Repelling problem or heavy wetting?

meggiejo

My oldest seems to have constant leak problems. He usually leaks out the sides of the crotch. When I take the diaper off there is some wetness in the top layer or so of inserts, but they are by no means saturated. Is this indicative of a repelling problem? I just scrubbed all my pockets with Dawn to strip them 3 weeks ago because I had been told coconut oil was CD safe and then the HH owner told me it wasn't. I have also recently rocked a soak over night because of the ammonia smell in my microfiber. I'm currently stuffing him with a hemp prefold or stuffin and a microfiber insert or cotton prefold. I know he is a heavy wetter because he would actually leak out the top and sides of disposables every time he peed before I had enough of a stash to convert him over full time. Any suggestions would be great!

samjean

Dawn is supposed to be the best thing to strip pockets with from what I gather so maybe try doing it again, and the rocking a soak all in the same day. GL!

Daisiesinmygarden

Could be. But are they sized or OS? I havesome HH sized and they leaked when I first started using them with my little Peanut. I had to put them away and wait. Now that she is a little over the beginning of the weight range, they don't leak. Same thing happened with her sized FB. If they are OS, is the fit right?

Mrs.B6302007

When I wondered if I had repelling or over wetting issues with my RaR, I took one into the kitchen and poured a bit of water on it.  There were standing beads of water and then when I tilted the diaper, they ran right off into the sink.  THat's when I knew I needed to strip them.

MidwestTexan

Mrs.B6302007:

When I wondered if I had repelling or over wetting issues with my RaR, I took one into the kitchen and poured a bit of water on it.  There were standing beads of water and then when I tilted the diaper, they ran right off into the sink.  THat's when I knew I needed to strip them.

Most cloth diapers will have beads of water sitting on the inside if you test it the way you did because that's not how a kid pees...you need to forcefully soak with water up against the lining to see what happens. My diapers don't need stripping, yet they will have beads of water sit on the surface.