plastic pants).

A sagging wet diaper often will produce chaffing, particularly in hot weather, so some means of support both helps in that regard and also covers the diaper. Wearing a pair of ordinary cotton underpants over the diaper may help somewhat. Stretchable spandex underpants work even better. Wearing an adult onesie does an even better job, but will be warmer. Another solution is to wear diaper suspenders (underwear suspenders) that support the diaper but are cooler than wearing a onesie.

Others feel that a breathable PUL diaper cover (plastic pants ) over the diaper also helps helps and is cooler than wearing vinyl plastic pants. Others find that wearing an adult onesie both supports the diaper and prevents chaffing with the thighs.

Many feel that a breathable diaper with a cloth-like outer shell will cause less chaffing than a diaper with a plastic shell. However, the diaper with the cloth-like shell will stretch and than sag considerably more than a diaper with a plastic shell.

Best of all, these solutions work with both diapers and nappies!

Good luck,
--John

Ahhhh... The old heat and chaffing question. Drew, it's something we all have to learn to deal with but the good news is you will get several suggestions from the group here. What you will need to do is try each suggestion and decide which is best for you. Now you need to resist the logic to drink less water. This is a bad idea for a few reasons. First, you are going where it will be warm or even hot. You will need the fluids for sweat to help keep you cool. The other reason is your pee will get more concentrated which will cause it to have a much stronger smell and be worse for the skin. Fact is, you very well may need to me drinking more water.
What I'd do is first, if I will not be out long, let's say two or three hours then I go with a pull up. I don't normally like pull ups because I think they leak too much but I will plan on changing back as soon as I'm done doing what ever will be making me hot. For longer times out like going to an amusement park, powder is my go to item. The trick I have learned that works for me is I'll powder between the legs and get my diaper on, as normal, not too tight, not too loose and then I'll powder again between the legs. This way, I have some protection from the plastic rubbing against the skin which is what causes my chaffing. Depending on what I'm doing as to weather or not I do frequent changing (to avoid the diaper swelling between the legs and causing more pressure against the skin which causes more chaffing) or add more powder on the outside throughout the day.
Another trick might be to find some compression shorts to keep the diaper close to the body and from sagging as it becomes more wet.

Don't get upset, this is one of those things we all have to deal with and learn to work around.
Good luck

Well for the heat the Diaper suspenders may be cooler, but other than that, I'm not sure how cool they really are! (Sorry for my horrible sense of humor) there's truly no one real solution. But As everyone has said. Some additional baby Powder helps me, and experimenting with different diaper related clothing always works for me. I haven't yet tried suspenders, even though JD has urged me to. Sorry JD!! I know you want me to.

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Hi all,

Thank you for the suggestions.

To answer the questions



I'm wearing ID Slip PE Backed. I've previously tried cloth backed and found they sagged a lot. I don't use plastic pants most of the time. I do have a couple of pairs for those times where I know I won't be able to change for a while but try not to use them on a regular basis.
I have an adult onesie too but think I might get too hot in that. I will have to experiment with it and see how hot I get.



I am drinking a lot more water than I would normally in the warm weather. This is of course however having the effect of making me pee more.
I don't have any pull ups, I tried them back at the beginning and found that they leaked a lot.
I already use powder but generally on the first change of the day only (I've found not to need it on subsequent changes). I might have to use it on every change now and after fitting the nappy.
I will also have to change more often I think for the reasons stated above.



I've not heard of diaper suspenders, I'll go do a google search, see what I can find.

Thanks all for the advice, I will let you know how I get on.

Drew,

Diaper suspenders are great. I will convert Hotdogg to them some day. You may need to search for "underwear suspenders" or "undergarment suspenders." Also, just search in our archives and you will find my older postings about them.

--John

It's true. He probably will convert me to them.

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Hi Drew81

You are not alone with the wearing of diapers in hot weather some tips that might help!
In hot weather the diaper area sweats more so I change at least 4 times a day regardless of the diaper being charged.
I also am so very careful with hygiene otherwise rashes and infection occur, I keep pubic hair extra short in the summer too I don't go clean as the itch with growth is not nice.
To stop chaffing I wear compression briefs keeps the diaper snug.
I also sometimes wear breathable terry briefs over the diaper to absorb sweat an leaks.
I am a srong believer that clothing can be worn by all so I wear a nightdress/onesie at night as can't sleep with just diaper on, during the day I wear a skirt to keep modisty and helps so much with airflow around the diapered area in the heat. For exercise I always wear a skort great item of clothing the Lycra shorts hold the diaper in place the skirt part hides the diaper great for airflow.
I also air out wherever possible (wear nothing) especially at home, skirts are great for modisty if going naked is not comfortable.

The diaper primer is great especially on hygiene link below

http://www.incontinentsupport.org/primer_index.php

Hope this is of some use you are not alone!

Greenbank