can anyone offer mcn advice please

[EsJay]

hi all, i am a part time user i basically only have some cheapo kmart ones which are too small now and some bbh magicalls. the problem im having is the bbh are full and leaking all over dd's clothes within 1 &1/2 hours (sposies are getting wet through pretty quick too so obviously she has become a big wetter) and they are giving her a really red bum. so i guess what im asking is can anyone recommend a really absorbent mcn (dont mind if its not aio) dd is quite chubby in the legs and is currently in bbh large size and is the redness from the bbh or more likely from the heavy wetting and the wetness isn't being absorbed away quick enough for her?
is it just too late to get more mcn's now shes nearly 2?

thanks in advance

[~Hestia~]

Have you tried doing a strip wash on them? I find that if our nappies get too much soap build up in them, they lose their absorbancy.

[skybie]

Strip wash them hun, is she still in the mediums? She might need to move up to larges

[NaeNae]

I agree with the strip washing first.

I use the Bumgenius 3.0 (not sure what they come under in terms of Pocket or One Size nappies) and all I do is add a booster into the nappy along with the regular insert and DD only leaks if I forget and leave them on her for too long. There is a new version of these which are the 4.0 ones.
I have also discovered she becomes a MUCH heavier wetter when she is teething so maybe there is something else going on?

HTH Nae x

[Gigi]

how do you wash them?

a strip wash will only be a temp. fix, if your usual washing practice, is not how you wash MCN.

not saying you do this, but it's worth thinking about, JIC you do wash with too much washing powder, use fabric conditioner etc. (I have no idea of how you wash your LO's MCN's.

tablespoon of MILD washing powder (e.g Planet Ark Sensitive or Ecostore) in the pre-wash drawer
same in the wash drawer
no fabric conditioner
no napisan

what do you mean about "nappies from kmart"? i have seen synthetic covers there and very low absorbency fitteds - but that was a few years ago.

is the absorbency in the baby beehinds, bamboo, microfibre etc???
bamboo is the most absorbent fabric in MCN materials
baby beehinds used to have "baby beehind foldups" - great for boosting the absorbency of nappies.

for a heavy wetter, i would avoid all in ones, as they are harder to boost.
i would go for all in twos and pockets, much easier to customise the boosting, to suit YOUR child.

If you buy pockets that come with free microfibre boosters, i would suggest you buy bamboo prefolds, trifolds, etc, to stuff the pocket with.

Fluffybubs AI2 for example, come with snap in prefold, snap in boosters.
WhizzKidz AI2 for example, come with snap in boosters.
both are bamboo for the absorbency part.

Fit is very important.
If you get leaks at the legs, it's a fit issue.
If you get leaks at the back, that nappy might be not a high enough rise for your child.
There are front and side closing nappies. If i got the nappy fitting nicely at the legs for my LO, then the waist would not fit, and vice versa - this was our experience with front closing nappies. As soon as i put her into SIDE closing nappies, the issue disappeared, as you can adjust them independently.

the other fit issue we struggled with initially, was the crotch width of nappies.
many OSFA styles, were very wide in the crotch, and my DD, whether a nb or a two year old, suited NARROW crotch nappies - which are usually found in SIZED nappies (not osfa).

Your child is two, the question about WHEN to stop buying MCN is impossible to answer.

Are you planning to have any more kidlets? If you are, even if she toilet trains this summer, you would have those nappies for the next LO.

Some kids toilet train at 3, 4, 5.

So very hard thing to give you an answer on.

so , a few things to consider. One or none of them may apply to your situation, but i have given it my best shot - considering i know nothing about your DD and her nappies, ha ha.

[luna moth]

Hard to follow Gigi's nappy essay! She has given you some good advice.

Easy to boost absorbency in MagicAlls - just slip an extra booster in the pocket. I don't even use the original bamboo booster, I just use a prefold. Heaps better and my baby has never wet through. (if you want to PM me, I can sell you some bamboo trifolds and other boosters very cheaply)

It's never too late to buy them - if you hardly use them, just sell them on, or buy them cheaply secondhand to start with.

Good luck!

[EsJay]

thanks girls some awesome advice here. i thought about an extra booster after i posted this lol
i will do a strip wash and add a booster and see how i go.
they get washed with her singlets & things that are hardly dirty with about 1/4 scoop of powder and nothing else so i think thats relatively close to the recommendation but there could still be some build up. i might also try a few different brands just buy 1 here and there to see if a side closing one is better, try some that arent aio etc etc
shes in the bbh large skye and from memory thats their biggest

thanks again for the advice much appreciated