https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 01 May 2026 02:04:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bg-cloth-diaper-leak-issue-on-2nd-kid-use-help#post-2403553 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 18:09:48 +0000 Astro Bee 2403553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fluff Love University is my go-to resource, as well, @DesertDream88. </p> <p>I seem to remember that you can pour a little water on top to test if the MF is absorbing well or beading (and therefore leaking). FLU may have more info on how to tell if the MF is shot. I haven't gotten there yet - 1st kid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bg-cloth-diaper-leak-issue-on-2nd-kid-use-help#post-2403127 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:45:04 +0000 DesertDreams88 2403127@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If they still leak after a strip and bleach (check out Fluff Love University's directions) then I'd probably toss :( especially since you already checked the PUL visually, and ruled out fit issues. You can also check PUL by running water over it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bg-cloth-diaper-leak-issue-on-2nd-kid-use-help#post-2403080 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:17:03 +0000 birdofafeather 2403080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Astro Bee: @DesertDreams88: i will try to strip them just to double check that. is there a test i can do to see if they've totally lost absorbency and should be tossed? it's hard to use them, have a leak and then i really have no way of knowing the root cause, finding if they all have an issue or just a few? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bg-cloth-diaper-leak-issue-on-2nd-kid-use-help#post-2403071 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:10:19 +0000 DesertDreams88 2403071@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ditto what @astro bee said, MF inserts lose absorbency over time and need stripping and/or replacing eventually. Maybe try that, and or a different material for inserts, if you have any? Cotton, bamboo, hemp... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bg-cloth-diaper-leak-issue-on-2nd-kid-use-help#post-2403067 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 12:06:59 +0000 Astro Bee 2403067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you using the BG microfibre inserts? Maybe tu need to be striped. It's possible that the microfibre isn't able to absorb the liquid efficiently anymore, and the wetness has nowhere to go but through the PUL. PUL is water resistant not waterproof. This could also happen if your LO is a fast, heavy wetter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/bg-cloth-diaper-leak-issue-on-2nd-kid-use-help#post-2403054 Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:54:49 +0000 birdofafeather 2403054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>so, i'm having a leak issue with my BG 4.0s and trying to figure out if they're dead or it's an issue i can fix. i'm using the same 4.0s that i used with DD1 on DD2, who is 2 months old. </p> <p>the leaks are happening through the crotch/butt/main shell fabric, not through the leg seams or the top. i was just using the NB insert, but having the issue more, so i doubled up the NB inserts and it's kinda helped? i'm nervous that the PUL has degraded beyond repair and that's why it's leaking through. but i can't figure out if it's on all the 4.0s or just a few? i thought i went through and picked out ones with really bad/degraded PUL, but i do see some more streaking on the PUL on some of the 4.0s, so maybe that's the issue?</p> <p>OR, is it possible that the inserts aren't absorbing fast enough, so the PUL might be fine, but if it gets flooded, it's gonna go through anyway?</p> <p>blah. bummed that i might not be able to use the diapers i had saved! any help is appreciated! </p>