AnnaT - OMG - what a poohorrible day you've had! massive hugs to you hon - passes you a Kaluah and milk with ice, and the icecream of your choice.

Arimeh, i have little squirted really yellow, sick poo nappies out in COLD water and that worked too. But i didn't leave them in the nappy pail for long, i wash those ones pretty pronto (cos i'm paranoid). Hope M is better soon.

FJ - what is up with your dh? did somebody swap the father of four kids with a single strange man or something? Poor isla!

I take it he is not the sort that LOVES to put together IKEA flat packs? Putting together that enornous trampoline, YOU DID THAT???? wot a woman is all i can say! and SHAME dh, SHAME!!! not to even help you with it!!! SHAME I SAY! are you listening FJ's DH????

Rhyb - was it you who bought the bbb with shot elastic? my suggestion is that you contact seller and explain the situation politely " i bought this being told the elastic was a little bit gone, and it is COMPETLEY gone" and i am not happy with this situation. factual but polite. Wait for them to contact you back and offer restitution. You should not be expected to buy stuff that is incorrectly described. Unpicking a fitted nappy and putting in new elastic is not a quick or easy job.

i have done this (with my heart in my mouth, no idea what outcome would be)
and i've been pleasantly surprised sometimes. so it's worth a shot. I really don't like dishonesty. espcially when you pay money to find it out.

MissyMoo - good luck with the ex visit.

Suse - i haven't seen the bambino mio swim nappies, i do know the Imse Vimse ones though, they have snaps on ONE side and we've been very happy with that one. You live in a flat or unit don't you? so does that mean that your pool was a communal pool (that all the tenants in your block of flats, use?) were other people there when it happened? embarrassment to the max! i feel your pain!

motherease make swim nappies with snaps on both sides (i'm pretty sure, check that out).

i'm assuming the leg seal on the BM swim nappy was a bit lacking?

Bilbs did a poo in knickers tonight, ignoring me to sit on potty. but she hid in a hidey hole (inbetween a bookcase and a cupboard), so i was suspicious she was doing something. she makes NO NOISES or facial expressions, it's SO hard to tell when she wees or poos! So i experienced what it's like to change a child out of pull down knickers with a poo in there. Thank god it was a nugget, wasn't too bad, i changed her on the change table, and little squirted the knickers, will wash them with the nappies. ANything else i should have done? I forgot to show her the poo being flushed down the loo, next time.

Katones - having a night nappy stash is very useful, for times they take ages to dry, for the times your bub is teething and poops more often than usual, or poops at night when usually they dont' (teething in our case), or is unwell (gastro).

wotbb: whatever night napy combo dh put on her, when i was out, watering a friend's garden (they're away on holidays). so it'll be either a night fitted with a woolly soaker, or a aio night nappy.

there are some lovely woolly soakers/shorties up on elly belly (at the ozebaby store) right now.