little lamb reusables advice needed please.

[davidtennantsmistress]

I have ds 7 weeks we have some of these but i want to know how many tims i need to pre wash them and if i need to dry inbetween washes. Also ds is a heavy wetter how often should they be changed, when we did try to use them he soaked throuh in under an hour and that was with two folded boosters.

Any help greatfully received.

I use these and I love them! We have bamboo which are most absorbent I'm not sure what microfibre or cotton ones are like though. To get absorbency up you basically put them clean in a machine and run through three or four wash cycles no need to dry in between or take them out. Not much detergent either (less than teaspoon).

The more you use the better they get. Remember with a boy you need to make sure all boosters are folded so the front gets most absorbency.

Sorry i see you folded already!!

I'll go ahead and suggest something else which works well with cloth nappies an that's to let them pee when you hang their nappy- boys inevitably do when the air hits!!! That way youre not going to get a pee soon after putting one on.

Sorry CHANGE their nappy. Touchscreen.

hey, thanks for the help, I did as you suggested with the nappies, and still the same problem, well it lasted an hour and 15 mins before ds got anti and wanted to be changed, i'm wondering if we're expecting too much from them - as in the liner's wet to his winkle/skin, and the whole nappy is soaked, the only thing stopping it coming onto the clothing is the waterproof cover.

is this right that the nappy should do this or should it keep moisture away from his skin? atm we're back on disposables which thus far means a wasted money, althou luckily we paid £50 for them as although they were used the lady had only used one or two like I have so far.

With cloth nappies the nappy will feel wet to the skin. That's one of the + things, as he will learn what the feeling of weeing is actually all about, and so they're easier and earlier to potty train. If the nappy isn't leaking through the wrap, then it's working fine. If you want to keep his skin feeling dry between wees, put a fleece liner between his skin and the nappy. That will allow the wet to wick through into the nappy, and the fleece will dry quickly against his skin.
Oh and bamboo is longer lasting than MF, and you only need to prewash MF once, but bamboo or cotton or hemp will get more absorbent the more you wash them, for I think up to 20 washes

ok thanks, I've found out I have the bamboo ones, the booster and fleece liners, so what i've been doing (and forgive me if it's wrong,) is a paper liner, then the fleece liner folded in two, the booster folded in two and then inside the nappy with a wrap around it, not sure if it's where DS is a chunky monkey or it's a poor fit, but atm his bum is v bulky, and the aplix don't over lap each other, as I assumed they would do.

Well I'd scrap the paper liner to begin with. That will stay wet, won't do much until after weaning, other than spread muck around. It will also stay wet. Just use the fleece liner. Working from skin out, it will be fleece liner, booster, nappy wrap. Bamboo ones should certainly last more than an hour at 7 weeks. But they don't need changing every single time your baby wees. If it's just that he's wriggling when he wees, he may just be learning, so I'd stick with it for a while. You may find that removing the flushable liner makes the difference. The fleece liner should only take a few minutes to feel dry for him again, so he may wriggle for a short time, and then stop. It's only if the nappy actually soaks through the wrap, or it's dirty, or he has a feed that you need to change. Its normal for cloth nappies to feel wet though. You could try a wool soaker instead of PUL. That may help a lot