Kirby,

For sheets I had a couple of the ones that they provided. The quality was pretty cheap to be honest, and I foudn they pilled quickly. So I made some up out of sheeting bought from a haberdashers: dead easy. Normal cot sheets would just be too big I think. You could easily use a large bunny rug though, as a bottom sheet.

I never used a top sheet as such.......just wrapped Olivia loosely and popped her into bed. In a cooler climate than Darwin I would probably tuck a bunny rug over a baby to keep them snug?

In terms of a waterproof sheet, I never bothered. We live in a very hot and humid climate in Darwin and I didn't want Olivia to get too hot and sweaty becasue of a plastic sheet: I figured that if she leaked, it was just as easy to put the whole lot through the washer and dryer.

In actual fact she only ever had one big mess in it: when she was about 3 months she did a huge projectile spew and so I washed her, washed the whole hammock whilst DH cuddled her sick little self back to sleep.

Any other questions, let me know.........