Comments on: Is Your Child’s Bed or Crib Toxic?

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:31:06 +0000

Oh, and the Babesafe covers are relatively cheap when you consider you can wrap it over a cheap mattress and take it off to use in a pack n play when you travel.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:28:49 +0000

You should check out Babesafe mattress covers and the scientific research behind them. They were created in New Zealand and since their use the SIDS rate there has dropped by over 60% and they have a 100% success rate for over 100,000 babies who have used them. NZ used to have the highest SIDS rate in the world, btw.

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By: suzanne

suzanne — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 05:17:01 +0000

Hi Nicole,
Have you looked into an organic mattress topper for the mattress? It would be more cost effective rather than purchasing a whole new mattress or making your own. I’ll ask on Twitter to see if anyone sells a European mattress cover for cribs.

Suzanne

By: nicole

nicole — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:46:24 +0000

help! where i live its supper hard to get my hands on organic mattresses. i have a european size crib with an old mattress. i want to replace the mattress so i was thinking about making one out of foam and wool or cotton overlay. but now i’m not sure if thats safe. i honestly don’t have to many other options as we live on an island and for us to buy a a european size mattress it costs 250 at the least and then we have to import it which would be about 600. which is completely out of our price range. i would get a different crib but we have a small space the the european size crib works perfect in. so do you think its alright making my own i know the foam is bad but if i do over lay of wool or 100% cotton will it make it ok???

By: Chelsea Bell Eady

Chelsea Bell Eady — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 18:35:16 +0000

‘eek’ – The reality of ANY bedding situation is that you MUST care for your bedding – if you don’t, it will become unhealthy no matter what it’s made out of. Wool discourages the growth of molds and fungus, which is the cause of the off-gassing that you are referring to. Wrapping a truly natural crib mattress in plastic of any kind defeats the purpose: having a breathable environment in which to sleep. If your natural bed and bedding is kept clean and allowed to dry fully when it gets wet, it’s still the healthiest way to go in my opinion.

By: eek

eek — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 18:25:42 +0000

during my extensive research pre-baby, I found that wool is not perfect either. while, we wound up with a wool puddle pad, we opted for a latex mattress, since i learned that wool can naturally off-gas, too: Even though wool is a natural material, wool naturally contains phosphorus and may also contain antimony and arsenic. A fungus that commonly grows in bedding can interact with these substances to create poisonous gases (see article, Has the Cause of Crib Death Been Found?). So even though wool is natural, it may not be completely non-toxic. It really depends upon the wool – where and how the sheep are raised and how the wool is cleaned and processed.

here’s the full article: http://www.healthychild.com/co-sleeping/safe-co-sleeping-on-a-non-toxic-mattress/

By: Chelsea Bell

Chelsea Bell — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:48:00 +0000

Check out our brief article on crib mattress safety here: http://blog.sleepysheep.ca/2010/02/crib-mattresses-our-position-on-crib.html

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:10:03 +0000

I agree Suzanne – it just makes sense not to buy chemically laden mattresses to begin with.

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 22:40:27 +0000

Mattress wrapping is recommended for synthetic mattresses; wool and natural latex gold mattresses do not off-gas, and therefor do not need to be wrapped.