A Natural Home

Yesterday we attended the baby bonanza in Columbus, OH.

It was fairly cheap to go, and the vendors were good, and not cheezy. The music was a bit loud and it was a tad hard to lve about the place due to the fact there were no ramps to go up and down with heavy items.

Overall it was well attended, and fun. We did not sell anything, but gave away many cards and talked to people about the dangers of petrol chemicals and formaldhyde on a baby mattress. One grandmother said she lost a grandchild to SIDS and she was convinced that the baby mattress is what killed the baby.  She might have been right, we will probably never know.  She said her daughter was going to have another baby soon and she was going to buy her an organic mattress for the baby. 

We contend that if you do nothing else other than get an organic mattress for your baby that is a good start to a healthy life. 

I ask the parents , “do you have a mattress?”  They sometimes would say yes, I got one from my sister.  I reminded them that baby mattress can hold urine, mold, mildew and chemicals, and did they really want to use a used mattress?  They often made a face when I said that.

I admit I was a bit of a snob to the people at Babies R US when they came over.  They asked me how much things were, and I reminded them they were SOLID wood and not made by slave labor, so were were comparing apples to oranges. A few of the women agreed with me, they thought the mattresses and furniture they sold although pretty were crap.

All in all it was worth going to.  We did not sell anything, but made some good contacts and I feel confident that we will see sales from the show.