Boingo problems

ktpaladino

I bought some Boingos for my snapless GMD workhorses. I had a tiny newborn, so I have been using only one Boingo at a time straight across her belly from tab to tab. Now that she is getting bigger and starting to outgrow the newborn size, the tabs are getting farther apart and one Boingo is not not long enough to connect them, so I tried to fasten the diaper the way they are advertised, with one Boingo going diagonally on each side. It's not holding- what am I doing wrong?

YellowLily2013

Do you have a snappi? I've never used the boingos.

ktpaladino

No, I didn't buy any snappis. I do have pins though. Which I'm not crazy about using, but I might have to until I get these Boingos figured out.

YellowLily2013

If you like the straight across fastening like you did with one boingo, you may really like the snappi. I think I read of someone cutting off the bottom one... Although I like the bottom "anchor" personally and never had an issue with it.

unaveragejane

https://www.diaperpincorner.com/2012/08/how-to-boingo/  Maybe this could help?

CLLDLL

I agree that pins are awesome.

Our boingos fit weird for a while too. It helped when he grew a bit so we had more room to get them on tight. In the meantime it helped me to secure one side. Then the other. The go back and reattach the first side to be sure it was really snug.

Into+the+Kitty

I got 99 problems but a Boingo ain't one.

TJ1979

Into+the+Kitty said:

I got 99 problems but a Boingo ain't one.

I ITK.

ktpaladino

CLLDLL said:

I agree that pins are awesome.

Our boingos fit weird for a while too. It helped when he grew a bit so we had more room to get them on tight. In the meantime it helped me to secure one side. Then the other. The go back and reattach the first side to be sure it was really snug.

This helps. I played around with them a little today and figured out a way to do one kind of straight across and the other a little more diagonal underneath. It's the fact that she's at an in between size- when I use two, she's too tiny for me to pull it far enough to create the necessary tension for it to stay fastened, if that makes any sense. Like you said just fiddling with both sides and trying different positions eventually worked.

ktpaladino

@AFwifelife‌ I am going to give the pins a try. Thanks for the video.