Confession time...

I cheated on my husband.

Welllllll......

Actually I cheated on a promise I made him not to buy any more cloth nappies.

I bought more nappies.

And lied about it.

It stemmed from my sudden bout of nappy panic. After a bit of thinking I decided that to buy a Flip wrap with some disposable inserts would solve both the problems of needing more nappies and cutting down on washing. I'd read/seen a bit about Flip nappies and it was one of those brands I just wanted, so that worked out very nicely. I ended up getting them from The Changing Mat (which I've since learnt is closing down - sad face). They got sent with a free gift of refresher type sweets which I thought was a lovely touch. I don't eat them, but SBB happily gobbled sensibly ate them.

As I was looking around for the best deal for the Flip and inserts I was perusing The Nappy Stash website and came across the mystery bundles that they sell. I was intrigued. I was curious. I was clicking 'add to my basket'....

Then, I was hit with the guilt but couldn't quite face telling SBB the truth about caving in and buying more nappies. Of course, I rationalised it to myself by saying that 'other women' do it all the time with shoes or handbags. Then I compounded the problem by lying about it.

So, to those at The Nappy Stash; if my husband asks I won the mystery bundle as part of a competition, and very generous it was of you too!

(I also bought a couple of pots of CJ's Butter as The Nappy Stash has the best price - I didn't lie to SBB about buying these...)

32 weeks pregnant - Whooping Cough vaccine and nappy panic

Nappy panic is not unknown to me - I've experienced it before. Does it seem like a strange term? I'm not sure if mothers-to-be that are planning on using disposables suffer from this - or even if anyone else apart from me has experienced this, I may be utterly unique in my panic!

We're planning on using cloth nappies. I came across the concept before we even started trying for a baby, so I've had a good amount of time to research it. However. This week I had a sudden panic that I didn't have enough nappies suitable for a newborn. While I'm confident that we have enough nappies at home, I started to worry about how many we needed to take to hospital. There's surprisingly little official on the internet, or perhaps that's not so surprising as it's cloth. All the pages I read mentioned taking a pack of nappies - and quite a few of the forums were the same. Cloth nappy forums had varying answers. I began to become concerned about the washing factor - if I'm kept in for a  long time SBB would have to wash the nappies and I didn't want to have to make him worry about that. I'm sure he'll learn how to do it in time, but if I'm in hospital he'll have to worry about.

Anyway, the first time I packed the nappies I just packed muslins and boosters. I pre-folded the muslins to make my life easier, but with 10 of them in the bag they were REALLY bulky - which also contributed to my nappy panic.

I had my Whooping Cough vaccine this week. I had it in my left arm as I'm right handed but didn't realise until the next morning that, because I'm pregnant, what side do I sleep on? My left. So my shoulder's really been aching for the last couple of days. It really hurts to do anything with my arm - like lift it or drive.