Dunfermline mum claims Asda's Little Angels nappies 'burned' her son

Rachel Hynd told the Press how she purchased a pack of Asda's Little Angels nappies last on Tuesday, September 3,to tide her over after she struggled to find her son, Thomas', usual size in Pampers, but was woken in the middle of the night to him "screaming holy murder."

She said: "We always use Pampers branded nappies, they were out of stock in all the supermarkets of his normal size. I had no nappies left, I was in Asda so I bought what I thought was the next best thing.

"It was the Little Angels Asda branded nappies. I got home, put one on him, put him to bed and woke up to what was absolute screaming throughout the night.

"This isn’t like him. He usually sleeps 12 hours, I don’t normally hear from him when I put him down- he’s a really good sleeper.

"The first thing I did was check him. I checked his nappy and pulled back his nappy to blistered skin. Burns, blisters, and cuts."

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Rachel said she took Thomas, who is just 11 months old, to the GP for treatment. 

She continued: "He’s been blistered, he’s recovering now but I had to get prescribed treatment from the GP and change his nappies. He’s having to be bathed in stuff for burns. It’s been horrific.

"He’s a really good crawler, he sofa surfs but he couldn’t even sit down. I couldn’t feed him in a high chair, I couldn’t sit him on my knee.

"It was really bad, the doctor said this is probably one of the worst cases they’ve seen.

"Maybe I’ve had a dodgy batch, but that shouldn’t do that to a child."

The injuries that Thomas woke up with. (Image: Contributed)

Since the incident, Thomas has been recovering but he is still struggling as the injury heals. 

"It’s getting better now but I would never want this to happen to another child," she said. 

"When I found him five hours later, the nappy wasn’t even wet. If I had just felt his nappy without actually taking it back, I’d have just left him because I wouldn’t want to disturb him.

"The fact he was screaming holy murder, it honestly was like someone was in the room strangling him.

"I felt like it was my fault, if I hadn’t put that nappy on him this wouldn’t have happened, but I can't live like that. I should be able to purchase a nappy from a shop and know that my child is safe.

"I’ve felt so guilty for days, especially when I pulled the nappy back- I felt violently sick. Since last Wednesday it’s been a living hell.

"He’s been drinking but he’s hardly been eating, I can't put him in a high chair, he was screaming in the car, he couldn’t sit and play with Evie, his sister, he couldn’t do anything because he was in so much pain."

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Rachel believes the Little Angels nappies to be the cause of the "blistered" skin, not nappy rash and is calling for Asda to recall the product. 

She added: "I feel like the items should be recalled off the shelves and tested because that shouldn’t happen to a baby. I would never want any other child to go through what my son and I have had to go through."

Asda has since confirmed that they have reached out to Ms Hynd, that the product is tested and accredited by the Skin Health Alliance, the materials are dermatologically tested and deemed safe to use on skin, made and packaged in a closed environment, contain super absorbent polymer (SAP) and are regularly tested against the brand leader for absorbency and to ensure maximum comfort and protection. 

An Asda spokesman said: “We are sorry to hear about Ms Hynd’s experience. We sell more than 10 million packs of Little Angels nappies per year and all of our products are tested extensively to ensure they are safe.

“Our nappies and pants have been independently evaluated by a consultant dermatologist from the Skin Health Alliance. Their extensive research review confirmed that our nappies cannot cause chemical burns because they are made of inert materials and conform to international regulatory standards.”