Cloth Diaper Help

[melilley]

I have a new 10 month old, chunky, cute little girl in my care. She is in cloth diapers and everyday her diapers leak. Today she was only here an hour and had a bad leak, other days it'll only be an hour and a half and her diapers leak. I change everyone every 2 hours, more if needed of course, but with our schedule, 2 hours has never been a problem for others. I had another dcb in cloth and this never happened. I asked mom how often she changes her and she said about every 2 hours, I don't see how she doesn't leak at home.

So my question is, what can I suggest for mom to do? Sometimes I can't constantly check her and I don't want poo or pee on my carpet or on any of the furniture. I'm not too familiar with what is available to stop leaks for cloth diapers and when I talk to mom, I want to sound like I know what I'm talking about. Here's a picture to show what kind she uses.

[Blackcat31]

I have a new 10 month old, chunky, cute little girl in my care. She is in cloth diapers and everyday her diapers leak. Today she was only here an hour and had a bad leak, other days it'll only be an hour and a half and her diapers leak. I change everyone every 2 hours, more if needed of course, but with our schedule, 2 hours has never been a problem for others. I had another dcb in cloth and this never happened. I asked mom how often she changes her and she said about every 2 hours, I don't see how she doesn't leak at home.

So my question is, what can I suggest for mom to do? Sometimes I can't constantly check her and I don't want poo or pee on my carpet or on any of the furniture. I'm not too familiar with what is available to stop leaks for cloth diapers and when I talk to mom, I want to sound like I know what I'm talking about. Here's a picture to show what kind she uses.

You can ask mom to cover the diaper with plastic pants.
You can also ask mom about her stripping procedures. If the diapers have too much build up on them, they will not absorb and will leak.

Both my under 2's are cloth diapered and I'm noticing that I can't go 2 hours between changes or they diaper does leak. I am having to check about every 90 minutes or so instead. In my opinion, the "green-ness" of cloth diapering outweighs the annoyance I have at having to be more on top of the diaper checks.

It could also be the liners... my one DCG has two liners (pads) inside hers and I think that helps a lot because the liners are usually so thin and very short. My DCM overlaps the two liners to make it longer but double coverage in the center where DCG pees. The other mom has a boy so she overlaps his liners in the front more.

HTH That's all I got for now.

[melilley]

You can ask mom to cover the diaper with plastic pants.
You can also ask mom about her stripping procedures. If the diapers have too much build up on them, they will not absorb and will leak.

Both my under 2's are cloth diapered and I'm noticing that I can't go 2 hours between changes or they diaper does leak. I am having to check about every 90 minutes or so instead. In my opinion, the "green-ness" of cloth diapering outweighs the annoyance I have at having to be more on top of the diaper checks.

It could also be the liners... my one DCG has two liners (pads) inside hers and I think that helps a lot because the liners are usually so thin and very short. My DCM overlaps the two liners to make it longer but double coverage in the center where DCG pees. The other mom has a boy so she overlaps his liners in the front more.

HTH That's all I got for now.

Thanks!
This is what I figured, but you never know what inventions they come up with next, there could be some super cloth diaper absorber that I don't know about or something....

My other cloth diaper mom would fold and overlap too. She probably just needs to double up.

I always wonder if it would be faux pas ( not sure if that's the term I'm looming for) to ask for plastic pants when the child is in cloth. I do put the bm diapers in a plastic bag and they have not said anything about sending plastic home.

[midaycare]

I know nothing about the taking care of cloth diapers, but the one I have here - when there is an issue like this - his mom says she needs to bleach them. After this process it seems to help.

[LysesKids]

All my cloth diapering parents double line their heavy pee kids PLUS they add a disposable liner to catch poop.. toss and put cloth diaper in the wet bag as normal

[jenboo]

Where is it leaking from?
What type of fabric (microfiber, bamboo, cotton) is the insert and how many are in the diaper?
Let's start there.

[melilley]

Where is it leaking from?
What type of fabric (microfiber, bamboo, cotton) is the insert and how many are in the diaper?
Let's start there.

The fabric is cotton on the inside and looks like nylon (I think) on the outside, and mom only puts one insert in. It's leaking out the sides. Dcg is super chunky so I try to remember to stretch the sides out around her rolls...
I talked to mom about it and had her check to be sure I was putting them on right, and I was. Mom did bring lots of extra pants so I'm wondering if it happened at the other dc too. No one brings 5 pairs of extra pants..kwim?

This morning, I checked her pants, they were dry. I then gave her a bottle and by the time she was done, (about 2 min.) she soaked all the way through and onto my jeans. :dislike:

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I have that exact diaper, same color as well, for my daughter. How many inserts are in it? If only one then she NEEDS to put two in there.

Also, try pulling the diaper up in between the crotch and before fastening it grab the crotch area of the diaper and SQUISH it so it compresses to be skinnier in between the legs. No leg rolls should be in it at all or it will likely leak.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

Thanks!
This is what I figured, but you never know what inventions they come up with next, there could be some super cloth diaper absorber that I don't know about or something....

My other cloth diaper mom would fold and overlap too. She probably just needs to double up.

I always wonder if it would be faux pas ( not sure if that's the term I'm looming for) to ask for plastic pants when the child is in cloth. I do put the bm diapers in a plastic bag and they have not said anything about sending plastic home.

I am a cloth diapering mom and I actually use plastic pants over my super peer that I convinced to use cloth diapers on. She just floods her diapers (she is 2.5, to be fair) and it can't absorb fast enough. This keeps the green factor/less chemicals thing/less money spent going and keeps her clothing and my stuff dry. ::

[melilley]

I have that exact diaper, same color as well, for my daughter. How many inserts are in it? If only one then she NEEDS to put two in there.

Also, try pulling the diaper up in between the crotch and before fastening it grab the crotch area of the diaper and SQUISH it so it compresses to be skinnier in between the legs. No leg rolls should be in it at all or it will likely leak.

I was hoping you would chime in...I knew that you do cloth diapers with your dd.

BINGO! I think that's what I'm doing wrong! I've been putting the rolls in the diaper! My line of thinking was that if I put the rolls in, they would stop the wetness from coming out. :confused:

And mom only puts one insert in, I'll have to ask her to put two in.

I have plastic pants here, maybe I'll just put them on her when she gets here and take them off at her last change. Or tell mom to bring some.

I'll put the rolls in after nap and see if that helps, thanks!

[jenboo]

I was hoping you would chime in...I knew that you do cloth diapers with your dd.

BINGO! I think that's what I'm doing wrong! I've been putting the rolls in the diaper! My line of thinking was that if I put the rolls in, they would stop the wetness from coming out. :confused:

And mom only puts one insert in, I'll have to ask her to put two in.

I have plastic pants here, maybe I'll just put them on her when she gets here and take them off at her last change. Or tell mom to bring some.

I'll put the rolls in after nap and see if that helps, thanks!

I would definitely use two inserts and make sure the leg creases of the diaper are where your underwear creases would go. Pull all those cute leg rolls out of the diaper

[melilley]

I would definitely use two inserts and make sure the leg creases of the diaper are where your underwear creases would go. Pull all those cute leg rolls out of the diaper

Makes perfect sense! I think backwards sometimes..::

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I was hoping you would chime in...I knew that you do cloth diapers with your dd.

BINGO! I think that's what I'm doing wrong! I've been putting the rolls in the diaper! My line of thinking was that if I put the rolls in, they would stop the wetness from coming out. :confused:

And mom only puts one insert in, I'll have to ask her to put two in.

I have plastic pants here, maybe I'll just put them on her when she gets here and take them off at her last change. Or tell mom to bring some.

I'll put the rolls in after nap and see if that helps, thanks!

I am cracking up at the mental picture of you shoving the rolls into the diaper legs praying nothing wet comes out! LOL! ::

I just use the plastic pants I have here and didn't even bother asking this Mom. My logic was...it is MY STUFF I don't want her getting wet so I will just use what I have here. But, maybe without the rolls being in it you won't have any issues! I can almost 100% guarantee that without the rolls in it AND a second insert that you will have 0 issues. If you want to try it before Mom comes today, just take another insert out of another clean diaper that is already there and shove it on in. Grip the top of it with your hand and shove your hole arm in there until you reach the edge.


Also, for the poster that talked about bleach...bleach is used to kill yuckies on a diaper like maybe yeast. But, it will not help absorption AT ALL. Maybe that Mom strips her diapers to get the build up off?

[melilley]

I am cracking up at the mental picture of you shoving the rolls into the diaper legs praying nothing wet comes out! LOL! ::

I just use the plastic pants I have here and didn't even bother asking this Mom. My logic was...it is MY STUFF I don't want her getting wet so I will just use what I have here. But, maybe without the rolls being in it you won't have any issues! I can almost 100% guarantee that without the rolls in it AND a second insert that you will have 0 issues. If you want to try it before Mom comes today, just take another insert out of another clean diaper that is already there and shove it on in. Grip the top of it with your hand and shove your hole arm in there until you reach the edge.


Also, for the poster that talked about bleach...bleach is used to kill yuckies on a diaper like maybe yeast. But, it will not help absorption AT ALL. Maybe that Mom strips her diapers to get the build up off?

:::: Yeah, yeah, I have no idea what I was thinking! Because you know, waterproof skin stops leaks...:: Sometimes I wonder about myself.

She just woke up and had a bottle. I made sure to pull the rolls OUT of the diaper this time!
We will see. And I will talk to mom about putting another insert in. I can't imagine why they wouldn't anyways, less laundry maybe?.

[Kabob]

I once had this problem with a cloth diapered dcg. Turned out dcm was applying cream at home that wasn't fully coming off when she washed the diapers. Dcm thought the homemade cream was safe for cloth diapers but it simply wasn't fully coming out in the wash. After discontinuing the cream (except when using only disposables) and stripping the diapers, dcg had no more leaks.