Parenting

You have to do what's right for your kid, and ask grandparents to do it the way s/he needs. Diaper rash won't just stop happening, but it could get worse.

And this goes for pretty much everything. If there's a way the child needs to be treated for their health and well-being, you need to communicate that.

With modern disposable diapers, my kids haven't typically needed a dry cycle. Might have needed more when we used cloth, but I didn't take notes and it all blurs together.

I have stepped up drying and ointment and powder as appropriate when needed to deal with a rash.

Every kid is different. Gotta do what works for yours.

We never had to dry with either of ours. We had one that would go bright red if we used anything other than a specific brand of wipe, but it wasn't a dryness issue, more of a sensitivity one.

Like others have said, each one is different!

I think every parent does things a little differently. I don’t recall ever drying their butts, but I’ll admit my partner carried a far heavier diaper changing load.

Depended on where we were.

At home, we dried - carefully, with a soft absorbent cloth towel so as to avoid rubbing or irritating the skin.

When out and about, we often found ourselves doing “tactical” nappy changes at maximally inconvenient times. I’m afraid our high standards could not be maintained.

Managed to generally avoid nappy rashes though; once, only briefly, and caught / dealt with early.

All kids are different so what works for my kid might not work for your kid (on top of patenting preference) but for what it’s worth we never dried butts and used cloth diapers and the doctor even said she rarely sees a baby with no diaper rash. It might be that we change diapers once an hour though.