Green Baby

So, you won't be hearing for me for a while. Today is my last day at The Star for a year. I'm baby-bound, and we're talking big, big baby at this point. I have officially run out of clothes that fit me. I'm well past the cute-pregnant stage and deep into the If-You-Don't-Give-Me-A-Seat-on-the-Subway-This-Morning-I'm-Going-to-Blubber stage. D-day is 8 days and counting, setting me neatly in a hospital room around 8 p.m. on March 29. I don't relish the idea of giving birth in the dark, but hey, I'm committed. I may just give birth to the city's first Earth Hour Baby.

For the next year, you can think of me elbow-deep in soiled cloth diapers, perfecting the "shush" and dreaming about drinking VQA wine (what they don't tell you when you first get pregnant, is that you are cut off from booze not just for the nine months while the baby is inside, but for months afterwards, while you are breastfeeding). If you see a woman with circles under her eyes standing transfixed before a table at your local farmers market, come introduce yourself.
Until then, keep binding those eco-feet.

All the best,
Catherine

Comments

[Colleen Sutton]

Good luck Catherine. By the way, as a new mom myself (I have a six month old), we love our cloth diapers, one of the best decisions we made. We've tried many different kinds, prefolds, Fuzzi Buns, Happy Heinys, Bum Genius, Kissaluvs, you name it, but for now we're liking the Fuzzi Buns and Bum Genius.
Have fun and sleep as much as you can!

[Jan Atkinson]

Just reading about a need for a non-toxic method to remove strawberry stains from clothing. Simply pour boiling water over recent stains. (Give consideration to the fabric, boiling water may shrink wool. However more hardy fabrics will become stain-free.

[Catherine]

Good luck Catherine. Aren't you glad you got that clothesline now? Thanks for all the fun over the past year or so. Rest assured, all us ecos will still be here a year from now, still plugging away and hopefully a little further ahead. Best wishes.

[sl]

Great blog