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| I need cute and affordable baby shower thank-you notes ASAP. Everything is so expensive! What do you suggest? —Alison, Burrell, PA |
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Check out Marmalade Ink (www.marmaladeink.com). The easy-to-use site offers hip thank-yous and other always-needed cards and notes like birth announcements, moving announcements, holiday cards and stationery. For baby gift thank-you notes, you can use their chic templates to customize your own card with your little one’s name or initials. Down the road, you can make other beautiful and fun thank-yous, complete with a photo of your baby. The best part is that they’re not too expensive, but they’re still high quality. |
| Can you point me in the direction of an organic mattress? —Chantal, Lakefield, MN |
 Oh, I so commend you for doing an organic mattress. They are so necessary, but a bit pricey. I guess when you figure that Junior spends up to two-thirds of his time sleeping, the price doesn’t seem as important.To quote our resident toxic avenger, Heather Wolfson, “Conventional mattresses are loaded with chemicals, including borax, a roach killer, and formaldehyde, an embalming fluid, which act as flame retardants.” Gross, right? In her online and brick-and-mortar green boutique, Twig and Twill (www.twigandtwill.com), she sells a fine organic mattress for $580, which, actually, is pretty reasonable compared with what other stores sell theirs for. FYI: Wolfson also tells us that the mattress is made from a natural latex rubber from the milk of a rubber tree, is enclosed by layers of certified organic cotton and wool, and is naturally flame retardant. |
| I am getting ready to give birth: manicure, pedicure, roots, waxing. Is there something I can deliver in that’s not an ugly hospital gown?—Anonymous | |
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You’re too funny! Before I recommend a hospital gown alternative, let me express my kudos to you for taking such good care of yourself now—because it’s going to be next to impossible pretty soon. A dear friend of mine got me a gown from a company called Dear Johnnies (www.dearjohnnies.com). It’s adorable and it covers you up (read: no butt exposure action) better than its depressing hospital counterpart. My advice: Buy a few. Comfortable and cute, these gowns make great bedfellows post-delivery, too. |
