Hemp, Yeah Mon!

We are still trucking along in our cloth diapering journey. Since I have at least one friend that is also starting this journey, and a few friends having babies soon that might be interested, I thought I'd write another post about some particular favorites in my cloth diaper stash.

In this post I'd like to talk about my favorite doubler.

For those of you that don't know, a doubler is an extra insert to put into a pocket diaper. They can be made of various materials: hemp, bamboo, cotton, micro fiber, etc.

- Hemp Babies brand hemp doublers are my favorite doubler for sure. They are very thin, dry really fast (even when I line dry), and are super absorbent.

I guess I should back up a little and explain why these are my new favorite. We started having leaking problems a few weeks ago. It was SO annoying. Putting clothes on a squirmy wormy baby who wants to crawl away is not fun. So when he was leaking around his legs 2-3 times a day I was at my whits end. Now I'm going to be honest here and I'm not entirely sure why the diapers were leaking. First thing I did was do a little stripping of my diapers, which is just washing them over and over with no detergent (to clean any detergent build up out). Then I thought about it and the times that the diapers were leaking, the inserts were TOTALLY soaked. This lead me to think that maybe Bean is just peeing more. I only single stuffed my diapers up until that point; so I started double stuffing.

Double stuffed diapers are pretty bulky if you use the regular micro fiber insert with the new born insert that most pockets come with. This is why I love the Hemp Babies doublers. They are so thin that I don't really notice much of a difference between a double and single stuffed diaper. Also, since I started doing this we haven't had one leak!

Generally we will change Bean about every 1.5-2 hours when we are at home (just to be safe), but sometimes when you are out this isn't so easy. Cue hemp doublers! Bean can go at least 3 hours in one of these diapers with no leaking, maybe more if you feel lucky (I think we once did over 4).

Another thing I love about these doublers is the price! Usually a hemp doubler will run around 5 bucks each, Hemp Babies are only 3 dollars at Kelly's Closet (see link above).

I've also tried the Baby Kicks hemp doublers as well. They are really thick and nice for over nights. The down sides? Very bulky and they take FOREVER to dry. Even the rare occasion when I throw my inserts into the dyer the baby kicks hemp is still slightly damp after a full cycle. It's pretty annoying, and not energy efficient.

Anyway, I hope some of this info helps, and that everybody is having a good week.