apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

We got lots of second-hand furniture. There are a few things that really should be new (car seat and mattress are two). Most everything else is fine second hand. Our neighborhood has a Yahoo group for parents that has tons of stuff available.

We are also taking the opportunity to detox our apartment. We're going to try seventh generation non-chlorine diapers as we didn't think cloth was going to be practical for us.

I've found that using ceiling fans allows us to leave our A/C on low when we need it.

On food, we're planning on skipping baby food and having the baby eat a mashed version of whatever we eat.

We have been using the seventh generation line (wipes and detergent - the diapers leaked too much) and tried to use g diapers (flushable) when at home and until they started top clog the toliet...wish there was some more options for diapers. Cloth seems like too much and daycare wont do those.

I planted a great garden this year and between that and the local organic market I have made all of our baby's food - its really easy and fun to cook for her already. I cook for a few hours and freeze in icecube trays and am set for a few weeks.

We also made a concious effort to not buy all the toys and things that lots of parents will tell you you have to have (which all tend to be huge and made of plastic too) Some of those toys seem way too overstimulating let alone way too plastic!