Question from singing tomato
Dear Debra,
after research we decided to replace our 7.5 months daughter’s crib with a safer one from Pacific Rim.
My question is: should we also replace her mattress as well? we have been using an organic cotton one from Naturepedic and we are really happy with it. But I am worried if the mattress could have accumulated toxics from the crib? Is this possible or am I overworrying?
Our old crib is from 100% solid wood with no veneer or laminate compnenets and with non toxic finish.
Thank you in advance and thank yiou for the wonderful blog..
A worrying mom
Debra’s Answer
A mattress or any porous fabric product can absorb chemicals from the surrounding environment, but they also can release absorbed chemicals.
I don’t think you need to replace your mattress. Just give it a good airing outdoors in the sunshine, a day on each side.
