Good point, SeattleDoug, I would not have thought of that! It's easy to assume people know you must wear plastic pants over cloth diapers but when you read so often that plastic pants are optional (as is the case of the more widely used disposable diapers), it is certainly possible to think cloth diapers work the same way.
So, Ron, I will join with SeattleDoug in checking with you to see if you are wearing vinyl plastic pants over the cloth diapers you just got from Adult Cloth Diaper, as the plastic pants are an absolute necessity. You already mentioned you added "several soakers and the diaper still got wet on the outside" which leads me to think you may not be wearing plastic pants over the diaper.
As an aside, I hope you got "easy to wear" cloth diapers, such as pull on diaper pants or Vecro on diapers to avoid the hassle of diaper pins. For anyone just starting out trying cloth diapers I do not recommend the hassle of pinning on prefold diapers! And many who do try cloth are disposable diaper wearers who will continue to wear disposables by day but want better protection for overnight, especially side sleepers who have little success keeping the bed dry while wearing disposables.
A pull on cloth diaper or a Velcro tabbed cloth diaper is pretty similar to a disposable and so an easier transition to the world of cloth diapers. For overnight, I think either type of cloth diaper is going to require extra layers, be they soakers or a prefold diaper you fold into thirds and sling into the pull on or Velcro on diaper. And again, you must wear plastic pants over any combination of cloth diapers you wear.
Please do let us know how you are making out and if we can offer any further help....we want you to be comfortable and feel secure without the worry of leaks!
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