maz - pot of gold inside is a turquoise blue. And it's gaawwwwwwgeous. nuff said.

Gigi - thank you for being my personal MCN consultant. You really should be charging for your services.
so... BumGs are usually ok with just the one microfibre insert, but I put in a hemp trifold as a booster sometimes. It's not so much the microfibre I have a prob with, I'm just dealing with the 8-10 month developmental no-sleep teething kicking-and-screaming defiant food-throwing biting slapping hair-pulling horrors at the moment, and wishing I had more AIOs so I didn't have to stuff pockets when I could be collapsing in a shattered heap now and then... oooh but he'll grow out of it. PLEASE tell me he'll grow out of it!! Even the Dr today said he's a three-year-old trapped in a 9-month-old's body.
The procare PUL sounds great. Another reason I don't love the HH is the PUL is soooo sticky when you stuff the inserts in. I didn't even think about the PUL in the BPs being the reason for the wicking and leaking... but since the actual insert wasn't completely soaked the other day, I guess that's the problem. Makes sense now. Mind vomit...
As for the travel ideas.. well DP still insists I can't take MCN but I will be secretly packing a few quick-drying pockets in a travel vacuum bag. I tried explaining that it will save us money (v. important!) and also that DS screams every time I put a sposie on him and then tries to shred it. He wouldn't hear it, but I think he was visualising the huge bag I took last time on holidays. But it's early days, I may still talk him round. Most of the time we will be staying places with laundry facilities, and it's summer where we're going so we don't need to take much clothing. DS is using the potty for poos mostly, and gets very upset if he has to poo when we're out. When I get time I'll look into a more compact potty. There may even be one where we're staying or I can get one there. It's a weird prospect, going to Beirut to buy a potty, then going to Nice to buy a potty... Can't just have a normal family holiday, can I?? I was looking at the folding toilet seats too, thought that might be a good thing to get started on now and take that instead. Too much to think about now.
Right, have to go call sleep school.