I think it is the diaper itself. I have to wear plastic pants every time I wear it or it is wet on the flannel fabric every time. I don't use any fabric softener and I have done a lot of research on cloth. I have been using laundry detregent that is excellent for cloth diapers based on a website that went into detail which detergents are good and bad for cloth diapers I was using dreft but the site listed it as ok, so I ordered one called planet.
I have chatted with Monika about the issue, she sent me a plain pul one. No issues at all with it and love it! So I ordered 5 more and have been wearing them everyday It is so nice not being so wasteful on using disposables everyday! The dependeco plain pul does feel just like a disposable so it is a pretty nice exchange.