I tried using those shop paper towels too, but couldn't make them stiff enough, so I went back to the tampons. LOL. Yeah....can't let them come out of the bottom or ya get pockets....then it's disastersville. You've seen those ear jobs where the ears lean in toward eachother, sometimes crossing on top...ugggg....terrible!
Good luck! LOL...Toward the end, his ears were growing so tall, that the tampons couldn't be extended anymore to reach the tips. So, I looked around the house for something to attach to extend them.
"Hmmm, this? How 'bout this?" I found an old rubber spatula which I cut up and wedged a little rectangle piece into the end of the tampon and taped it to that. Every time I changed his posts, I had to pick the tape off (no easy task) so I could save my little rubber wedge. LOL.
