All-Natural and Organic Essentials for You and Baby

By Jessica Hartshorn and Janeen Koban
August 28, 2008
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Products like these are better for the environment and great for you and baby.
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Nice and Bright

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Organic cotton has lost its blah and gone bright, like in this bodysuit by Scout.

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From Bottles to Bag

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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

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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

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Belle Baby Carrier in organic cotton. Mom's shirt, OMgirl.

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Super Shoes

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Terrasoles' supercomfy Rainier shoes for women are made of recycled microfiber fleece.

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Soothing Essentials

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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

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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

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Green-and-Greener.com sells stainless-steel Safe Sippies in response to worries over plastic leaching toxins.

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Roll with It

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UppaBaby recycles stroller parts, operates multiple warehouses to reduce truck emissions, and more. Shown: the VISTA stroller.

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Get Smart

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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

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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

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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

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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

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This paint-your-own dollhouse, called the Imagination Box Cottage, is recyclable.

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Best Dressed

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Kicky Pants bamboo dress

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Make Like Moses

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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

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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

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Many classic wooden toys are made from sustainable hardwood, such as these City & Country School Unit Blocks.

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Wow-Worthy Onesies

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Organic sleep sack from 3 Sprouts; Salvor bodysuit.

Originally published in the September 2008 issue of American Baby magazine.

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