Best Environmentally Friendly Baby Gear
Hoping to bring up baby without ticking off Mama Earth? Looking for a baby gift for your pregnant Prius-driving-organic-gardening girlfriend? It's a snap with these eco-friendly products for little ones.
report abuse- BPA-free Baby Bottles: Pretty much all plastic baby bottles on the market today are non-toxic and free of bisphenol A so they're environmentally friendly and good for baby! Some brands, like BornFree, kick it up a notch and are recyclable too!
- Eco-friendly Baby Skin-care Products: Not only are organic, environmentally friendly skin-care products great for baby's super sensitive skin, they're good for the environment too because there are no pesticides or yucky chemicals used in making them that can run off into waterways or leach into soil.
- Environmentally Friendly Diapers: Experts estimate diapers can take up to 1000 years to decompose in landfills and the chlorine in them is really bad for the environment (not to mention your baby). Luckily, there are eco-friendly diapers available! Seventh Generation makes 'em without chlorine, and by leaving this pollution-causing stuff out of your kid's diaper, toxins are left out of the air and water. gDiapers are cloth on the outside, disposable and sustainable on the inside. You can even flush away the disposable liners, compost them (well, the pee-only ones) or toss them in the trash guilt-free since they're biodegradable.
- Organic Crib Mattresses: Traditional crib mattresses contain chemicals like arsenic, phosphorus, and antimony which are bad for the environment and may not be great for your baby either. If you want an environmentally friendly mattress, you can buy an organic cotton and wool one, but be prepared to fork over $300 or more! Or check out Sealy's Soybean Foam-Core Crib Mattresses. Soybeans are a natural resource, meaning less crude oil and energy was used to produce these puppies. And most importantly, the mattress provides firm, safe support for your most valuable natural resource!
- Organic Cotton Sleep Sacks: When you're a parent, sleep is a precious natural resource! And parents will sleep better knowing their child's risk of SIDS is reduced by stripping the crib of blankets and instead zipping her into an organic, non-toxic, cotton sleep sack. Great brands to scope out are Halo, TOOKEE and Wee Urban.
- Eco-friendly Diaper Bags: These days, you can have it all; a super-eco-friendly, super chic, super-mom-friendly bag all in one! Brands like Fluerville, Diaper Dude, Skip Hop and more are making bags out of eco-friendly stuff like recycled plastic bottles and PVC-free materials. Who says going green isn't fashionable?
- Organic Baby Food: Organic baby food isn't just a way to broadcast that you shop at Whole Foods—it's a way to ensure that no toxic chemicals or heavy metals get into your baby's bod. Brands like Earth's Best, Plum Organics and even the old standard Gerber are mixing up delish, chemical free grub for baby.
- Environmentally Friendly Dinnerware: No chemicals will leech into your kid's (organic) oatmeal when you serve it in eco-friendly dishware! Products made from things like bamboo, stainless steel and BPA-free, phthalate-free, and PVC-free plastic are a safe bet.
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