How often do you change cloth diapers?

I know there are a few similar threads to this, but I wanted to address a more specific question. If you are incontinent and use cloth diapers, how often do you think it is necessary to change in order to avoid leaks? Someone mentioned that they struggle 'even to get through a morning' in cloth diapers. Would you say then a change every 2/3 hours, or more often?

I realize this is dependant on a number of factors such as liquid intake and the thickness of the diaper, but if people could hazard an estimate of an average I would find that very useful.

Thanks in advance.

I'm not incontinent, I just wear mine for fun. But if I were in my cloth diapers all the time I'd be more concerned about diaper rash than about leaking.

For me 4 changes a day. At night I use 2 diapers that have four layers of cloth. These are flat diapers 44 inches square that I fold to fit. It makes a very thick diaper. But it's good for 12 hours without leaking. You wouldn't want to wear this setup out in public though. During the day I use one of these flat diapers and a toddlers prefold as a booster. I need to change 3 times a day. But I'll never leak and my diaper is dry enough that I don't get rashes. When I change I could have 2 more heavy wettings before I'd leak.

I use Adult Cloth Diaper's (ACD) Purity Flat Diaper 4 layer Large. These are without a doubt the lowest cost heavy diaper. Babykins have a prefold flannel that I use too. They are reasonable also.

Of course I wear plastic pants. I get them a couple sizes too big. They are really baggy, but they seem to last considerably longer and they don't tear like when my plastic pants aren't baggy.

For me in general it's 2 diaper changes a day! 1st diaper change made early in the morning before I go to work.Every morning I take off my cotton diapers and my plastic panties that I have to rinse and put them in my diaper pail provided for that in the laundry room, after the shower,on weekdays I only wear disposable DEPEND diapers with plastic pants to go to work, since the day I only have that urinary losses, and I have time to go to the toilet to pee, but sometimes I come home from work and my diaper is full, fortunately I have a plastic panties.For my 2nd change of diapers and when I come back from work and my wife has prepared my cloth diapers and my plastic pants for the night.For weekends it's different I'm only entitled to my cotton diapers and plastic panties, and I have to expose my diapers at all times so that Madam so that she can check when they are wet and especially that the toilets for me are forbidden during the weekends if I had leaks to bed during the week, so I have a right to a or two diaper changes during the day!

Usually I change 4 to 6 times during the day. The diapers are not that thick, Light cotton gauze. My plastic pants are usually good for 2 diaper changes. I prefer not to completely soak the diaper but change sooner rather than later.

Thank you all for your very helpful responses.

I don’t think you would need to change your cloth diapers more often than every 3 hours, if that , as long as you are wearing several layers of gauze diapers and this is covered by plastic pants. I recommend “Purity” diapers from adultclothdiaper.com. You will need at least 4 levels of thickness, but these diapers are very soft and long lasting.

I too am a huge fan of ACDs Purity diaper. I use only the 4 ply night time diaper. Two at night with a toddler size soaker gives me 12 hours of leak free comfort.

Day time I use a single night time diaper with a soaker. I'm good for 3 or 4 serious wettings. That's usually at least six hours. I do watch that I don't get too funky smelling if they are wet for a while, but that normally doesn't happen till my diaper is soaked..

I use two terry nappies folded kite fashion at night this usually good for about 10 hours before i need a change. During the day i wear a single terry nappy and i change that about every 4 hours

You're all wonderfully supportive and helpful, thank you again.

Since I have to unpack the diaper 4Xs a day to catheterize I use that as chane point so I pretty much retired the can my diaper handpe this issue.i almost never reach capacity before I am on to the next just laundered cloud.

I'm fully urinary incontinent and use cloth diapers for night time wearing. The cloth diapers that I use are called velcro all in one from Idiaper. They are very thick and very adjustable for a good fit. Im normally in my cloth night time diaper around 9 pm to 6 am during the weekdays and possibly longer for the weekends. I do use a booster pad along with the cloth diaper having no leaks. I only wear cloth diapers for at night time or if I will not be going out into public. They are just to thick and noticeable for me to wear in public.

I wear cloth prefolds and one, sometimes 2 cloth inserts and change 3X per day, morning, late afternoon and before bed. Always wear rubber pants of course. My girlfriend changes me when we’re together. My mom changed me when I was living with her, dad and my two sisters. I really like when she cleans my pee-pee with wipes and gets me excited.

@Lyric Wow you must have had a good hunt to find this ol' post. Thanks very much for your reply.

I change out of my cloth night diapers and plastic pants in the morning, shower, and put on a disposable diaper and the rest of my clothes to go to work. On the weekends, I will keep my wet cloth diapers on until I begin to leak, or I begin to feel the stinging or burn from the ammonia buildup.