Poison Vitamins and New Nappies

Don't Take The Little Brown Ones

Yesterday I left my pillbox on the dining table and this morning Rob yelled for me to come NOW, so I did, and he had Linnea upside-down. "Your red pills, your red ones, what are they? Is there anything in her mouth? Has she swallowed it?"

The reddish-brown pills are Pregnacare, and she hadn't swallowed much of it; she'd gnawed about a tenth of it off. I shall have to start keeping the box on a high shelf in the kitchen and hope I don't forget to take them. We called NHS Direct and they looked it up in their database and said that she'll probably survive.

Rob may be coming down from the adrenaline rush about now.

Kittikins

Anna-who-is-Tiggsybabes alerted me to Kittikins who have an introductory sample pack of nappies, available in three sizes, for roughtly the amount the council will give you back if you buy cloth nappies. So I ordered some. They arrived today.

All three kinds of nappies are shaped inners that fasten, and then need a wrap fastened over them. I already know that for Linnea I prefer a prefold inner, as then I can just place it in the wrap and put one thing on the baby, which is much easier for me than two. However, I may find that these ones are more absorbent and less leaky, which would be nice. We've been using disposables at night for a while.

She is currently in a Motherease nappy and wrap; they are lovely and soft and fluffy and seemed to fit well, though she is clearly at the upper limit, sizewise, for the Large size nappies. It's because she inherited my thighs, always disproportionately large on me - but very useful for walking, cycling, swimming etc.

I'm going to use the Tots Bots one tonight to see how it copes with the overnight wetness. I've heard good things. We do have an additional silk liner, somewhere, that wouldn't fit in with the prefolds... Oh yes! The shaped ones aren't nearly as bulky as prefolds, on first impressions, so it should become easier to buy clothes if this works.

When she wakes from her nap I plan to go see my friend who is due tomorrow. Assuming my friend isn't napping, of course.