I’ve had this happen with my Gerber prefolds, but only in the corners. I am actually having alot of problems with all of my dipaers (I use mostly prefolds, but have a few Grovias that I use for nighttime) – falling apart!! I have been cloth diapering since ’03 (with my first of three children), and NEVER had this problem before. I actually had diapers from my oldest that I was using with my third baby that were JUST starting to wear out. Then, all of a sudden, all of my diapers are wearing out really fast – like torn to shreds within five months. I don’t get it – I had some prefolds last through 2 kids just fine, and now I have them lasting only five months?!! What the heck? And YES, they are the same brand (Gerber), so I don’t get it. I know my washing routine is sound, so I don’t see why these diapers are falling apart – very disappointing.

I sacrificed a real torn up one and realized that it wasn’t foam, it was indeed very hard strings of the fabric that had wound together creating rocks. I of course shared the info with the baby store.

I’m slowly replacing the prefolds. As i see it they definately went through at least 2 children (probably bought from a service too.) So as they are becoming tattered, I count a dozen at a time and replace them. Less of an impact on our budget too.

I get these in all my Mother-ease Sandy’s dipes and liners. For my liners I just opened them all up on one end and put a stitchon each side to prevent them from coming undone any further. All it is is the lint from the new cloth inside having nbo where to escape. It doesnt get INTO the diaper its already there adn has no where to get OUT. I have also made some tiny holes in my Sandy’s and stitched them back up after removing the lint balls.

I got some free kissaluvs AIO’s off craig’s list to beef up my stash, but they were in really ripped up and super stinky when wet. I couldn’t get the stink out, so I decided to cut out the sewn in insert and trash the rest, using the insert as a “cover up” when I need to occasionally use some diaper rash cream. Upon opening the diaper I found not only lots of fluff, but lots of SAND! I can’t imagine how that much sand could have gotten in there! The fluff and sand came out when I washed the piece inside out, and they’ve been great ever since.