All-Natural and Organic Essentials for You and Baby
Nice and Bright
Organic cotton has lost its blah and gone bright, like in this bodysuit by Scout.
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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.
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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.
- DwellStudio, Organic Crib Set, $540, available at dwellshop.com
- Simmons Kids, Natural Care Elite Baby Crib and Toddler Bed Mattress, $350, available at www.walmart.com
- Natural-Sense, Crib Mattress, $290, available at www.foamorder.com
- Serta, Perfect Balance Organic Crib and Toddler Bed Mattress, $180, available at www.toysrus.com
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Super Shoes
Terrasoles' supercomfy Rainier shoes for women are made of recycled microfiber fleece.
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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.
- Baby Bear Shop, Mama Belly Oil, $22, available at www.babybearshop.com
- Korres, Watermelon Sunscreen, $28, available at www.sephora.com
- California Baby, Baby Bubble Bath, $22, available at www.californiababy.com
- Burt's Bees, Buttermilk Bath Pint, $16, available at www.burtsbees.com
- Little Twig, Travel Basics bee Kit, $17.50, available at www.littletwig.com
- Lillipad Studio, Bohemian Garden Stool, $275, available at www.annabean.com
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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.
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Roll with It
UppaBaby recycles stroller parts, operates multiple warehouses to reduce truck emissions, and more. Shown: the VISTA stroller.
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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.
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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.
- Cotton Monkey, The Eyes of the World Blanket, $72, available at www.kidbean.com
- Pottery Barn Kids, Organic Geo Hat, $7, available at www. potterybarnkids.com
- Burp Armor, Burp Cloth, $27, available at www.burparmor.com
- Maggie's Functional Organics, Baby Socks, $12, available at www.maggiesorganics.com
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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.
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DIY Dollhouse
This paint-your-own dollhouse, called the Imagination Box Cottage, is recyclable.
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Best Dressed
Kicky Pants bamboo dress
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.