Organic Cotton Baby Sleep

I registered for the "Nature's Purest-Hug Me" playard from Babies R Us because it was labelled as organic and healthier. Well okay, the fabrics are organic cotton but the playard mattress is still smelly vinyl plastic! I set it up last Friday and now, almost 4 days later, it still stinks. I'm trying to avoid baby products that outgas right down to the mattress and now we are left with this thing. I will be using this for naps mostly, as we will be co-sleeping in the bedroom.

I dont know if I can afford to replace it now but if anyone knows of an organic playard mattress (cotton, wool, rubber, etc) that I can replace it with, it would be great. But for now, how do I clean it? Is there something I can put on it to remove the smell? No bleach or lysol or more chemicals please.

Why dont you put the mattress outside for several days to ventilate... the smell will eventually dissipate with all the outside air... If you are still unhappy... How about cut a piece of plywood or thin fiberboard (sold at most home improvement stores) to fit the inside of the playpen and then cover it with cotton batting and then a playyard sheet over the top. Or if you are really crafty, you can take an old baby comforter and sew some elastic to the edges using a sewing machine... then place this over the fiberboard to make a soft cushiony area for baby.

2008-09-01 19:19:30 by MonkeyMama

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213. Elephants only sleep for two hours each day.
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222. There are about 450 types of cheese in the world. 240 come from France.
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224. The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life".
225. A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
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227. Broccoli and cauliflower are the only vegetables that are flowers.
228. Newborn babies have about 350 bones. They gradually merge and disappear until there are about 206 by age 5.
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230. In a survey of 200000 ostriches over 80 years, not one tried to bury its head in the sand.
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2008-11-06 00:35:32 by Jmaculas ™

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