Swaddlebees leaking through seams

Livvy's swaddlebee AIO's keep leaking and after having a little play with a cup of water I found that they leak through the leg seams (the stitching) really easily.

Is there anything I can do to stop this as they are such cute nappies? I've tried stuffing them with more inserts so absorbancy isn't the issue. As soon as the wee's gets near the edge it soaks straight through.

Nope, the water soaks in straight away. I thought that it might've been the case and that's why I thought I'd test it.

Can you ruin the nappy by unpicking the stitching? I suppose the holes have already been made though so the liquid would still leak through those.

You could try putting them in the dryer on warm/hot for 10mins to reseal the PUL - I had to do this to my Fuzzis once and it worked a treat, without doing any damage to the nappies.

did you buy them new? if so have you contacted the person you brought them from?

Yeah, bought them new and we've been emailing but she just recommends the same, stripping, recheck fit, etc. I'll give it a go and see. I might try turning the dryer up a wee bit too and see if your suggestion there helps at all as well.

If worst comes to worst I might try and unpick the seam on one of them and then do the dryer thing to try and shrink down the holes and see if that helps.

Hmm, sounds exactly the same and it was mums & bubs too but through trade-me. We would be leaking out within an hour also.

That sucks that you didn't find the other brand very good either. I already have 6 bumgenius nappies (our most reliable nappies by far) and I want to keep trying different brands. I got the swaddlebees very cheap so no loss there really and I might try pulling the stitching out and seeing if that helps at all. It's no loss if it doesn't work anyway. Its a real shame though because they are such a darn cute nappy!

Yeah, it is a velour lining. the velour and microfleece are sewn together and I'm not too sure if I'd be able to unpick that part of the nappy. I'll have a look though. I'm willing to sacrifice one of them if I can find something that works. It's an AIO but the swaddlebees AIO's also have a pocket opening so I might be able to get it off. The microfleece is only a strip down the middle too and doesn't reach the edges. The back of the velour is like a mesh and that's all there is between the edge of the microfleece and the edge of the nappy, which may also be why it's leaking.

This is a picture of it turned inside out. It's quite a large gap I would've thought.


Maybe I should just unpick the microfibre out of it and use it as a regular pocket nappy with my other inserts instead.

Freesia wrote: Maybe I should just unpick the microfibre out of it and use it as a regular pocket nappy with my other inserts instead.

I think that's a much easier idea that unpicking elastic etc.

I just checked out the AIO I have here and yes, the gap is that big, but the 'webbing' looks different. Mine has microfleece.

Hope you manage to get some use out of it - they are pretty cute little naps!

They sound like my SB AIO's :) How many times have you washed them... I found mine took awhile to get up to absorbancy. I love mine now tho. If you are up for sacrificing one nap... you could try unpicking the mf booster? I find mine leaks if I don't have any booster in the pocket... I just put a 3 layer bamboo that's really trim and it will then last as long as any of my other naps.
Good luck sorting the issue, as they are a really cute nap and lovely and trim.