Suse, as i read about Euan's crocodile rolls, i realise we ARE doing all those distraction tricks too! it's a fight to get bilbs to sit, or lie down. after i have the nappy off her, i give her nappy free time on the changetable, use the time to put away her clothes/MCN that are on the single bed (my sorting area). Have a shoebox of little toys, little books, anythign to entertain her. Now she is starting to choose the next nappy she wants on, will sit there holding said nappy against her cheek, saying "Oooahhh" in a very animated way. this gal lurves minky!

i find getting a nappy on her, while she standing up, to be an absolute deal breaker. i always end up having to do it again to get the right fit (so we don't have leaks).

Lil P - yes, the strip wash is the GENTLE dishwasher liquid trick, then rinse until NO MORE BUBBLES. for just a few items, i would handwash.

in the drier to re-seal PUL? i would GUESS ten minutes, maybe read the Happy Heiny site, that explains this sort of thing in great depth. (they make PUL pockets too).

i frequently tumble dry fitted MCN, but only for a few minutes. it makes the pile of many fabrics fluff up. but PUL/fleece ocvers, PUL/fleece pockets dry so fast by themselves, no reason to tumble dry them, unless on the rare occasion you wanna reseal the PUL.

WOTBB: wotevah night nappy dh put on her while Aust Idol was on. No-one comes between me and my Idol fix!!! I breastfeed during Idol but i'm not leaving the room!!!

RAVEN - the Lupi Lu is well over the tonne mark online (and that's before postage). $80 was tres excellent!! good on you. If you see it anywhere for similar price, please let me know.

Oh and for you zebra minky fans, i saw a lovely zebra nappy on the daddledoo site, at wahmnaps. Christy, you didn't read this, it was MINKY, so look away NOW!!!

KAZBAH - i think WAHM made mama pads, are often like WAHM woollies. It's often a hand dye colour, and most things you buy in life, you know how it says on the label "wash separately first wash" or "wash with similiar colours first wash" - well i reckon that applies esp to mama pads and woollies. i bought one purple velour mama pad and i STILL have to wash it separately - the dye did not set properly.

Cotton velour, the WAHM's can buy as is, but with bamboo velour, many buy it in natural and hand dye it themselves, often for spunky effects.

if you want to avoid having this happen, stick to cotton velour or microfleece toppers, or natural bamboo velour colour.