Lunapads

Over the years we have experimented off and on with making products for babies and new moms - cloth diapers, hooded bath towels, breast pads etc, but always ended up “sticking to our knitting”, as a friend of mine is fond of saying. In other words, we make really great menstrual pads and underwear and sadly don’t have time for much else, at least when it comes to actually making it ourselves. That said, we get lots of requests for these kinds of products, and so we’re delighted when we find others who have different knitting, as it were, especially if the business is local, woman-owned and aligned with our values.
Which brings us to Bamboobino, a Vancouver-based, Mom-owned company that is making gorgeous Mom and baby accessories with bamboo fabric. Sharon Chai is the talent behind Bamboobino. She chose bamboo fabric for its softness and eco-friendliness - not to mention its other compelling qualities such as absorbency, anti-bacterial properties, and durability. Her cuddly bath wraps first caught our eye at our production partner’s factory, and we soon had an email from her introducing herself and the company.

With Suzanne still nursing Garret, she was able to test drive the breast pads and the Baby Bath gift set (which includes a hooded bath wrap, hat and washcloths, shown) and so now they’ve been added to our Comfort section. Bathtime is key to baby’s day, and regular towels don’t work all that well when it comes to a wriggling babe. Sharon’s ingenious design is like a little towel-sack that keeps baby’s whole body covered, and is self-belting to boot. It would be a great way to keep baby warm while giving her a pre-bed massage, and naturally would be a perfect gift. A final note: I appreciate how gender-free these products are in a world where everything to do with babies seems to feel the need to be either pink or blue!

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 11th, 2007 at 12:08 pm by Madeleine and is filed under Inside Lunapads. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.