My son got severe diaper rash after using Pampers. No other variables had changed–we were using the same diaper brand; same diaper cream; changing him as often; feeding him the same diet. it kept getting worse to the point I was going to take him to the doctor, and then someone told me, “you know, I’ve heard the new version of Pampers causes diaper rash.” So now we only use store brands and no more problems.

I’m not sure what kind of drop-off in complaints would be normal. Once the issue was widely-known in the parenting communities, I would expect those with sensitivities would just switch and see no point to filing complaints.

We use a combo of cloth and disposables, but while on a 5 week vacation, we used only disposables. We have always used Target brand and Pampers. My son was getting diaper rash from the Target diapers because he was not used to wearing them all the time, IMO. Switched to Huggies Natural for the trip. No more diaper rash. However, I don’t really love Huggies, and the Target diapers weren’t getting us through the night, so I got some Pampers Dry Max for night time and again, we’ve had no issues with diaper rash at all with them. Still prefer cloth for at home though!

The CPSC used data from Proctor & Gamble studies. That’s like the cigarette industry commissioning a study on lung cancer! My guess is that complaints dropped off because people switched to other brands.

My son had no problem with the old Pampers or the Dry-Max ones, nor with a bunch of other brands, but Luvs give him a horrible rash. It’s been my feeling that when Pampers updated their product, some kids who weren’t allergic to the old diapers would be allergic to these. Likewise, some kids who had problems with Pampers in the past may not have those problems with the new product.

We used a variety of Pampers, Huggies, Luvs…whatever I got at my baby showers, really, and we fought a persistent diaper rash until we switched to cloth. Never, in a million years, did I think I would want to cloth diaper, but I absolutely love it and I honestly can’t remember the last time we had to use a diaper rash cream (or had a poop blowout up the back or down the legs). Obviously, my son has sensitive skin, and cloth diapers aren’t for everyone, but I think it’s worth saying that a bumGenius ain’t your mama’s cloth diaper. And cotton and fleece don’t cause chemical burns.

I was using Pampers Swaddlers and switched to Huggies Little Snugglers after reading about all issues with Dry Max. In our case, my daughter started getting diaper rash from Huggies (in addition to leaking out the legs ALL the time!). I thought I might try the Pampers again since it seemed like a lot of hype to me. Her rash cleared up right away and they just work better for her. I’ve since switched to Luvs and am still considering cloth, but I had no issues with Pampers Dry Max.

I have used all brands of diapers on my son over the last year and the only ones I have had a rash problem with were the Target brand ones. Those were our only blowouts, too. I like the other store brands as well as the pampers. The Huggies leaked a lot, but no rash with them.