This post is dedicated to the infants who wet the bed, max out cloth diapers, and just need something new. There is no industry standard for heavy wetter diapers. Some all in one’s are marketed as a heavy wetter diaper but only offer 12 ounces of absorbency which for light wetters is perfect, but for kids who need over 20 ounces, it’s not so awesome.
Best Overnight Night Cloth Diapers for Heavy Wetters
- Flats & Prefolds
- AIO with Hemp Booster
- Bamboo Fitted Diapers
- Custom Work at Home Mom Diapers
Finding a heavy wetter overnight cloth diaper is a challenge and does result in trial and error.
- This is a great guest post on finding an overnight cloth diaper solution.
- Do I have a heavy wetter?
- Lightwetter Overnight Diapers
- Overnight Solutions for Bedwetters
My Overnight Cloth Diaper Experience.
I thought my experience with my son was normal, but when my daughter came along, I learnt he was a heavy wetter. He was not extreme, but moderate. We would max out most cloth diapers at night, and I would struggle with nighttime.
Mostly, we relied on Sloomb Fitted diapers or a Nuggles BambooLUXE fitted diaper with a wool cover. This was my go-to-choice for him, and we played around with a few other combo’s. My daughter was a lighter wetter and relied on less solutions.
These options have about 20-25 ounces of absorbency and for extreme heavy wetters may not be enough absorbency. If this is the case, I would then consider a custom work at home mom fitted diaper, or other options like mix and match flats, prefolds and inserts to find the absorbency you need.
Check out the absorbency numbers here.
Heavy Wetter Overnight Cloth Diapers
This is a list of heavy wetter overnight cloth diapers I use on my toddler during babyhood. I figured he needed about 20-25 ounces making him a heavy moderate wetter. He needed just a little more than the traditional night solutions but not enough to warrant purchasing fancy smancy overnight fitted diapers.
- Double Flat Diaper – the flats and hand washing challenge taught me that two flat diapers folded together is a great way to make a super absorbent diaper that kinda feels like a fitted diaper.
- There are many different types of flat diapers, you can choose custom flat diapers, or you can repurpose things you already have.
- One of my favourite suggestions is to start with a receiving blanket. A large cotton receiving blanket can offer upwards of 14 ounces of absorbency and is super easy and accessible. Old cotton t-shirts are a great alternative with even more absorbency.
- A few great flat and prefold diapers to check out for overnight diapering.
- Noble Bebe (I don’t have a do-it-all pad, but you would want one)
- Imagine Baby Stretchy Flat
- Humbird Hemp Flat
- HempBabies Prefolds or Smart Bottoms Smart Fold or GeffenBaby Jersey Prefolds
- An All In One with Hemp Boosters – this is not my go to choice, but if you already have an all in one stash, and some boosters, start experimenting. A high absorbency all in one with a booster, or two, can be a great way to get through the night. There’s a few AIO diapers that would be more ideal to boosting, and you can easily add a small prefold diaper, a hemp booster like these ones, or even a bamboo insert.
- GroVia ONE with a GeffenBaby Booster was a favourite combo for me.
- Dream Diaper from Smart Bottoms
- Thirsties Natural AIO diaper
- Best Bottom Heavy Wetter AIO
- Motherease Uno
- Bamboo Fitted Diaper – the Nuggles BambooLUXE and Sloomb Bamboo diapers were my favourite bamboo fitted diapers in my stash. When you’re looking for a bamboo fitted diaper you want to find a higher quality textile that not only offers a dense absorbency, but that won’t shrink on you overtime. Many bamboo fitted diapers begin to shrink overtime and have poor long term fit. Additionally the right bamboo/cotton blend will be more absorbent. Because of bamboo’s synthetic nature we see a lot of discrepancy in the variety of products on the fitted diaper market.
- Check out this review of the Sloomb Tonal with Underwoolies
- Pooters Hemp Fitted – another great choice
If you have a strategy working for you and your kid leave a comment below and let us know if your kid is super duper or just a fairy princess at night.
Tips for Finding an Overnight Cloth Diaper
- Double check that it’s an absorbency maxed out issue – if parts of the diaper are dry, maybe you need readjust the fit of the diaper by adding absorbency where baby pees.
- Double check that your diaper is leaking because of the fit. Sometimes leaky overnight diapers are not related to absorbency. Here’s some other strategies for leaky overnight diapers.
- When asking in a cloth diaper Facebook group – lay out what you tried and what you think you need in ounces – many people will say a FST is the best choice despite recognizing that it’s not the right choice. You’re going to want to be clear about what you need.
- reach out to cloth diaper retailers is a great way to find a solution that works if you’re having dead ends in cloth diaper Facebook groups.
A few more great blog posts on overnight cloth diapering from other bloggers.
If you need some other ideas check out for the child in your life who needs heavy wetter overnight cloth diaper. Are you a blogger with a great post? Email or leave your link in the comments.
Mama Banana’s Adventures: HumBird Overnights
Mam Loups Den – 3 Overnights for Heavy Wetters
The Mama Knows: 4 Options for Overnight
Moderna Alternative Mama: Disposables for Nights
Modern Bottom Diapers: Mother ease Wizard Duo
The Monarch Mommy : 4 Overnight Solutions
Zephyr Hill: Overnight Solutions
This was originally written in 2018 and updated in 2020.
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