Thread: I want to give up :(

Wool or fleece over the leaky dipes. Ellie is doing the same--Kawaiis, BG, FB's--all her pockets. We sent interlock pants to the babysitter & she's starting potty training with her.

Good luck! don't give up. We do use fitteds and wool or fleece at home, so we don't have this problem, but she still gets wet fast.

Totally making a mental note about this! I know I've heard of toddler pee going faster than the cloth can absorb, but good to know that this is a disposable diaper issue too!

Another note to self: Put clothes back in the car for ME! lol.

I do hope this doesn't last long for you or that you're able to find a solution. I wonder if there are any creative solutions on diaperswappers.

I agree, good to know that its a problem with sposies too! We use prefolds 90% of the time and I've NEVER had a pee leak that wasn't related to daycare personnel error. I did just buy a bunch of pockets though so I'll be on the lookout.

My DD holds most of her pee overnight and lets it rip a few minutes after she gets up. I'm able to catch it on the potty most days. At her age, its still EC and not potty training, IMO. If your DD goes at some regular time perhaps you can start popping her on the potty to start the PT process.

Glad it's a sposie issue, too. Sometimes, I read or hear stories like this and I feel like I'm walking on egg shells for when a problem is gonna arise for me with cloth diapering b/c so far, everything is going great!!! Glad to know I have you ladies here for help and advice if I do run into a road-block.
I hope you figure it out girl! I know that sounds very frustrating!

I wanted to respond to so many of you so forgive the long post...

Originally Posted by annierose

I went through something similar for a while with DD1 and did find some solutions for out and about. First, of course you should strip the dipes and dry with heat to reseal. It sounds like you already did that. Make sure you aren't using any onesies or constrictive clothing. My DD had a particular time of day that she peed like a fire hose so I did double hemp and a regular mf insert for that time of day if we were going to be out and about. Put the mf closer to her body and the hemp further away since hemp absorbs volume but mf absorbs quickly. Finally, the most helpful thing was to put my DD in fleece pants when we went out. It seriously decreased her wardrobe, but it helped tremendously. She eventually didn't fire hose as much and I was then able to put her in regular pants again (right in time for summer). Also, I did GMs and a cover or wool pants sometimes and they were awesome and we had no leaking issues, just not as affordable for me at the time since I had a whole stash of pockets.

Good luck! I have friends who have the same troubles with disposables with heavy wetters so it isn't entirely a cloth problem.

Good point on the restrictive clothing. We don't do onesies anymore but she leaked onto some overall/jumpers that were probably a little tight. But they are so cute.

DOUBLE HEMP AND MF?? Wow. How did you snap the diaper? And how did you find any clothes to fit over it?! I've done double MF and the diaper looked a little wonky with all the stuffing.

I keep forgetting about fleece. I haven't seen any at Kohl's and I don't think Old Navy had any either. I wonder who carries some.

Originally Posted by AshnBill

I agree with Andrea. I don't think it's entirely a cloth problem. I think it sounds like she's holding her urine longer, and when she does go, she goes so much that the diaper can't keep up.

We were at an anniversary party earlier this year and I literally changed Miles' (disposable) diaper 2 minutes before we left for the party. We walked to the party, sat down to eat, and he peed. So much so fast my shorts were soaked because he was sitting on my lap. I had to go home to change. That all happened within 10 minutes time.

When were you thinking of starting to potty train? I know girls are typically easier to train than boys, maybe it's time to think about that soon?

It really is a relief to know it's not just a cloth problem. And I really haven't felt like Jordan was showing signs of being ready to potty train yet but maybe I'm wrong. She did ask to sit on the toilet one day, so I let her. I think it was just curiosity since she sees me go but she doesn't even tell me when she is poopy or wet. I did buy a potty the other day, just in case we decided to give it a try. Wow, I cannot believe I am even talking about that already!

Originally Posted by aunt_freya

Wool or fleece over the leaky dipes. Ellie is doing the same--Kawaiis, BG, FB's--all her pockets. We sent interlock pants to the babysitter & she's starting potty training with her.

Good luck! don't give up. We do use fitteds and wool or fleece at home, so we don't have this problem, but she still gets wet fast.

I wish wool as not so expensive. I think fleece will be a better option b/c of price and the colder months ahead.

Originally Posted by alwayssmile

Totally making a mental note about this! I know I've heard of toddler pee going faster than the cloth can absorb, but good to know that this is a disposable diaper issue too!

Another note to self: Put clothes back in the car for ME! lol.

I do hope this doesn't last long for you or that you're able to find a solution. I wonder if there are any creative solutions on diaperswappers.

It's so embarrassing to have to have to worry about Jordan leaking on me but it's really bad that I have to worry about her leaking on other people! My BIL was holding her today and I was so nervous the whole time that I would have to apologize when he handed her back. THANK GOODNESS the hemp insert and flat stuffed in her diaper did the trick today.

Originally Posted by TiggersMommy

I agree, good to know that its a problem with sposies too! We use prefolds 90% of the time and I've NEVER had a pee leak that wasn't related to daycare personnel error. I did just buy a bunch of pockets though so I'll be on the lookout.

My DD holds most of her pee overnight and lets it rip a few minutes after she gets up. I'm able to catch it on the potty most days. At her age, its still EC and not potty training, IMO. If your DD goes at some regular time perhaps you can start popping her on the potty to start the PT process.

I wish I could see a pattern with her peeing. Maybe I will start watching her a little more closely. I'm sure reading up on ECing would help. I will admit I know very little about it!

What detergent are you using and how much? When I've had leak issues, it's usually a detergent problem.

I went to Kohl's yesterday and they have their 100% polyester fleece pants available now (at least here). Those work great. Also, I bought some specifically made to go over cloth off of a HC store. Let me see if I can find something similar...http://hyenacart.com/2by2boutique/mt...t-You-Pick-All You can go wild with fun prints or you can get some more subdued pants.

Oh, and her diapers were on a very different snap setting when I put in all those inserts, but my kids are pretty skinny so it worked.

Children's Place also carries some 100% polyester fleece pants that work awesome (and match a ton of cute shirts). I don't know if they have them in stores yet for the winter, but I've gotten some from there in the past and cloth fits under them just fine. You may need to go up a size if your LO has a bit of a tummy.

oooo Andrea, those fleece longies are cute!

Kayla- I started PTing Ava around Jordan's age. it started because she was getting bad rashes with teething and airing out her little bottom worked the best. So I let her run around bottomless and kept the potty out in her eye site and bribed her to sit on it every few minutes.

She was fully PT'd with no more day accidents by 21ish months. I give a lot of credit to cloth for the early PTing. Andrew is in the process of PTing now, I'm hoping to have him out of diapers during the day by the end of the year.

As for the diaper issue...I have no advice. My first thought was they needed a few cycles through the dryer on a hot setting too. I hope you can figure it out. that sounds frusterating.