Rash at 3 months

My son received a burn on upper back as a result of wearing Carter's clothing. Picture shows burn in healing state after Carter's clothing was removed for quite sometime. I wish I would of taken pictures at its worse but this happened in early spring before I knew all this was going on and Carter's told me that there was only one other report. My son went to countless doctor's and dermatologists . Also at the onset of this burn had a rash that covered his entire body that lasted for several weeks. Because of the burn he was in terrible discomfort unable to bathe correctly as water hurt him so bad , had to wear special clothing and avoid being on his back for month. This has been a long road of recovery and Carter's must stop manufacturing clothing that BURNED our children not caused a rash. Please ban together to stop this I am outraged to find that there are so many more babied that have been affected.

ROSA

My name is Rosa. My husband and I have a now 9 month old son who was affected by the Carter's tagless labels. In early July after wearing a Carter's onesie he had developed a "rash" or what we believed to be a rash. The "rash" had become so severe (had become a large purple blotch on his upper back (where the tag would've made contact) and our son's skin started cracking and peeling), lasted so long, and had spread over so much of his back that we had to take him to the ER (after showing no sign of clearing up, but instead getting worse after 3 weeks).

The emergency pediatrician on call had said that he had never seen anything like the "rash" and had said it may have been eczema, but had never seen eczema present in the way our son's "rash" had presented, so he had no idea what to make of it. And didn't feel comfortable treating it, in case he made a wrong diagnosis. So, he referred us to his colleague, another pediatrician, but on base (we're a military family). Our son was seen the next day by his colleague, who also didn't know what to make of the "rash". Again, she had said that it could be a rare form of eczema, but like the original doctor, she had no idea what to make of it since our son didn't have any other indicators for eczema and the shape/form of the "rash" was unlike anything she had ever seen. Since she had no idea what to make of it, she prescribed us Elidel (in case it was severe eczema or dermatitis), antibiotics (in case it was an infection), and Aveeno oatmeal baths (in case it was something else) - they seriously had no idea what it was, so they wanted to cover all bases. Fast forward three months to now and although the severity of the "rash" has calmed, our son still has the one permanent spot on his upper back which still requires treatment w/the ointments and may never heal.

Attatched are some photos of our son's back 3 weeks after the initial "rash" had started. I'm furious now to think that this may have been a chemical burn and not treated as such b/c the docs weren't sure what it was. Anyway, haven't contacted Carter's yet, as I know they will just say to return the clothes for a refund. And all I can think is that a refund won't heal my son or any of the other children who have been affected.

Anyway, just wanted to say thank you for sharing your story. And I am unfortunately glad to hear we're not alone. Thanks for starting your blog. And hoping something can be done about this (I agree about the recall).
Rosa

9 Months of Misery

I am a first time mom of a beautiful baby girl Kayleigh Aurora born in January 08. Kayleigh was much smaller when she was born then we were expecting newborn clothes were swimming on her and preemie clothing isn't easy to find. Naturally we turned to Carter's a trusted name in infant and children's clothing. We purchased almost every article of preemie clothing they had being born in January these were all from there fall 07 line.



Shortly after we brought her home from the hospital we noticed some irritation on the back of her neck. We though the tag on one of her jackets might have been scratchy and I cut the tags off of it. The irritation got worse and we called the Dr. and found out that eczema is common in newborns and infants and got some recommended cream for it. The irritation that now looked much more like a full blown rash patch persisted and at our Dr. visit we got a prescription cream for it.



Nothing seemed to work to clear up this rash, I changed her soaps, lotions, detergents and went out of my way to get clothing with out tags. under the assumption that this was an eczema patch and tags would irritate it. Some days it would look better then others, some days it looked really bad but it has never gone away. We found the best results from the hydrocortisone cream and have applied it to her about 3 times a day. Kayleigh has just turned 9 months old and has had this painful sore on her back her entire life.

Like any new parents we want the best for our child and between us and her 2 Grandmas and her Aunts Kayleigh has an extensive wardrobe 90% of which is from Carter's. We love carters they have adorable things. But the fact that they know these tags are causing these reactions and another new mom can go in to a store today and get her newborn or Preemie these same items is irresponsible.

As a new parent you look up reviews and safety ratings on everything from your car seat to stroller. You wouldn't buy your newborn a blanket that might cause a rash like this. Carters would like you to think this is just a few isolated cases of this minor rash that till go away in a day. I hope that this Blog will help show just what is going on. Maybe this would have been just a minor rash if she just had 1 carters onsie that she wore once or twice. But what about the babies like kayleigh that have a ton of carters clothing that have been exposed to this constantly. Having a dry cracking painful burn like sore for 9 months straight is not a Minor irritation.


this spot is hard and cracky and has oozed and even bled, the pictures I have here arnt even on a particularly inflamed day. This sore has been a normal part of life and has been the cause of much crying and sleepless nights, in fact she will no longer sleep on her back and often if she would roll over in the night she would wake up screaming. It has gotten to the point that she will scream any time she thinks you are going to lay her on her back. You can only image how awful this had made having a diaper changed. I am so lucky that she cant reach this spot to scratch it.

Aside from this patch Kayleigh has no allergies that we know of she drinks regular formula with out any issues she loves all fruits and has only had a tiny spot of diaper rash 3 times.

I am so relived to finally know what has been causing this but very sad to hear how carters is handling this. If they want to continue to be a trusted name in Infant clothing they need to act like it and take whats left of these items off the shelves before one more baby has to suffer from this.