I recently bought 2 wool covers to go over my sustainablebabyish organic bamboo fleece fitted at night. The babee green worked well for 2 nights but then started being really damp in the morning, and the sprout change cover was damp from the beginning, so I decided to wash them and lanolise them again. This is what I did:

I washed them with by hand using mild wool detergent, then rinsed them thoroughly, before I filled a bucket with lukewarm water, boiled a cup of water and had 1 tablespoon of pure lanolin in the boiling water, let it dissolve and poured it in the bucket. I then put my 2 wool covers in the bucket and let them soak for 1/2 hour, before I sqeezed out the excess water by rolling them in a towel. They were then line dryed. Afterwards they felt a bit sticky, i.e. full of lanolin, as I would get some on my hands from touching them.

Now I have used them over night, but the same thing is happening with both - at the 4 am feeding, after 8 hours in the diaper, the baby feels damp through the onesize, PJ, and a padded wearable blanket. In the morning, after 12 hours in the diaper, the blanket smells like pee.

What am I doing wrong? The sloomb OBF diaper can take a lot of pee and we've never had any leaks using PUL covers! I'm ready to give up on wool which is a shame because I really like the option of having a breathable cover.. Please help!

Cheers, Karianne