How to break a pregnant mommy's heart...

Well we are over at our new house in Cumberland for the long weekend. We came over with the intention of painting the baby's room and I have been very excited about it all week. Unfortunately it doesn't look like we will be doing that til next year! You see, when Devinder and I bought our own house we realised quickly that it was an opportunity to have better control over what toxic substances we let into our home. For example, we quickly went out and bought a very expensive completely organic cotton futon with natural wool as the mandatory fire retardent after we learned that regular fire retardent in mattresses has been linked to crib death.

We also learned of a non toxic paint which does not off gas it's toxins into the air you breathe everyday. We went to the paint store to purchase our non toxic paint only to be informed by the owner of the paint store that the paint may be non-toxic but they still have not come up with a non-toxic pigment system. He informed us that the paint would probably finish off gasing in about a month, during that time I being pregnant shouldn't be in the house breathing in the fumes. After it is fully cured, the only way it would be toxic is if it chipped off and our child ingested it! We hummed and hawed and decided that if the reason we bought our own house was so we could have control of toxins, then why are we about to put more in? It broke my heart of course, being so geared up to paint it all up pretty, and now it's just a white room. But I think I may have found a solution...