Rosanne's Lounge

Jack & I went to Pure Baby’s factory outlet yesterday and I bought two organic muslin swaddles. They’re gorgeous. They’re also ridiculously cheap, as are all the other clothes there, despite being organic cotton. Why? They’re made in China.

The web site says that as of the winter 09 range, they’ll be using factories that have "social codes" which is terrific as I don’t want to choose between organic and labour conditions. It does make me curious about how others make these decisions…

My favourite new photo of Harper… She’s 8 weeks old today (time flies, huh?) and she’s smiling like it’s the best trick ever (I’m inclined to agree). I’m yet to get a photo of this as I’m too busy making faces back at her when she does it. At some point, I’ll get Doug to take a photo of it while Harper and I are grinning at each other like loons.

The rattle she’s holding is the corn-based plastic one from galagushka . The brightly coloured mat is a polyester thing secondhand from turtlesnake , but it’s an A Bug’s Life character, so that’s okay, right? *snork* Still trying to make up our minds about merchandising and kids… So far, she has this mat, a couple of Winnie the Pooh things and a Peter Rabbit outfit. We’re both very opposed to clothing as advertising and merchandising in general but there are some things *we* think are cute and hell, I’ve owned and worn various media-branded items in my time (my old and well loved Star Trek: the Future of Healthcare T-shirt, for example).

Anyway, *her* shirt in this photo is awesome: it has the "round and round the garden goes the teddy bear" rhyme on it and then after "tickle you under there" it has "and there" written in various spots like the belly and with an arrow pointing under the arms.

I have many other new photos and will post them as soon as I get a chance to process them…

I’m finding one of my great joys is singing Harper to sleep. The old things seem odd to me (why on earth would you sing to a child about a cradle falling out of a tree??) so I’m singing Tiddas’ "Inanay" (I would love a copy of this; can’t find it for download) and "Leave Nobody But the Baby" from O Brother Where Art Thou?

Then cavalorn  posted this Fred Small song (man, I love Fred Small!). Exactly the sort of sentiments I’d want to sing to her. Now I have a new song to learn!

The lyrics