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My daughter is 13 months old and we have used the ME One Size diapers her entire life. They have been great, no rashes, no irritation, and very cute. Now that she is getting bigger I am having a much harder time dealing with leaks during the day. At night I use the diaper and two snap in liners and she goes the entire night without a problem. During the day I do not use liners all the time because I don't have enough yet. I plan to buy more but wanted input about which are best for daytime use...the snap ins or the stay dry liners? Any suggestions?
Also wondering if the covers are part of the problem. I use the snap ones. sfa1989 |
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| Man, what a bummer! Do you use fabric softener that could be causing them to repel moisture? Or maybe detergent buildup causing repel issues? It's weird to leak during the day if she's being changed every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. What size covers are you using? Maybe they aren't covering the diaper completely? I knowbigger babies pee less frequently but in larger amounts, so maybe you really do need a liner for day. Snap ins are made for the MEOS but I never had my non snap in ones be all crazy messed up by him moving around, so the snaps aren't necessary really. You can make any liner or diaper a stay dry one by adding a fleece remnant cut to size between baby's bum and the liner. Or you can buy stay dry ones. Kindof up to you really. |
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Can you give us more details about the leaks? Like what type of leaks, when they happen, how much etc... Are we talking poop leaking onto the cover, pee leaks on clothing (slight damp spots or totally soaked clothing/bedding?)... Is the diaper totally saturated when you get leaks? Or is it only wet in the middle but dry at the back and sides? How often do you change her?
Karen.
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The leaks are usually around the legs. She is very tall and slim so I have noticed that there are gaps that obviously result in the damp clothes. As I said, the night time diapers while they are soaked, do not leak. I think it is because the diaper with two liners fills the cover better. We change her very frequently but thre are still wet spots on the legs of her pants and sometimes at her waste. This morning, I changed her when she woke up and within 30 minutes, she had damp spots on her legs - not bad, but very quick. This is my first time with cloth diapers and I am about to decide changing pants once or twice a day may be part of it. I love the diapers and they have worked very well but I guess I just need to know if there is something else I should be doing. She still consumes more milk than solids so that is part of the problem. Also, she is small enough that I still fold down the diaper and cross over the wings but my mother in law - who actually has more trouble with the leaks -has a very hard time getting the diaper snug enough.
Thanks for "listening".sfa1989 |
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I just recently cut up some of my receiving blankets that are 100% cotton because Karen suggested it for a different problem I'm having and am finding they work quite well and absorb a lot as liners. I find that one receiving blanket cut in half makes 2 pretty absorbant liners. This might help if you need the diaper filled in a bit and if you just want to experiment without spending alot this might be something you'd like to try. Do you have the legs on the tightest setting? How much does she weigh? What size cover are you using? I had the same problem with my daughter when she was about that age and found it was because she needed to go up a size in the cover. It can get a little trickier at this age when they start moving around more but a liner might do the trick.
Lona E |
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Thanks Lona,
I will try the receiving blanket as liners. We have small, medium and medium/large covers. THe mediums are the ones that she wears now but I have put her in the smalls because they are more snug. If she is in the medium covers they have to be on the tightest level.
Thanks for you input.sfa1989 |
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Changing pants several times a day shouldn't have to be a part of using cloth--I thought it would be but happily cloth has nearly leak-free. Hopefully this doesn't take too long to figure out.
Related to the covers question, although it's counter-intuitive, I found with my boys that leg pee leaks often meant they needed to go up a size, even when they weren't on the tighest leg setting. I suppose it may have had more to do with overall rise or something. I don't know, but I usually have better results when the legs aren't actually all that tight.
How much does your daughter weigh? Have you tried the OS non-folded but with liner?
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Yeah, I second the idea that cloth definetly shouldn't require changing outfits like that. I've found that cloth is much much LESS leaky than disposables!
I haven't experienced it personally but it has come up on the board fairly often that leaks sometimes happen when you need to size UP. It's often not about the cover being tight or really snug, but about good coverage over the diaper. The cover really should just be preventing contact between a wet diaper and clothing/bedding. It shouldn't actually be 'holding' liquid inside, that's the diapers job. Now obviously you don't want the cover to really 'bag' out as that would mean a lot of space for clothing to 'creep' into, but the cover doesn't need to be as tight as possible either, kwim?
Karen.
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