Cloth Diapering

Flats get SOAKED

Anyone else using flats? I usually change dd every 6090 min, but even by then the flat is completely soaked. She is only 4 weeks old and I'm wondering how they are going to work when she is older and has a larger bladder?! Maybe someone uses an insert that works? Any suggestion is welcomed!
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Re: Flats get SOAKED

  • Are they fully prepped?
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  • Yes, I have been using them since she was born. They are just soaked because she pees through them.
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  • I add a cotton doubler in our flats. It gives enough absorbency to get you through to the next change. You might want to try hemp if that doesn't work. I haven't used it, but the ladies here seem to love it. Same with bamboo, but I think that tends to be
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  • Dude. I'm using flats right now, and I hate them. HATE. THEM. Like you, I've got a kid that soaks them in like 10 seconds, and they don't contain poop at all (solids makes this issue worse for us). I'm going back to my beloved prefolds, I never had a prob
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  • I do an origami fold and tuck a Hemp Babies doubler into it. Works pretty well. Are your flats birdseye? Ours are, and I feel like it's a material that just tends to get that really soaked feeling. It's so trim though - that's the positive about it.

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  • The brand is Osocozy, natural unbleached flats. I will look at hemp inserts. I just hate how everything gets so soaked! I do the origami fold as well and even the little flaps get wet. Good and bad is that she lets me know the minute she is ready to be ch
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