Anyone else use wool soakers overnight for your baby/toddler? I have three kids, all three were/are cloth diapered, but I could never get any type of cloth system to work overnight with my oldest (who%26#039;s now potty trained), and my middle kid and youngest are still in diapers and I%26#039;m sick of using disposables (for so many reasons) overnight and weighing out the options I hadn%26#039;t considered already. One of which being wool covers made from an old sweater that you can make yourself. If you have used this method, even for day-time use, please give me your experiences with wool covers and opinions. Good or bad opinions welcome! Any tips are welcome, too.
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For nights I would recommend using a highly absorbent diaper made of bamboo or hemp inside the wool cover. Our favourites are Bamboozles and Goodmamas.

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Cloth diapering for 14 months

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Good answer, but my fault for not giving enough information, then I think you could have answered better for my situation.

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• I made my own nappies in the same shape as disposables with towelling on the inner layer, then a rectangle with a polarfleece 1st layer and 3 layers of towelling sewn in between the inner and outer layer. For the outer layer I used whatever I had lying around and could cut up (old boardshorts, paisley tablecloths, printed flannel, etc - something reasonably heavy duty). The flannel was probably the best for an outer covering. I then put adjustable elastic in the back of them and they lasted right through from 4 months to 2 years!! Sounds cumbersome but they were really weren%26#039;t and they looked super cool!
  
  At night I%26#039;d put in an extra lining of folded up towelling with polar fleece on top. The polar fleece draws the moisture away to the towelling pretty efficiently. I bought one oversized fleece jumper at an op shop for $3 and it was enough for all the nappies and extra linings. I did it for years - much easier than people think it is. I never tried woollen coverings. I%26#039;ve seen on ebay people making nappy covers out of waterproof material that would probably keep the moisture in - not sure how comfortable they%26#039;d be though. It might give you some ideas though to have a look at what%26#039;s around.
  
  Anyway, I did try a few different things - it was very hit and miss, but the system I settled on worked for me. Good luck! Good to see there%26#039;s other people not using those stupid disposables!!