https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 06:21:20 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1835459 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 15:21:55 +0000 Vegmama 1835459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You can't over-strip the diapers (per the BG rep I talked to). We were stripping them each month or every other month because of smell. </p> <p>And yes, no more cream unless we're using a barrier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1835237 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:13:32 +0000 tysonja 1835237@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never used cream or stripped my diapers (1+ year of use, BG 4.0) so they have a bit of ammonia stink, but no leaking. </p> <p>I'm not sure the best way to solve your problem (I hope the video helps, I'm gonna watch it right after I type this! excited! haha), but maybe I would suggest not using any cream and stripping less often, perhaps? :) good luck and please do share what works in the end! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1835216 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:08:31 +0000 Vegmama 1835216@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have another brand (Sunbabies), but only 6 of them. We get leaks with them too, and they don't have cream on them. I am going to try the tip from the video. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1835211 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 14:07:31 +0000 Vegmama 1835211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@avivoca: Oh my goodness! THAT VIDEO! I never knew ... and I've totally been putting them on like a disposable. I kind want to do a dance right now. </p> <p>I bet this is the issue! </p> <p>As far as the diaper rash cream, I've used creams which are "approved". I use Motherlove Thrush and Diaper Rash cream. BUT, after talking with the BG customer service, I will always be using a barrier. They gave me tips to strip. We actually only use 6 or so dipes when using the cream, and the other 18 have never had cream on them. They all leak. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1835030 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:24:15 +0000 Mae 1835030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd tighten the top snaps. My LO's thighs are chunkier than her stomach so I always have to have the top snaps 1 snap closer to the center than the bottom snaps. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1835006 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:19:06 +0000 Weagle 1835006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Vegmama: I would definitely tighten the waist and stay on the middle rise. The BG website talks about using bleach under "other washing tips." Dawn can ruin your washing machine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834996 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 13:16:33 +0000 jetsa 1834996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also think middle rise and tighten it up.</p> <p>My daycare lady gets leaks several times a week and she prefers the top rise. That's the only difference and I never get leaks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834879 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:50:42 +0000 Ash 1834879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Vegmama: I'd keep it on the middle rise and tighten the tabs... That video that's posted helped me tremendously! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834848 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:43:19 +0000 avivoca 1834848@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Vegmama: How are you putting the diapers on? Apparently there is a right vs. a wrong way (most people put them on like a disposable, but there's another method). Here's a YouTube video I found: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3vRWLC9UE0" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3vRWLC9UE0</a></p> <p>Also, how many inserts are you using? Are you open to trying a different type of diaper to see if the fit is better and stops the leaks? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834831 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:38:21 +0000 youboots 1834831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi! Obviously I know a ton about cloth diapering (not) but could you buy one or two new ones and see if you have the same problem? That way if it continues to happen you know it's fit and if not it's possibly due to water repelling? Just a thought. Xo. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834819 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 12:31:47 +0000 wonderstruck 1834819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Regular diaper rash cream causes major repelling to the point where use of it actually voids the warranty on BG diapers, because it is SO difficult to strip it entirely out of the diaper. Does there seem to be any pattern to which of the diapers leak and which don't or is it just random? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834653 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:26:28 +0000 Vegmama 1834653@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here are some pics. Green diaper shows a fully extended riser, and pink diaper is one snap. I don't like the gap that happens with the middle riser. Same with Velcro and snaps.<br /> Gap is worse with only 2 open snaps in the middle. </p> <p>[attach=2961/14/navf06.450x600.image.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=2961/14/navf09.600x450.image.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=2961/14/navf0c.600x450.image.jpg]</p> <p>[attach=2961/14/navf0e.600x450.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834574 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 11:01:29 +0000 ballerinabee 1834574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Using non-CD safe cream will definitely make them leak. My parents used some buttpaste (instead of the CD-safe cream we had), and I had a hell of a time getting that out of the inserts. The inserts they used it on repelled water as much as they absorbed, so we had serious problems with those. I had to throw one diaper away because even using a wire brush and scrubbing (one of the recommended ways to get the cream out), it didn't work. We've had leaking issues too with the BG, and I think in part it's because my DH and daycare provider don't snap them tightly enough. Not enough absorbency can be an issue too. I have to put more in at naptime &amp; bedtime. Our LO is 30 months / 28 pounds and still on the middle rise (he leaked on the top rise). I have to use disposables for naptime at daycare now because he was blowing out (poop) every naptime. I swear it's because they don't know how to put them on tightly enough.</p> <p>We're going to have to try boiling ours because no amount of stripping or drying in the sun has removed the barnyard stink from them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834533 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:49:44 +0000 Vegmama 1834533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T.H.O.U.: If she's napping, the insert is usually wet. But, she'll go all night (10 hours) without leaking sometimes. Yet, she'll leak through during a 45 min nap? And, if it's a top leak immediately after changing, the diaper isn't wet at all. </p> <p>Our poor nanny has to change her outfits like 4 times a day! ETA: we've taught her how to properly place and secure the dipes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834511 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:41:48 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1834511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is the full insert wet when she leaks? Or it's just up the top? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834504 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:40:25 +0000 avivoca 1834504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only things that helped us with leaks was changing the type of diaper we used and also using a hemp insert under the regular inserts. She peed through a fitted and cover until we used the hemp insert, and I also use it with the BG pockets.</p> <p>Can you make the diaper tighter at the top and possibly shorten the rise? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834451 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:19:04 +0000 Vegmama 1834451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Most of the leaks happen during naps (laying on her stomach), or like 5 minutes after the diapers are on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834450 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:18:11 +0000 Vegmama 1834450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tidybee: We've used cream before, but isn't that the purpose of stripping? Most times, if we need to use cream, we put a disposable insert on top of the fabric, so the cream isn't on the diaper. However, we have used the cream and diapers before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834445 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:15:53 +0000 Vegmama 1834445@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For everyone who's suggestion to go down a riser snap, we just raised it last week, because she was leaking out of every. Single. Diaper. :( It's always out the top or top of the leg. We are careful when putting them on that the fabric is all laying the right way. Maybe I can snap a photo today to show the fit of both. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1834438 Mon, 25 Aug 2014 10:14:26 +0000 Vegmama 1834438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Weagle: BG's site says to use Dawn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1833818 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 20:01:36 +0000 bisous 1833818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD is about 20 lbs and we are still on the middle rise. I say go down a snap row! The only time she leaks is when we don't double stuff inserts and she pees a lot. She is 15 mos.</p> <p>Eta: not sure what you do to strip, but we changed our regular wash routine to 1) cold rinse, 2) hot wash with soap and second rinse, 3) hot wash + second rinse. If I use color safe bleach (once a month per BG instructions), I repeat step 3. I haven't had too many problems! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1833710 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 18:55:29 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1833710@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would check the rise. I don't think we wore ours fully open until she was much older/taller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1833424 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:44:39 +0000 Tidybee 1833424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do they stink too? Mine started leaking at about the same time, but they also stunk. No amount of stripping helped. BG said I ruined them by using Earth Mama butt cream but I call BS on that and so do the people at Earth Mama. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1833418 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:41:21 +0000 allison 1833418@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>An LO I nannied used BG Freetimes, and hers started leaking a lot when she got a bit older (maybe she was peeing more, or holding her pee and peeing more at one time? I don't know). I shortened the rise and started using a hemp insert (underneath the microfiber ones). Worked like a charm! If shortening the rise alone doesn't work, definitely get a couple hemp inserts to see if that helps. They're so thin, you can hardly tell a difference (no added bulk). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1833363 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:06:22 +0000 DigAPony 1833363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, I would tighten it up. We also use BG 4.0 snaps. </p> <p>Also, I don't know if this would help the leaking, but stripping with blue dawn did not work for us. I use bleach once a month as BG recommends and when I really had stink issues I boiled all my inserts as @Beebug: mentioned. I then soaked everything in Rockin Green Funk Rock and now use that during my prewash cycle. Hope you figure it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1833349 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:55:30 +0000 Weagle 1833349@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Snap the rise down for starters. We didn't move to the full rise until LO was 2, though I think she's a bit smaller than your LO. We stripped according to BG instructions, using bleach and never Dawn. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1833320 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:17:31 +0000 Mrs. Lion 1833320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would size them down for sure. And i don't know about bg diapers but my rumparooz it is recommended to almost never strip. You should check with what your manufacturer recommends. You should be able to contact your customer service people and they can help you troubleshoot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1833311 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:13:16 +0000 Boheme 1833311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What area are they leaking from? My son is 14 months, 24 pounds, and is only on the center rise. If the rise is all the way up, he leaks out of the bottoms of the leg holes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1833308 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:12:10 +0000 Beebug 1833308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you tried the middle riser option?</p> <p>I feel like I only recently (25lbs/20m or so) moved my DD into the fully opened option. I definitely know she could have had them opened sooner, but given your leaks, maybe snap down?</p> <p>Also, inserts, are you using the BG ones, or ?</p> <p>Are your elastics (legs) in good shape?</p> <p>I strip by way of boiling, have heard good and bad re: Dawn, so figure doing nothing but boiling water to ensure they are clean clean is an okay way. Also, is stripping that often necessary? It seems like a lot, but I'm not sure.</p> <p>We only use 4.0s, all with snaps (or once velcro converted to snaps!) fwiw. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/cloth-diapers-always-leaking-bumgenius#post-1833302 Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:06:19 +0000 Vegmama 1833302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are currently dealing with leaking diapers (usually out the top or side). We use Bumgenius AIO and 4.0 with both the snap and velcro closure. </p> <p>Our baby is 7.5 months, about 20 pounds, and we have the diaper riser fully extended (snapped to the 4th snap on each side). </p> <p>We try to trip the diapers once per month. The stripping process is 1 cold rinse, hot wash with Dawn dish soap, and a hot rinse. Is that the right way to strip? </p> <p>They appear to be fitting properly, but I feel like they shouldn't be leaking so much. Help us figure this out! :) </p>