Leaking nappies - excessive or normal?

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My son is four months old so I am still quite new to all this and would welcome some views:
today Sam's clothes have become wet four times although his nappies haven't seemed any fuller than usual. He doesn't normally leak urine (only poo!) and is wearing the same size Huggies as usual. Why would he suddenly leak four times in one day? Grateful for any suggestions....

Most of my baby first clothes were white cotton and could therefore be boiled. I think the pre-soak in Napisan helped too.

I soak stuff in a bucket of "Biotex" which seems to work.

Just read an article in the online Guardian (www.guardianunlimited.co.uk/parents/story/0,3605,477909,00.html) that says that some local councils are giving you cash back if you use reusable nappies. It's all part of a move to reduce the amount of land fill generated by disposibles. The article doesn't give details of who to contact etc but does say that the scheme is being run in conjunction with the retailer 'Cotton Bottoms'. Worth checking out if you're thinking of buying cloth nappies.

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I promised I'd report back, so here goes. I am a convert! Tried a totbot and a popolino and they are fantastic. I used the fleece liner and was amazed by how dry his skin was and how much pee the nappies had absorbed. He is also delighted with them. When I put them on after his bath, he struts around patting his towling botty - it is very sweet to watch. I have ordered some more and will be using them from now on. Thank you all for your advice.

Bugsy, following an earlier posting I tried nature boy/nature girl from sainsburys but am v. disappointed. They definitely do not absorb the moisture as well as the leading brands, and if I use them at night they almost explode! But now I see you have gone that step further, and gone a deeper shade of green. How old is your little one, I wonder at 15 months if its worth me buying all the kit?

just noted your is 18 months so how much has the kit out costed you

Hi Lil
I have bought 5 totbot nappies and fleece liners and 2 over the top pant things. It has cost me around £50. However, if like me you were only using them at night and you had a tumble drier you could easily get away with just 3 nappies. Check out the Twinkle Twinkle website or the nappy lady one. They are both really helpful.
Sorry to hear about your nature/boy/girl experience, I have found them great.

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Bugsy, you are clearly pleased with them! Are you using them for him all the time, or just at nights? How does using re-usables fit in with your day-care arrangements? I have wanted to switch to re-usables for some months now and been put off the fact that my son's nursery nurses are clearly not keen, although I haven't sat down and thrashed it out with them. But by chance I discovered that the nursery manager was a Green Party candidate at the last general election, so I think I might have another think...

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Marina
The childminder will continue to use the Nature Boy/Girl disposables during the day. She is a wonderful woman but she is looking after 4 kids (3 of whom are still in nappies) and even though the nappies I have bought are fairly straightforward, I really don't want to add to her burden in any way.
I myself will only be using cloth at night from now on and will use a combination during the day. I find that the wee smell is quite powerful when you take the cloth nappy off, so when we are out and about I will stick to my NB/G nappies.

I tried terrys, but my husband couldn't get his head round them.
Did anyone else have trouble with 'new improved' Huggies??

I didnt like the new huggies they seemed to leave gel bits on my son which I didnt like. Im going to change to terrys when we get back from holiday in a couple of weeks but I am using george nappies from asda which I have had no problems (didnt like pampers they leaked)

We tried the new Huggies on our 17 month old... no
good! Half the tabs had falled off the nappies anyway, and we had leaking gel- it exploded over the bin!. We have used Asda george for a while; they folded up nice and comfortable when sam was born low birth weight but we forgot until recently, and they have improved!.

We did try Kooshies and they were great, even if their life was a bit on he short side. I would recommend them, unless you have two or more children in nappies (like us). If you afford it, a laundering service is a great add-on to reusables, but we are a bit rural for that.

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