CD mamas

[vthokie]

What your pee situation like these days? Ansley is in full force, break the dams, flood mode. Always. I always have a MF insert backed by a hemp doubler in her pockets, but she pees so fast and furious, that she's leaking out the legs. Night is bad for good reasons. She doesn't pee a lot at night, but she floods as soon as she wakes up. Lately, she's been waking up, playing a bit and then going back to sleep. That means she's in the diaper for about 12 hours and waking up soaked.

Here's my current game plan. I think my MF inserts are crap, but until now, they've been ok. I have 4-layer bamboo inserts on their way that should be here tomorrow. I plan on super prepping and getting her butt in those ASAP with the hemp as a doubler. For night, I actually bought 2 fitteds to try out with a fleece soaker. She's in it now, so we'll see how it goes. If tonight's not good, I'll try hemp behind the fitted. If this goes well, I'm hoping to make a few more soakers. I found a pattern where I can make about 3 out of 1/2yd of fleece.

How's the pee where you all are? I here this is about the age where trouble can start. What are you finding works best? ANy tips. I'm OVER changing the sheets every day. And, it's a good thing she has a lot of summer pjs.

[rileym2010]

Have you tried stripping them? Evan was soaking through nighttime diapers. I stripped them 3 weeks ago and no issues since.

[vthokie]

I just stripped them. We didn't have any issues today, but we'll see

[rileym2010]

What did you do to strip them? There are a few different methods out there. The only one that worked for me was boiling them, then washing with added vinegar, and extra rinses. It took forever since I could only fit 3 diapers in the pot at a time. Are there any easier ways that I am missing?

[vthokie]

I do vinegar and blue Dawn in a very hot wash. An extra hot wash with a touch of bleach and then a ton of rinses. Works really well and it's amazing how nice they smell afterwards. I used to boil my prefolds, but I don't with the pockets because of the snaps. I've heard that MF inserts start to wear out after a while, so I'm hoping the bamboo will help things. I definitely liked bamboo prefolds over cotton ones.

[rileym2010]

I do love how nice they were after. So far I have only boiled the prefolds and inserts. I hope you continue to not have any issues! For nighttime, we have been using thirsties (with hemp doubler) and tots bots fitteds. I have a mixture of thirsties covers and wool covers. The wool ones have been best for no leaks. Evan also wakes to nurse around 5 and I usually change him then. When he doesn't wake, he is usually still dry (on the outside, diaper is usually soaked). It seems like he has been wetting less lately. We had a ton of leak issues around the 10 month mark before the wool covers.

[vthokie]

I forget we have other OS covers as well. I could probably try those out with the fitteds and some hemp. At least it's summertime, so it's not a huge deal when she wakes up all wet...just irritating. I'd like to get it under control by the time school starts back...at the absolute latest.

[jaime183]

I would definitely strip them if it's just leaking out.
Have you tried Charcoal Bamboo Inserts? The co-ops on fb sell them for pretty cheap and they are much thicker. They are my favorites, I don't use my microfiber as much (except in fuzzibunz because they are so narrow)

ETA: I would start by just running them through in hot water a few times (no soap). If they still leak then do a run with a little blue dawn