Fluffles leaking after 2 hours

[alkar]

Does anyone have any suggestions to stop DSs nappies leaking.

We use fluffles with ME wraps have done for a year without any problems. For the last few weeks he has been leaking at night so we started using pampers. He went to a birthday party yesterday and we had to leave after 2 hours because he was soaking and we had no clean clothes. DS is 15 months old.

I really dont want to give up on reusables, can anyone help?

Have you tried using a more absorbant booster? I found that the ones that came with the fluffles weren't very good.

This might be the same problem I had with my Fluffles.

I have to use a lot of nappy creams and eczema ointments because my DS has eczema which makes him prone to nasty nappy rashes.

Over time, without me realising it, the creams and ointments, being petroleum-based, were waterproofing the nappies.

What worked for me was to scrub the nappy linings with neat Fairy Liquid (wear washing-up gloves), leave them over night, wash them at 90 degrees with nothing else and rinse over and over again until there were no more bubbles.

If you take one of your clean Fluffles and squirt some water at it the water should be absorbed. If it sits on the surface or rolls off you have waterproofed them.

I have to say I found the synthetic fibre nappies I had were especially prone to this. The cotton and bamboo ones were much more resistant.

The water is absorbed so I guess I haven't waterproofed them. We have only been using these size 2s since Jan though. I think he might just be a heavy wetter now, I'll look into getting some better boosters.

Thanks

We had a similar problem with DS2. Around this age, boys especially are capable of real power wees - they don't wee as often but when they do, they really do!!

Anyway, whilst microfibre is mega-absorbent, it isn't great at absorbing very quickly, so if you're getting power wees the material can't suck it up fast enough.

What worked for us is popping a bamboo wipe on top of the nappy - the bamboo soaks up the wee quickly and then it soaks into the microfibre.

Lollipop sell bamboo wipes online with free p&p, other places do too.

HTH

alkar, did you squirt the fluffy bit or the lining? The lining is the worst bit for inadvertent waterproofing.

Otherwise, lining with a bamboo booster should do the trick.

I tried the lining. I'll look into the bamboo thanks everyone.

I've been using pampers and emptied the bin I put them in this morning - there was mould on the bottom of the bin, gross I hate disposables!!!