3-week-old won’t tolerate wet cloth diaper
My baby just turned 3 weeks old today. We were using disposables until she reached 7 pounds and her umbilical stump fell off, about a week ago, and then switched to Esembly cloth diapers, which I got second hand from a neighborhood group.
I love them, but an issue that has emerged is that she cannot tolerate any wetness at all. She is cluster feeding, drinking a lot, and peeing a lot. The means sometimes up to 5 diaper changes in an hour! We go through an insane number of diapers a day. My husband is especially frustrated and wants to switch completely back to disposables.
We tried adding in both the fleece liner and the cotton overnighter, but they both still resulted in her wailing as soon as she wet her diaper.
Anyone have experience like this and overcame it? I don’t know if she’s just a more fussy baby and the cloth won’t work for us, or maybe there’s an issue with absorbency of the used diapers, or maybe 3 weeks is too early and she’ll be fine with them later…or something else? Would love to hear your experiences!