Fave absorbant pads?

[Zevy]

Hello mammas,

I wrote an earlier post about leaking, and I really appreciate the insight in that thread. I think part of my problem is not knowing the best (and how many) absorbant pads to be using.

I'm testing out a few pocket diapers as well as a rumparooz, BG 3.0, and some kissaluvs with covers (thirsties). For the pocket diapers, what are people's favorite absorbant pads? I have the ones that came with the diapers, but I know there are different types...synthetic vs hemp, etc. I"m sure each have their pros/cons.

What is important to me most is absorbancy. I have twins, so I need something that will 'keep' as long as possible...if I have to change two babies every hour, this is going to fail miserably.

Suggestions? A bit of background: they are 4 month old girls, roughly 10 lbs each. Everyone in the house is on board with CD, but obviously the less 'work' involved the better, since I also have a 2 year old and things are always a bit nuts.

[cristeen]

The most absorbent thing to stuff in those pockets would be an infant prefold. I believe Juliacat did a comparison as to how much liquid (water) each item could hold, and the infant PF came out way ahead.

I did a similar test myself - between my infant PFs (2 different brands) and the heavy-duty inserts I have. Again, the infant PF came out way ahead. It held over 8 oz (depending on brand 9-12), but the heavy duty insert (hemparoo) held less than 6.

[luckygreen713]

Yeah, pf's are the only thing that ever worked for us in pockets. You can add a hemp doubler to it for even more absorbancy. High-quality pf's (GMD) combined with hemp doublers are pretty much what keeps me cd'ing. Otherwise I'd have given up long ago due to leaks!

[EmmalinesMom]

Prefolds are great. I liked the hemp-microfiber combo of Loopy-Do's and Super-Do's as well.