waves at MLM hiya!

Brigsy, bilby adopts anything she sees and perceives as a "bubby". the other day, it was a Bubby Rock. She was talking to it, saying Awww alot and giving it cuddles, she even breastfed Bubby Rock. So if little Em takes a shine to candle holders, so be it, it just shows how much they want to communicate, even to inanimate objects!

with the hot water thingy, if your baby has gastro, washing the nappies at 90 degrees, for the time of the gastro attack, and for TWO WEEKS AFTER, is what i've read, as recommended. Because the gastro bug can survive for two weeks after your child is well again. apparently 90 degrees is hot enough to kill the gastro bug. Obviously, your regular mcn, with PUL and elastic, will NOT survive being washed in 90 degrees hot water. So, what i read, suggested that you use nappy flats, prefolds, trifolds, contours, all your nappy absorbent items that DON"T contain elastic or PUL. and for covers, they didn't enlarge on that, but following the theory about aeration and breathability of fabrics, i would guess
- PUL covers with leg gussets for tiny bubs (handwash teh covers for the duration of the gastro)
- woolly soakers (that need handwashing anyhoo)
i haven't been thru enough this with bilbs to know what i would do in reality (in her 27 months in MCN, she only had gastro for an afternoon), but i think if i went to do this and got leaks (due to runny gastro), i think i would probably revert to flongies - as they dry so fast (if it was in winter) and the PUL covers for summer (they dry fast too).

but with the rota virus vax and other needles, we didn't get any change in the nappy contents, just kept using the usual mcn, and our usual washing routine (which happened to be 60 degrees). If i washed in cold water, i think i would wash in hot water, just for the period of the needles.

wotbb: monkeybar knickers (i wish i was contributing to the Next Generation, but am letting the side down here).