All-Natural and Organic Essentials for You and Baby

Products like these are better for the environment and great for you and baby.

By Jessica Hartshorn and Janeen Koban from American Baby

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Kaysh Shinn
Nice and Bright

Organic cotton has lost its blah and gone bright, like in this bodysuit by Scout.
- Scout, Marigold Adventure Tee, $24, available at www.scoutbaby.com
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From Bottles to Bag

All profits from the Wee Generation Eco Diaper Bag (made from recycled plastic bottles) go to Healthy Child Healthy World. For a limited time, the bag comes stuffed with Seventh Generation products and other bonuses.
- Seventh Generation, Wee Generation Diaper Bag, $200, available at www.rickshawbags.com
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Best Bedding

Organic bedding and bag from DwellStudio. Crib mattresses, from top: Simmons Kids Natural Care Elite; Natural-Sense latex foam; Serta Perfect Balance.
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Carried Away

Belle Baby Carrier in organic cotton. Mom's shirt and pants, OMgirl.
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Super Shoes

Terrasoles' supercomfy Rainier shoes for women are made of recycled microfiber fleece.
- Terrasoles, Rainier Shoes, $50, available at www.terrasoles.com
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Natural Knits

Simple Weebit booties. Stacia Knitwear baby's hoodie and leggings.
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Soothing Essentials

From top left: BabyBearShop Mama Belly Oil; Korres Watermelon sunscreen; California Baby bubble bath; Burt's Bees Baby Bee Buttermilk Bath pint; Little Twig unscented travel basics; Gerber Organics cloths. Stool, Bohemian Garden.
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Natural for the Nursery

ImagiPlay wooden rattles. Blankets, from top, are all organic: TL Care sweater-knit blanket; Robbie Adrian pink blanket; Gymboree giraffe blanket.
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Safe Sippies

Green-and-Greener.com sells stainless-steel Safe Sippies in response to worries over plastic leaching toxins.
- Green and Greener, Stainless Steel Sippy Cup, $16, available at www.green-and-greener.com
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Roll with It

UppaBaby recycles stroller parts, operates multiple warehouses to reduce truck emissions, and more. Shown: the VISTA stroller.
- UppaBaby, Vista Stroller, $670, available at www.uppababy.com
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Get Smart

These books and others can help educate you on ways to make your life (and your baby's) healthier; found in bookstores and online.
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Take Note

Seed Paper cards can be planted. Crane & Co.'s collage-style animal notes are from renewable cotton, not trees.
- Crane & Co., Animal Collage Notes, $12, available at www.crane.com
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Cool Cotton

Organic cotton, from left: The Eyes of the World blanket from Cotton Monkey; Pottery Barn Threads Geo print hat; Burp Armor burp cloth; Maggie's Functional Organics baby socks.
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Let's Play

Cariboo, from New Zealand, handcrafts baby products from sustainable timber colored with lead-free stains. Shown: the proudly low-tech Activity Gym.
- Cariboo, Activity Gym, $160, available at www.2modern.com
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DIY Dollhouse

This paint-your-own dollhouse, called the Imagination Box Cottage, is recyclable.
- Imagination Box Co., Country Cottage, $22, available at www.imaginationboxco.com
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Best Dressed

Kicky Pants bamboo dress. Keptin-Jr organic doll.
- Kicky Pants, Bamboo Dress, $30, available at www.cottonbabies.com
- Keptin-Jr, Rag Doll, $36, available at www.ebeanstalk.com
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Make Like Moses

PoshTots sells this pretty organic Moses basket from Forty Winks ($200, or $700 for the basket along with complete matching organic crib bedding).
- Forty Winks, Organic Baby Bedding with Moses Basket, $700, available at www.poshtots.com
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Pampering Products

Desert Essence Organics body wash in Bulgarian Lavender and Green Apple & Ginger; VedaBABY Soothe cream (white jar) and Baby Butt diaper balm (brown jar); Desert Essence Organics lip tint.
- vedaBABY, Soothe Cream, $30, available at www.vedababy.com
- vedaBABY, Baby Butt Diaper Blam, $40, available at www.vedababy.com
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Building Blocks 2.0

Many classic wooden toys are made from sustainable hardwood, such as these City & Country School Unit Blocks.
- Kid O, City and Country Blocks, $56, available at www.kidonyc.com
- Throw a Green Baby Shower!
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Wow-Worthy Onesies

Organic sleep sack from 3 Sprouts; Salvor bodysuit.

Originally published in the September 2008 issue of American Baby magazine.
- 3 Sprouts, Organic Sleep Sack, $45, available at www.shoptadpole.com
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