AIOs vs Pockets & what's "normal"...

[amanthony]

How often is "normal" for changing a cloth diaper? I have a heavy wetter so I know that it will be often, but I'm still just curious. It seems like I've got to change him about once/hour to avoid soaking through our AIOs (not pocketed, with microfiber soaker and suedecloth inner & liner, snap closures).

We have some bamboo fleece & peached suedecloth liners, and they don't seem to make a huge difference. A friend suggested a pocketed AIO with a bamboo insert, but wouldn't that be about the same as the liner?

I'm a first-time mommy and CDer who's only tried one type of diaper, so I don't know what "normal" is. From what I've read, the soaking through could just be the nature of CDing. But I also have a friend with a heavy wetter about the same age as my DS, and she said her son can go 2 hours without a soaking through--and that's without a liner!

I love the WAHM who I bought these diapers from, but I don't know if I should be trying others before I order the next size up. Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated!!!

 

[saraendepity]

i would definately try a few others hun..every hour seems a little extreme...my little one isnt really a heavy wetter but i only change her 4-5 times a day (excluding night time nappy) and they are never soaked through....TBH i could leave her in them for longer but i like to change her regularly to stop her getting a sore bottom.

If your Little one is a super heavy wetter i would definately recommend trying a Pop In or a Bum Genius AIO.

i would also say to remember that the more you wash the nappies the more absorbent they become......some fabics take up to 10 washes to reach full absorbency

 

[littlestar]

I have a heavy wetter and we use Bumgenius organic all in ones, pop ins and organic flips (have others besides) but these hold a hugh amount of liquid (you can feel the weight of the nappy when you take it off) we only used 6-7 nappies a day at the very most, typically 5.

You said you brought off a WAHM, it may well be worth you trying others either WAHM's or manufactured ones to see the difference before investing again.

Just curious but what material are they made of?

 

[kirsten1985]

Agree with the others, I have a heavy wetter and we use BG AIOs, Pop Ins and Flips mostly, I change every 2/3 hours but could go longer sometimes.

 

[JayleighAnn]

I have a heavy wetter, we change maybe 4-5hours, unless he's pooed. He goes through about 3-4 nappys in the day and one at night.

every 1 hour seems extreme!

 

[flutterbywing]

we change 3hrly, but they'd last 4-5 easily if necessary, I use mainly blueberry sidesnaps with combo insert and an additional hemp insert, weenotions sidesnaps with petit dessous bamboo inserts and a easy peasy hemp insert, and an assortment of WAHM and mummymade fitteds, dunk n fluff, fluff n stuff, weenotions northern lights, muttaqins, flutterby fluff, hollow oak, jimmy riddles, and sweetiebums, with wool longies or skirties

 

[amanthony]

Just curious but what material are they made of?

I have 2 kinds, actually...most are AIOs with a flannel outer, microfiber soaker and suedecloth inner & liner.

I also have a few AI2s, which have the pul outer and a really thick terry tri-fold, which does work a lot better.

I haven't charted the time these stay dry but I did chart the AIOs yesterday...even with a bamboo liner, the diapers are soaked through in an hour. At an hour and 15 minutes he'll even soak through the PUL cover and into his clothes. I thought this was just what I had to deal with for choosing to CD...I am going crazy thinking of how much frustration (not to mention $) has gone into this process if it could be as easy as you all are saying!!!

 

[amanthony]

I have a heavy wetter, we change maybe 4-5hours, unless he's pooed. He goes through about 3-4 nappys in the day and one at night.

every 1 hour seems extreme!

What kind of CDs are you using?

 

[amanthony]

i would also say to remember that the more you wash the nappies the more absorbent they become......some fabics take up to 10 washes to reach full absorbency

I washed 8 washes before using them even the first time, and they've had LOTS of washes since (going through 1/hour will do that!) I tried stripping them with Dawn, which seemed to help with the little rash he was getting but didn't affect absorbancy...

I do a rinse cycle with 1/4 cup baking soda, hot wash with 1/4 c baking soda and about 1/2 laundry soap you'd normally use for a load of that size (All Free & Clear, which is supposed to be okay)...sometimes I use white vinegar in the rinse cycle for the smell, but nothing else. Is it something I'm doing wrong?

Thank you all SO MUCH for the help!

 

[TigerLady]

Have you tried using only a 1/4 detergent?

I actually use very very little detergent. A couple of teaspoons for 10 dipes on a full water cycle.

 

[amanthony]

I used to measure it at 1/4 or 1/2, now I just eyeball it. Maybe I should be more precise. Thanks TL!

 

[FemmeEnceinte]

Molly is a very heavy wetter, esp during a growth spurt and I only need to change her every 4-5 hours in itti SIOs. First time I used them I hadn't washed them enough and she leaked after 2 hours.