Help! Leaking pockets...

[ktshea]

Please help! We're about to go buy some disposables for nights and naps if I can't figure this out soon. Every time I pick up my daughter from her crib she is SOAKED up the back. It only happens with her pockets, and it happens in all of them -- FBs, BBs, other WAHMs... I scrubbed the fleece/suedecloth with dish soap and that did nothing. I've dried them in the dryer several times but no improvement. This last wash cycle I did 6(!) rinses, just for kicks but we still had leaks last night and this morning after her nap. I usually stuff with an infant prefold topped with a trifolded microfiber towel or a hemp insert (LJ nights) with a trifolded MF towel on top. DD usually sleeps on her back or on her side. This has just started happening recently. Only things I can think of that we're doing differently are: 1)She's eating lots more solids and drinking a tiny bit of water everyday -- still BFing. Could she have turned into a "supersoaker"?; and 2) we started using our front-loading washer (this can't be the problem. DH will KILL me!) Any ideas or advice? I'll try anything, lol.

[mudder17]

Okay, when she's soaked up the back, what about the inserts? If they're all wet, then yes, chances are you'll need more "stuffins". For my supersoaker I need to use a giant Zannadu microfiber towel PLUS a LJ night insert. Often times the front will be completely saturated (but not dripping) because she is a stomach sleeper and the back will be pretty dry. When I used less absorbency in the inserts, the front would be very very wet, the back would be dry, but I would also get wicking. So check the inserts in back and see if they're completely saturated. If so, chances are you need more inserts. An infant prefold with a trifolded microfiber towel stopped working for us months ago. Same with the LJ night with a trifolded MF. That's why I got the Zannadu MF towels.


Eileen

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[ktshea]

Ah hah! Yes, the inserts are pretty wet in the back and pretty darned dry in the front. I just thought the shells weren't absorbing fast enough and the pee was running out, lol. I'm not thinking too quickly; I'm too busy changing clothes and sheets. Off to get some Zannadu MF and hopefully that'll do the trick. Where did you find yours?

[mudder17]

At Zannadu.com. Here's the link to the towel:

[link:www.zannadu.com/shop/customer/product.php?productid=16367&cat=327&page=1|Industrial Size MF]

It's on sale right now--I might almost get a couple more because I love them so much (I have 5 right now).

Eileen

Mother of Beautiful Kaya, www.chemicalgraphics.com/kaya
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Kaya's cousin, due October 9th!!!

[danagee]

FWIW, the only time my pocket AIO's leak like that is when he's ready to move up to a bigger size in that brand.
Dana