Aw crap! What happened???

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Exactly. IMO, you need something with strong elastic and close-fitting around the legs (not a prefold, even snappi'd) once they start getting older, because as they move around at night so does their penis. Especially if they are a power pee-er, you don't need much of a gap at night to get a flood emerging from the dipe. You do also point him down when putting on the dipe, right? (this keeps him from peeing upward and out the top of the dipe.

Again, the key is a close fitting dipe, something snug enough around the waist and hips to keep him from misfiring out the top or the legs.

Karla

LOL Sorry! I was sewing!
Hmmm....
*FB w/ NN
*FB w/3 joeys
*FB w/ prefold and hemp prefold (YIKES!!)
*HH w/ all the same stuffin

*ME OS with snap in and trifold hemp insert under wool
*KHW w/ extra doubler under wool

Oh! Prefolds of all sizes, with a joey and fleece topped doubler!
Thats all I have. I don't have $$ for a sleeptight, although I bet it would work! :LOL

How about the fitted with a doubler in the Airflow (instead of the wool)? I always use a PUL-ish cover at night...too chicken to try wool since she sleeps with us...DH is on-board with co-sleeping, but if *he* woke up wet, he might start to protest!

DD isn't a super-wetter, but we had leaks with a FB and 3 JBs. I think it made the legs gape. We've had success with a FB and a fluffy insert (MOE?) and a microfiber towel, and with an Ella's Pocket with her insert and a microfiber towel. Have you tried a FB with less stuffing? Also, this may just be my weirdness, but I think the fluffy-type inserts (like microfiber or a good broken-in PF) do a better job of absorbing a lot of pee at once--the JBs seem to not be able to soak it up as fast or something. DD holds it until right before or right after she wakes up, and I (and the Boppy and the floor) got wet while feeding her with the FB/JB combo...

HTH!

Welcome to the world of Houdini Weenie!! It took me over 3 months to find a good night time solution for Holden. He would pee out the sides of his dipes, barely getting the dipes wet, but getting me, himself, the bed and sheets soaked! Someone had suggested the micro was repelling, so you could check into that. With Holden, I know that was not the case, since he could wear the same dipes during the day and not have a problem.

Two things helped us --
1. I finally noticed that his penis is a bit crooked, lol. So when he pees, it doesn't go to the front of the dipe, it goes to the side. Top that with the fact the he sleeps on his side, facing me, and, you you guessed it, that's the way his penis points. So during the night when he pees, it just goes right out the leg hole, missing the dipe almost entirely! I now am sure to "redirect" his penis every time I change him, trying to point it more toward the center of the dipe.
2. The only solution I found that worked as far as dipes is this - a size 2 FCB Night Light with a thick knit wool soaker over it. I have 3 Night Lights stuffed with heavy wetter inserts and 2 heavy duty knit soakers that I rotate at night.

Hope you can work out your night time issues soon - it stinks to wake up in a wet bed every morning (literally!)

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This is too funny cause I'm the opposite- too chicken to use PUL at night! I love my wool for night time. I use a woolly liner in there too to maximize the doubler and the diaper. DS has a ridiculously large behind but it works!

If my wool is dirty, I use FB's stuffed with homemade hemp inserts. We made them to have wings at one end so that there was more fabric up front where he needed more protection. Then I use a regular hemp insert. If I use too much in the FB then it's too bulky and the pee runs right off!

You didn't happen to use fabric softener did you? The dry diaper wet child and bed happened once to me. It was a diaper that my mom had washed and I just know she used softener.

HTH!!