thankyou everyone! will look into the baby beehinds covers and the bamboo terrys. the knitted wool covers that i am able to get here are not the pull up kinds (although i had looked at them) they are a wrap with hook and loop closures at the front. my mum said the pull up ones were more of a hassle so am glad i didn't go with them now you mention the poo trail if they got soiled lol! i hadn't thought of that! and i don't have a partner so i don't have to worry about anyone stabbing bub except me, as bub's dad is leaving for australia next year apparently (now isn't that dedication to one's child! ).. i think i saw something online that did the closure thing, was sort of like a three pronged weird looking thing, that i can't remember what it was called.. would that have been a snappi lol?