thankyou so much suse - I am going to cut and paste your post to a notepad on my desktop!

I have some micro fleece liners for if and when i need a barrier cream, I am thinking I might just cut up an old sheet for the first few days to line the nappies with - I haven't any prefolds (and MUST NOT buy anything else LOL!) ..........

Surely I have an old flannelette sheet somewhere.... maybe even a cotton sheet, that should do?