How hard can it be to buy a mattress for a crib? Let me put it this way, I just spent 30 minutes on the phone listening to Louise (God knows she doesn't look like the photo from the website) in Hoddlesden (God knows where that is) run through the 45 most popular mattresses made bespoke by the imaginatively named BabyMattressesOnline.co.uk. The highlight of the phone call occurred somewhere after the in depth description of the "Deluxe Honeycomb Mattress with Spactec" and before the "Naturalmat Coco Crib Mat and Organic Waterproof Protector Pack - Crib Size" (this one looks like a white chocolate thin mint - see photo). Unfortunately (I will interject before I go on), it appears that I've been influenced by the Brits' penchant for awful laddish humo(u)r. So when Louise told me about the Pocket Sprung option, I laughed. Then, oddly enough, she laughed as well. Needless to say, I bought it. And it has Spactec and Coolmax. Imagine that.
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Baby mattress
How hard can it be to buy a mattress for a crib? Let me put it this way, I just spent 30 minutes on the phone listening to Louise (God knows she doesn't look like the photo from the website) in Hoddlesden (God knows where that is) run through the 45 most popular mattresses made bespoke by the imaginatively named BabyMattressesOnline.co.uk. The highlight of the phone call occurred somewhere after the in depth description of the "Deluxe Honeycomb Mattress with Spactec" and before the "Naturalmat Coco Crib Mat and Organic Waterproof Protector Pack - Crib Size" (this one looks like a white chocolate thin mint - see photo). Unfortunately (I will interject before I go on), it appears that I've been influenced by the Brits' penchant for awful laddish humo(u)r. So when Louise told me about the Pocket Sprung option, I laughed. Then, oddly enough, she laughed as well. Needless to say, I bought it. And it has Spactec and Coolmax. Imagine that.
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Don't overlook Spactec as a potential baby name! Or Coolmax really, but c'mon Spactec? Brill.
p.s. You should get Spactec these ridiculous cards:
http://blogs.wsj.com/juggle/2009/05/29/really-baby-business-cards-for-playdate-networking/
In fact, if you do name him Spactec I will order these for you x 100. Perfect for when the other kids - of course named Gemma, Sophia, James, Jack, and Thomas - go WTF is your name he can proudly hand them his card all spelled out, 'That's right, it's S-P-A-C-T-E-C.'
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