I think to hold the poop in.

 

Jamie - When was the last time you had a blowout in a fitted diaper?

I can't think of the last time..

 

Never had a blow out and also never had a diaper with the gussets. But I assume that is what they are there for...

 

ROFL! I'm shocked that you've never had a diaper with gussets!

Alright.. gusset women! I know you're out there!! Someone give me the dish!

 

I know reececup has a huge stash of poopockets, and they have gussets. But I wonder too - since fitteds hold it all in. That being said, the one blowout I had in a fitted was in a kissaluvs. And it didn't blow out the legs, it blew out the top

: So guessets wouldn't have helped there at all.

 

oh wait I have a Sleep Kats AIO with gussets.

 

I always assumed they were there for blow outs too... or maybe when you accidently make your fleece pockets water repellent.

: Never had a blow out, though I may after the baby is born next week... my son always had blowouts out the back. Some powerful poo newborns have.

 

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Some powerful poo newborns have.

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Alright.. so I think we've decided that gussets really aren't needed to prevent blow outs, right?

So why else would someone use them??

 

I have had blowouts from some very trim fitteds when the volume of the poo was just too great. I heard someone on the boards once mention that CTO were the only fitteds in which she'd never had a blowout - so maybe the gussets are making a difference?

 

Perhaps for overly abundant poo.. like older babies or toddlers? I've noticed Nathan producing more lately! lol Perhaps it would be good for that?

 

i have often wondered this, too..

i always thought the gussets in wool covers like nikkys and fuzbombs were there to create a nice fit around the bulk of the diaper.

but i have never understood gussets in the diapers.

tabitha

 

Gussests are great for major blowouts! Love them!

 

When Noah was EBF, we used diaper service prefolds and covers (and fuzzi bunz).

The only covers that would hold in poo were bumpys, which have gussets.

For an older baby, I don't think you *need* gussets, but I do think they help to hold things in, for two reasons: 1) the poo has to make it past 2 separate pieces of fabric, the gusset edge and the elasticized edge of the diaper; and 2) gussets, at least on my kid, seem to operate by helping to keep legs from gaping when babe is very active. On this later point, gussets seem to take away some of the "pull" on the diaper leg, which reduces the stress on the elasticized leg so it stays in place better.

I have a few diapers that have different kinds of gussets. Bodinks, which aren't made anymore, has a gusset that runs much of the full length of the diaper (an elasticized straight line) but the outer edge of the diaper actually doesn't have any elastic. This diaper works really well on those occasions when my nurseaholic toddler barely eats. I also have a SleepyKats fitted, where the gusset is styled more like an extra half moon piece of fabric at the sides of the fabric. The gussets are the only elasticized parts of this diaper, which is probably why I don't get a very good fit with it. Also, because the gusset is made out of the same woven as the rest of the dipe, it doesn't seem to have as much stretch to it as it should to prevent blowouts. I haven't had any blowout problems with it, but then again I have hardly used it because I don't like the fit and it is not very absorbent. (It is a clever one size design, though). My favorite gusseted diaper is the Elbee (Laura calls them sidewalls), and her gusset is a half moon shaped piece of lycra fabric. I love the way this fabric hugs my son's legs, softly but firmly. I have put this diaper on him numerous times when he's had runny poos, and those gussets keep it all in. If I were to diaper another newborn, I'd get elbees with sidewalls. I also have a cottontail organics dipe with gussets, and it's at preschool now so I can't check the details, but I remember that the gusset is similar to the SleepyKats, made of the same not-too-stretchy fabric as the dipe. Again, though, I can't remember having any problems with it in general. The only dipes that I have routine blowout in are Fuzbaby fitteds and Firefly fitteds.

Karla

 

I really like gussets. My 3 yr old has always had food issues and I think allergies, and he has majorly runny/mushy poo explosions. Often, it would escape the fitted and get on the cover, usually a wool cover, and I would have to wash it constantly. Fuzbaby fitteds were the worst on him for this.

I think gussets are great for runny nb bf poop too. I just got 6 nb sellin threads and I had them all made with gussets, for that reason. I would rather not have to wash nb wool covers, or any cover, over and over.