Happy T-day box!
Quiet here due to back in hopsital yesterday thx to HV worrying about his ongoing mild jaundice Cue traumatised mamma when they stuck a needle in his hand, folded his hand over and squeezed it rhythmically for about 10 minutes while they drained all his blood out of him :( Anyway, results were fine. He still has a little but nothing to worry about.
Same HV visit led me to go to GP re reflux as well. We're trialling Gaviscon to see if it helps. He's certainly been less sicky and was possibly more settled last night so fingers crossed.
I am starting to feel like I'm some kind of munchausen by proxy mother :(
Anyway, we're working through stuff. It's been a bit of a shock having a more high-maintenance baby than expected, but on the positive side, he's adorable and gorgeous so that makes up for the fact that he will never allow himself to be put down!
He's spending a lot of time in our bed but partly I think the problem with the carrycot now is that he's grown out of it! Length-ways he's still got room but it's a sort of hour-glass shape (slightly) so he's a bit enclosed at the sides. I'm trying to work out how we can fit the cot into our room.
ski I'm so sorry, I know you asked me nappy questions and I didn't get to answering you. The liners are used to make it easier to get rid of poo, and to help keep the wee away from skin (like a one-way barrier). Now for a fully BF baby there's no point in trying to capture the poo. I don't use a paper liner at all myself, I just put the whole nappy in the wash. I tend to use fleece liners actually which are really soft, work better as a wee-liner, and are fully washable with the nappies.
Babies who are on some or all formula may have more formed poos so the paper liner will have some use. When Comma starts weening I'll probably switch to paper.
You don't need a liner at all with the bamboo nappies if you don't want to use one.
Don't ever fold them. They should always be single sheet. It can line the whole nappy from front to back. If it's too long you can rip it (just roughly) to shorten it but it doesn't matter - just make sure there's no liner sticking out of the wrap as it will make the nappy leak by wicking.
Was there anything else you wanted to know? I'm really pleased you're getting to grips with them. I love the Bambinex nappies. I prefer Mother-ease wraps I have found (I've not been able to trial Bambinex on a newborn before as we only took them on when LC was about 2 years old) but our Bambinex ones are ok as long as the nappy isn't soaked. The binding on Mother-ease is better.
cos I would put all non-organic stuff through on a rinse cycle at least. I use soap nuts on Comma and LC's clothes as they're really gentle and don't leave any scent or anything on the clothes which can irritate LC's eczema. You can just out clothes through a rinse cycle instead of a full cycle with soap nuts if you want. www.inasoapnutshell.co.uk
ski and cassie great news on the smiles! We're not there yet although there have been some starts to some. I remember when LC first started to laugh. It was like liquid gold .
My "little boy" is now over 11Lbs and is rapidly growing out of everything 
. Saw a fellow NCT-er yesterday in town and her baby, a week older than Comma, is still only about 8 1/2 Lbs, and teeny tiny!
Right, it's nearly midday and I'm not dressed 