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If I were to use a regular MEOS with a liner, how long can I expect it to last on my 2 yo. He does seem to pee alot, so my question is, if the cloth diaper and one liner is not enough, what do you do? Just add another liner? Also, I was wanting some kind on stay dry barrier to put between him and the diaper for whenever I need to use diaper rash cream as well as to pull the moisture away from his skin. I have heard of people using a piece of fleece cut to fit into the diaper (and I know ME makes a stay dry liner and diaper), but he has a huge sensitivity to polyester, so i am in need of an alternative. i am also aware of the flushable liners, but i was looking for something reusable and a bit thicker (but not too thick). Any suggestions would be great, thanks!
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Most people don't have to use an absorbant liner with every diaper, just during naps and at night. That being said, I did have to use one every diaper for a while with my heavier-wetting DS#1, because without it his diaper was very wet on the short side of two hours, and with a liner I had a little more leeway. I tended to change him every 2-3 hours, and that was fine with the liner. I'd be really surprised if one liner isn't enough for 2-3 hours.
If you do need more absorbancy, say at night, yes, just lay in an extra liner.
You're right, normally something like fleece would be great, but hmmm. Have you ever looked into silk liners? I know that they are supposed to be good for rashes; I don't know what they do regarding wicking moisture. I think they are expensive, but that's all that comes to mind right now. Maybe someone else has a better suggestion for what you want? |
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what if i were to just get a yard of bamboo velour, and sew it on top of the regular ME snap in liners? The thing is, I love the feel of the cotton velour lining in the Swaddlebees AIO diapers, but really want to use my MEOS. And the SB dipes have 3 layer of microfiber sewn in with the top layer being a cotton velour. Or would the velour just kinda repel the pee/poo. Or MAYBE just buy a bit of velour fabric, lay it in and try it before actually sewing it on the liner.
I guess this is how it ends up with so many mama's "making" or "altering" their own cloth diapers, to get just exactly what they want. LOL.
I'm really getting into this CDing thing!
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The only thing I would be concerned about in sewing more fabric on top of a liner is that it would take a long time to dry (especially bamboo).
If you just need a smidge more absorbancy (ie one liner isn't enough but two would be overkill) you can just look into getting some thin cotton liners to tuck underneath. I've used some Kushies liners that are only two layers of flannel. Not quite as luxurious as bamboo velour but just tucked under a regular bamboo liner it wouldn't matter...
Is this for day or night? If it's for day it's probably just simpler (and perhaps healthier for the skin) to just change a little more frequently. Most cloth users never go past 2-3 hours without a change anyway... Nighttime is another story though, at some points in my kids lives I've super stuffed my diapers with 2-3 liners or even double diapered!! Huge butt but it works and that's what matters!
Karen. |
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Karen,
Thanks so much for the help!
Would the flannel help pull the moisture away from the skin? Also, I have not tried the MEOS with a liner yet, with a liner does it pull moisture away from the skin? I am concerned because the other night was the first time I had him wear the diaper and after about a half hour I changed him (because I don't have a cover yet, just ordered that too) and when I changed him, his butt was far more wet than when he wears a disposable (and I change him). Is this just how the ME dipes work? Or was it because I wasn't using a liner? Is it normal for the skin to be more wet? That's my reasoning for wanting to use the velour (would a cotton velour dry faster?). And my son has sensitivities to polyester, which pretty much all stay dry liners are made out of. So essentially, I want to be able to cloth diaper, but keep the moisture as far off his butt as possible, without using anything with polyester.
I know, I'm a pain right? LOL
Let me know if you think the flannel might work, but maybe on top of the liner? Or do you think to more absorbacy will be enough to pull the moisture away from the skin?
Thanks so much!
Jen |
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Other than fleece (and perhaps silk, I've heard those can act as a stay-dry barrier) there's not really much you can do to pull moisture away from skin. You can stuff the diaper as much as you want and it won't change anything. Flannel won't do that and neither will bamboo, nor any other absorbant fabric. Absorbant fabric will always feel wet no matter how absorbant it is, there's just no getting around that. The minute your son pees, the fabric will get wet and it will feel wet, it doesn't matter how many liners you have... It's like a towel basically, when it's wet, it feels wet, no matter how thick, fluffy & absorbant it is.
Disposables (or more accurately the lining on the top) and fleece liners keep skin dryer because they don't absorb anything (or very very little). The let moisture pass through without absorbing and then dries almost instantly, thereby keeping the skin dry. In a disposable, there's also the chemical sodium polyacrylate that turns urine to gel so that's another reason it feels so dry. The disposable isn't so much pulling moisture away from skin, it's chemically altering the urine so that it's not in liquid form anymore.
Honestly, it's really no big deal. His skin will feel a little wet but it doesn't hurt or irritate the skin at all as long as it's not in prolonged contact with wet fabric or especially with the bacteria in feces. I really do think that the disposable diaper companies have us all brainwashed into thinking that dryness is the be all and end all of a diaper. Changing frequently is really all skin needs to stay healthy. If you're really concerned, then airing out every so often (either some naked time or just going coverless) can also be good.
It might get a little more complex for nighttime since you can't use polyester, but plenty of children spend the whole night in a cloth diaper with no stay-dry liners or barriers and do just fine. With my first dd I didn't know about fleece liners. At first I used Vaseline on her skin at night and then as she got older I used nothing at all. And she was fine...
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| Although it may take a bit to adjust to, the wet diaper/skin is completely normal with CDing. As Karen said, it wouldn't hurt to use some sort of barrier cream at night, especially as you're making the transition to cloth and his skin is getting used to it, but normally you don't really need anything at all. |
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Great, thanks!
I guess I am probably pretty brainwashed in regards to diapering. It's amazing how much we just "go with the flow" without knowing the difference. Thta's why I am so grateful for other mama's like you!
Can you suggest a barrier cream? For Diaper Rash, I usuallt use Arbonne Diaper Rash Cream or Method Diaper Rash Cream.
Thanks!
Jen |
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