help with cloth selection

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Ok, still no relief. Just wo deri g if anyone can help with heavy cloth product, maybe an all-in-one, appropriate for side sleeper. Not impressed with what I have found so far. Maybe someone knows of a WAHM product or a WAHM that could sew one.

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Changing times carries very good prefold pin on cloth gauze diapers and plastic pants. I wear a prefold with 2 or 3 child prefolds as stuffers. Good plastic pants that are snug at the legs and waist are essential. Also tuck in the leg gathers and at the waist. I wet a lot in my sleep and only have leaks once or twice a week. Plastic mattress protector under my sheets handles that fine.

 

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Also, use a bed pad/protector with a water-proof backing for those times when there is an inadvertant leak. Washing a bed pad is much easier than having to wash all the bedding. Just put them in the wash with your wet cloth diapers. I have 4 that I use on a rotational basis. My cloth diapers are from Kins. (Available on line)

 

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I've worn cloth at night and have purchased diapers and plastic pants since the early 90's.There was an EXCELLENT company back then in Three Oaks Michigan called V.I.P or Vinyl Incontinent Products. Ran by a really nice lady who promoted cloth and pants identical to Gerber, adult sizes. There wasn't very many places back then to find products that were just like what we used to wear-that actually WORK-especially for heavy bedwetters.And cloth diapers and plastic pants DO work; I prefer the thickest night-
time made and they say guaze is the softest.
One of my favorites is Angelfluff Diaper Co. I also like the Adult Cloth Diaper Co.'s vinyl pants with high-back waist. Side-snaps are nice for convenience and some circulation also. Now we have so much to choose from and it pays to shop around. I'm wearing Prevail Breezers because my insurance company wouldn't give me nightime/extended wear diapers like I need due to complete(and heavy) urinary incontinence and some fecal also. So I told my new primary this week and she ordered them! I'm also having mobility issues so I'm also getting a caregiver.
I've asked my providers if they supply re-usable diapers or vinyl pants and they don't. I would really like to have cloth again-especially for when those few times when I run out of disposables, they're great to have for emergency back-up protection.

 

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I prefer Birds eye cloth diapers for some reason I always have. There heavy and seem more thirsty then gauze and I forget the other ones. My favorite plastic pants were Comco which went out of business a few years back.

 

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@Billy7 There is a time and a place for cloth and I'll continue to hold out for that option. My cloth supplies date back to a hospital supply outlet that has since gone out of business. I must have two dozen from that era, though I cannot place a brand name to my old supply of cloth diapers. Their size is quite large, too, and they've occasionally served me well.

@Jimmyjames Yes, good old COMCO seemed to have been a favorite of many up until 8 or 10 years ago when they closed shop. I've stopped by there in person a few times (St. Paul, MN) to pick up my order. Several of their vinyl 'covers' have lasted me to this day and that speaks well of their quality. COMCO was a small business that served a 'niche' market not only with incontinence wear, but also specialty clothing for youth and adults. I believe only their incontinence items were offered at retail and all else was wholesale marketing.

My question is: What would any of you consider a suitable replacement for the quality that COMCO offered in their durable vinyl pull up, snap-side or bloomer style incontinence pants?

Recent replacement orders of plastic pants, now for non-COMCO products, does not offer the same durabiity and fit comfort. I'd tried products such as GARY, Leak-Master and Lange and a few from L.L. Medico. Also, not all offer a high-back fit which I consider essential for sleeping or even extended daytime wear.

Overall, I would estimate the ratio of my disposable to cloth diaper use time at about 30:1. Still, I often use vinyl covers with disposable pullup or heavier tape-on incontinence gear.

 

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I have been using plastic pants for many years. Liked Comco and some others, but now I keep going back to KINS, the 6 mil pants last a good long time and are comfortable. The thinner ones are not durable. KINS has been around awhile and slowly offer new products. Some good some not, wish they had birdseye cloth.
Hopefully they will be around until I am out of diapers. LOL. Buy the way I always use waterproof pants of some kind even with disposables just adds extra security.

 

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I agree with using waterproof pants. I grew up with them, so I suppose I feel safer with them, especially at night