fuzzi bunz help!!

[desamom]

I use fuzzi bunz at night only. They have always worked great if I stuff them with the insert they come with and then a prefold. But the last month or so I find they are leaking quite often. It's usually out the leg. I've also noticed they aren't fitting DD as well as they were. She has slimmed down a bit since she started crawling/cruising. I find when I stuff them more (which I tried to do tonight thinking that might be the problem) it just causes huge gapes at the leg.

Any ideas? Thanks!

[Galatea]

If you need so much stuffing for the amount of pee that it gaps around the legs, that is where the leaks are coming from. You can stuff it with less and change more often during the night, or use something different at night. (Any pocket would leak in this situation - it is not FB's fault.) I put a prefold or fitted with a few doublers under the Dancing Bears fleece cover and have no leaks.

[roseselene]

If you are stuffing to the point that there are gaps at the leg, then that could definitely be the cause of the leaking. What size are you using and how big is she? Also, have you ruled out other issues that may cause leaking such as buildup on the diapers? I like to recommend stripping diapers just to make sure that isn't the issue.
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[schreiberwriter]

I would stuff it with something like hemp or microfiber.

[Michigan Mama]

It could be a combo of fit and need for stripping, like others suggested.

At night with our ds, we use a combo insert that has both microfiber and hemp, sometimes with an extra insert, or we use 2 microfiber and one hemp insert. It gives more absorbancy than a prefold, but less bulk, so it might allow the fb to fit better.

That said, we do use our fb, but the fit was never that great, it has always seemed a little on the big in the rise and sometimes we get gapping. With it stuffed as i mentioned, we still hardly get leaks, though.

[desamom]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone!

DD is 13 months old and about 23 lbs. We're using a Medium size Fuzzi Bunz.

I actually stuff with a Jam Tots hemp doubler (not a prefold! I did that when she was NB, got confused) and the insert that came with it. It used to work...

I recently stripped my diapers (like a month ago) and haven't used them that much due to the aforementioned issues. I guess I could try doing that again.