I have seen the post you tagged me in @clothmama, thank you! I am going to do a strip wash this weekend.
But I thought I would start my own post and explain current issue!
Baby boy, 10 mo.
A few months ago we were having loads of leaks. Loads. All the time. After an hour, a big leak would occur.
Visited local nappy library and settled on a folded hemp insert at front of nappy and bamboo booster underneath that.
Haven't had any problems for a couple of months.
This week - we've started getting leaks again!!!!
Aaaaaargh!I will attach some pics of the baby's nappies yesterday and this morning. I know they look ridiculous, the green one is particularly poorly fitted. But this is new, up until this week this boosting combo and rise setting (full rise) has been working beautifully.
He is a nightmare at nappy changes so I know velcro fastenings would be much more convenient than poppers. I do use velcro for naptimes but when he is sitting, playing etc, the velcro folds inwards and irritates his tummy and he ends up with a rash, so I don't like that.
Just this week the fit of the nappies seems to have gone skewiff - gapey at the back of the legs, although he is still getting red marks around his thighs
And also gaping around the front of the tummy - this is why I moved up to the full rise, and it stopped the gaping, but now it seems to be back.So the nappies are just ENORMOUS with the current boosting combo, again, all of a sudden this week!?! So last night I stuffed some nappies with the same combo, one hemp over one bamboo, but with the hemp flat and not folded. This morning his nappy only lasted an hour. The inserts were completely saturated atthe front, so that's why I think I do need the folded hemp at the front. But that is VERY bulky and leads to a really poor fit.
Aggh, I don't know what I need to do??? He does drink a lot, he has about 3 or 4 7oz bottles a day and a lot of water in between. Maybe he's just a big wee-r.
I am going to strip wash this weekend but I never feel it does anything. The nappy library lady said she never strip washed and never had any problems :-s
Should I strip wash like once a month? I've kind of probably done 3 strip washes in 8 months. I have only ever used 2 tbsp non-bio detergent to wash with though, so surely there wouldn't be build-up? Might swap to bio?
Sorry for total train-of-though post but I am LOST!
Will post pics in a sec...
and that you can think that they are growing out of the width and then suddently they are slimmer at the waist and bigger at the legs - sometimes it even happens within a few days. When my youngest was about a year I thought she was growing out of her Bumgenius - bought some Thirsties size 2 (since they run larger) and then suddently after 1 month she fit the BGs again 
I'll reply as soon as I get a chance over the weekend!
