Rayray - i can understand why the child nurse would be worried about you washing in cold (after the vaccination). Just use MCN but use 60 degrees hot water.

i read an enormous thread on another forum last year, about how to wash mcn when your child has gastro. 90 degrees hot water, and for a fortnight AFTER they have gotten better. and to cope with the 90 degrees, to use flats, prefolds, contours (stuff that DOESN"T have elastic in it, cos 90 degrees hot water would kill the elastic). and stuff without PUL too. so i suppose that leaves you with prefolds.contours.flats and woollen soakers.

i know rota virus isn't gastro, but thought i might as well throw this into the mix too.

LECKERT -
Cushie Tushies - an aio that DOESN"T need a cover
Cute Tooshies OSFA bamboo delights fitted DOES need a cover
i suspect you have a Cute Tooshies, so you did exactly the right thing.
congrats on your first go at using mcn, it DOES take time to get used to it. the more you do it, the easier it becomes.

nappy flat folds need some origami
but PREFOLDS - well if you can fold an A4 piece of paper into three, there, you have just demonstrated the "skill" level needed for prefolds! (they are designed to be used INSIDE a cover with leg gussets, e.g like your Motherease RIkki covers.

prefolds can be THe Nappy for the newborn
later on, they are The Insert for pocket nappies, THe Booster for fitteds, extra absorbency for night nappies, you just keep using them until tt-ing.

Raven - congrats on Caleb tt-ing. What weight is the divine Miss Ruby now? is she up to 8kg?

wotbb: blueberry trainers and purple/aqua longies

we went to visit Beatrix today and with all these other little people to play with, bilby went all shy! Little MJ is now walking about all confident like, as gorgeous as ever. and Leckert, MeganH was there too, baby hasn't arrived yet!