how many washes for baby beehinds?

[Laksa]

hi all
i have a couple of baby beehinds for night, pre-washed them three times and have washed them twice more after use but he is still soaking through them after about 6 hours.
how many washes til they get to optimum absorbancy?

[gremily]

Are you using both the snap ins? Are they the hemp or bamboo? Are you boosting?

Hemp/bamboo will reach it's peak absorbency at about 10 washes, but by 3-4 washes they should be ok. A boosted BBB will last most bubs all night. If you're just using the snapins overnight then I don't think it would last more than 4 or so hrs (depending on how powerful the wee'er is!).

For my dd2 I use a BBB with a rectangle booster inside the nappy along with both the snapins. I do the nappy up, then lay a bamboo or hemp foldup on the wool wrap/soaker and then put that on. So it's essentially got double boosting. This lasts her all night from about 7:30pm until 7am.

[Laksa]

i got the trial pack so i have one bamboo and one hemp. i use both snap-ins and a booster between the nappy and the cover. i havent lanolised the wool cover yet so just using the PUL wrap...
might stick a microfibre booster in there tonight too!

[mumofsam]

i got the trial pack too and after 3 washes it still wasnt really ready for ds to wear overnight. it was satched and so were his pants. i am going to use them for days until they have had a few more washes.:thumbsup: