Help - Leaking at the seams

[triony]

I am a first time mom and we've been using Fuzzibunz Onesize since DS was about 3 weeks old (he's now 5.5 months). Recently some of them have begun leaking at the seams. Sometimes the leg seams and sometimes the waist seam. I thought it might be due to compression, but even with loose onsies it still happens. Any ideas? We've been through 3 outfits today already!

[is it puppies?]

my guess is you have started repelling- time to strip them!

[EmmalinesMom]

With brand new diapers, wicking at the seams is sometimes caused by the tiny holes made when the diapers are sewn. If this is the case, you can pop them in the dryer for a few minutes to help re-seal the PUL.

If you've been using these diapers for a while, I second the idea of stripping, assuming that the inserts are not completely saturated. If they are saturated, you may just need more absorbancy.

[triony]

How can I test for repelling? The inserts seem wet enough, but not so wet that they should be leaking. The diapers have been used for 5 months.

Thanks for your feedback.

[cristeen]

If they're not sopping wet and leaking because there's just too much pee, then the first thing to do would be to strip.

[MayasMama88]

It definitely sounds like you need to strip them. I don't know what kind of detergent you use, but the way I strip is to do a cold pre-wash to get all the pee and poo out of the diapers, then fill up the washing machine with hot water and Rockin' Green detergent with the diapers, let them agitate for two minutes, then stop the cycle and just let them soak for a few hours. Then I finish the cycle with two cold rinses. Sometimes, if I REALLY want to make sure I get all the gunk out, I'll do another hot wash/cold rinse with NO detergent, but that's a lot of extra water usage so I normally don't do that. We use FuzziBunz also and have had great success with them, and I'd say your diapers are doing great if you haven't had to strip until now!

[is it puppies?]

I second the rockin green strip, with extra washes w/o detergent. I did mine as an overnight soak.

I think that it's pretty hard to test for repelling, it's something like pee will pool on the fleece and not absorb fast enough, even when you apply pressure, but it's hard to replicate a pee. I just find that stripping seems to have helped my pocket dipes! And I have only been using them a couple of months... and using a recommended detergent and top loader and prerinse etc.

[MayasMama88]

Originally Posted by is it puppies?

I second the rockin green strip, with extra washes w/o detergent. I did mine as an overnight soak.

I think that it's pretty hard to test for repelling, it's something like pee will pool on the fleece and not absorb fast enough, even when you apply pressure, but it's hard to replicate a pee. I just find that stripping seems to have helped my pocket dipes! And I have only been using them a couple of months... and using a recommended detergent and top loader and prerinse etc.

It's actually pretty easy to test for repelling. Just get one of those bulb nasal aspirators and fill it with water, then squirt some onto the diaper & insert. If the water is absorbed quickly, then build-up is not the issue. However, if the water beads up on top of the fleece and/or microfiber and is slow to absorb (or doesn't absorb at all) then you definitely need to strip.