Overflow in Prefold

Mac is 6 weeks old and we've started using our prefold nappies but I'm finding whenever he does number 2's it's overflowing on to the outer.

What am I doing wrong?

 

I should also mention I'm using the Johnsons nappy liners over the inners and I'm wondering if maybe they aren't absorbent enough so end up pushing it all out?

I use them inside a cover. They just leak into the cover...luckily. I would have thrown them out by now if they were leaking out onto his clothes.

 

I'm going to try a different liner, a softer one and see how that goes.

you will find you get a much better fit if you snappi the prefold on rather that pad folding and laying in the cover. they tend to bunch up a bit.

I'm using prefolds on C at night and have been since I bought her home. I use the snappi, and make sure they are pulled up tight around her legs. I'm not using a liner. I still get small leaks onto the covers with the really big poos (about once a day), but mostly it's fine.
It doesn't really bother me anyway - I change the cover every change to let the other one air out. (I only wash it if it's dirty though, usually just leave it to air). I have 4 covers, and I've not run out yet, but I am washing every 2 days. I'm using other nappies from the hire kit during the day.

Can I ask why you are using a liner? You can just throw the prefolds into the wash dirty - so what does the liner achieve?

ETA. Totally off topic, but weegee, I love your signature!

Edited by T_Rex

I am having the same situation. My boy is now 7 weeks and I've been using the prefolds since he was 3 weeks. I find most big poos spill onto the inside edge of the cover on one side or the other and have decided it is just part of the territory. I use the prefolds wrapped with a snappi under the cover and also use flushable liners (purchased from Nature Baby) - it definitely reduces the amount of goop that needs to be washed off!
I wash every 2 days with a set of 18 prefolds and 4 covers. A few more would definitely make life easier. I use disposables overnight to make my life easier for the middle for the night change and because they keep him drier through the longer sleeps.
I would love to know if anyone has tried both prefolds and old-school flats if the flats are more effective? I'm tempted to get some as they will fit my boy right through rather than having to keep buying another size of prefolds.

I too have that problem. Only really gets on the cover with her big ones now and I have been using a snappy. I think I've gotten better at putting it on which helps too.
If it's just a little bit I scrub with sunlight soap and leave to dry so that I can use it again before I do the nappy wash.