Cloth Diaper Advice – Mailbox Mondays 6/13/11 – Night Time Diapers for a Super Soaker
Have a cloth diaper problem? On Mondays, I answer reader questions, and ask my other readers to give their advice too.
Questions don’t have to be cloth diaper related, just email maria at change-diapers.com with “Mailbox Mondays” in the subject, or fill out my contact form for readers, which you will always be able to find on my Contact Page.
Suki says:
Hi Maria, I had left a comment on your wall about my daughter potentially having diabetes. Well, it turned out that she doesn’t. She just hit that toddler stage where she pees a ton more. What I’ve done to keep up is to double stuff everything. That works during the day and diaper changes are about every two hours.
What I’m having trouble with is nighttime diapering. She is almost 18 months and drinks 16 – 32 ounce of milk each night and so I have to change her diaper once or twice at night or I get leaks. She’s a super duper heavy wetter at night.
I’ve tried a Super Do with a Loopy Do and that lasts maybe half the night. I’ve tried a combination of hemp and microfiber inserts (as many as I can without the leg opening gaping!). I don’t want them to be too bulky so I thought maybe some hemp flats?
I’m willing to spend some money but I want to increase my chances of something that would work.
Thanks!
I’m so glad to hear she doesn’t have diabetes! That much fluid intake will definitely soak a night time diaper! Since the Superdo (and a Loopydo, wow!) didn’t cut it, my next suggestion would be fitteds with wool. Fitteds are great because the whole diaper is absorbent.
When I was searching for really absorbent fitteds, I found the Guerilla Fluff Utilitarian. I had mine made with all the extras, like added Zorb in the soakers, and a wool precision doubler (I don’t believe she uses wool anymore though.) If you can do it without a leg gap, try adding a natural fiber (like a hemp blend) insert, doubler or prefold inside as well. Top it with an extra-thick, well lanolized wool cover. In the winter, I also used fleece PJ pants for an additional barrier!
If that doesn’t do it, you may need to continue to change her at night, until she is old enough to limit her fluids a bit before bed!
So how about the rest of you? Have you dealt with an epic super-soaker? What worked for you at night?
Maria wants to live in a world where cloth diapers are the norm and moms can make parenting choices without judgement. When she’s not chasing her 18, 14 and 11-year old kids around, you might find her checking out the latest gadgets, organizing something (again) or exercising in the fresh air. 
I like that term. Epic super soaker!!! I actually do have two hemp fitteds I purchased a while back but they don’t hold up as well as the Super Do. One is a Kissaluvs cotton/hemp and I can’t remember what the other is (it’s in the wash right now). I will be checking out the Guerilla one though! I may even try wool…. I’ve not been ready to but it may be necessary to now. 😛
My son is only an occasional heavy wetter, but I was wondering if you’ve heard of bamboo?
My itti bitti tutto has bamboo inserts that I like very much. From what I’ve read bamboo is sip suposed to be more absorbent than hemp. I haven’t tried too much hemp yet cause my son isn’t that old yet.
Good luck
We have some bamboo blend inserts and they are quite absorbent, but I still find hemp to be more absorbent. 🙂