Wool soakers (for Lori)

A friend of Steve and Darla's recently posted a comment asking about wool soakers. I forgot to reply when we got back so I am posting my response here. Maybe it will help anyone looking into wool soakers.

We love our wool soakers. We have a few of them and use them almost exclusively as night diapers.

Here are a few tips:

• Everyone swears by Aristocrats, but we've tried them and Disana and the Aristocrats are not so much better that they are worth the extra $10 each. We got our Disanas from Abby's Lane.
  
• Use lanolin. We add a toothpaste-serving sized squirt to our wash water when we wash the soakers. You can really feel the diapers getting more waterproof over time.
• We use Eucalan wool wash to clean them. Cleaning them is easy with this stuff.
• For heavy wetters, a prefold under the soaker will likely not cut it for overnight. We like hemp for this and we tend to stuff Georgie's soaker till she looks like a hockey player.

Hope that helps!