Organic Baby Archive

Best Baby Slings and Carriers – Soft, Organic, Ergo
Best Baby Slings and Carriers – Soft, Organic, Ergo

If you’re anything like me, you’ll discover that the arrival of your little bundle of joy stirs up great longing for many things that you once took for granted: sleep in blocks greater than 90 minutes; shirts free from crusted baby spit-up; and the use of both hands at once. Sure, you can hire a [...]
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Wooden Pull Toys for the Green Baby Who’s Walking ‘Round
Wooden Pull Toys for the Green Baby Who’s Walking ‘Round

Some toys will sit lonely and unused on a shelf for longer than you ever imagined. Regardless of how interactive or brightly colored said toy may be your child may ignore it—choosing instead to give his time to cardboard boxes or empty Tupperwear containers. W was particularly disinterested in pull toys. Though he was outfitted [...]
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Musical Toys that are Safer for Children and the Environment

There’s a fine line between nurturing your budding rock star and allowing your toddler’s incessant drum solo to drive you insane. Yes. That line is quite fine. While I’m sure most children possess a natural desire to create music, W has always seemed especially attracted to melody—especially when created by banging something against something else. [...]
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Onesies – hip, cute, essential – are the Ultimate in Baby Clothing

Ah, the onesie—the ultimate in baby clothing. No babyhood would be complete without a drawer full of the crotch-snap cotton T-shirts. Outfitting your infant in this ingeniously designed article of clothing guarantees that her belly will stay warm through it all. I learned this firsthand when W was born in the heart of a New [...]
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Bath Toys for a Clean, Green Baby Boy or Girl

There was a specific time in W’s young life where a nightly bath transitioned from a quick, easy (even optional) experience to a soggy, mandatory part of each day. As soon as he became mobile rolling around in any available dirt pile took over as his all-time favorite activity. Add to that his ongoing appreciation [...]
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A Wooden Toy for the Imaginative Baby or Toddler Who Loves You

If and when we decide to have another baby, I’m seriously debating adding a concise, but clear message to the pregnancy announcement. I see it going something like this: “I’m pregnant! Please keep your plastic presents.” It may be generational—I find that my parents and their friends are particularly adamant about filling a new person’s [...]
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Baby Bib – From Plastic to Cotton, Disposable to Organic

Among the many wonders of life with a baby or toddler is the sheer volume of laundry such little people produce. I’m convinced that I spend most of my free time folding miniature T-shirts into tiny squares or hoping—against hope—that the mysterious white crusty spot or the smudge of green grass or the Jackson Pollack-esque [...]
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The Mattress Doesn’t Come with the Crib, Thankfully – the Organic Crib Mattress
The Mattress Doesn’t Come with the Crib, Thankfully – the Organic Crib Mattress

You’ve got the crib, the sheets and the bumpers. You’ve got the pjs and the cozy cotton stuffed animals for snuggling. Maybe you’ve even got the baby. So what’s missing? Ahh. The good old mattress. I may be alone here, but when I was nine months plus, with baby Belger pushing on my stomach, spleen [...]
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Baby Bedding: Sets, Organics, Neutrals, Animals, and All

Babies spend most of their time sleeping, so it makes nothing but sense to outfit their sleeping quarters with the best in bambino bedding. In my world, “best” means the softest, coziest organic cotton possible. And like most gear for the miniature set, organic bedding options are vast and somewhat overwhelming. Whether you’re the traditional [...]
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Soft Baby Shoes for Infants and Up

It’s simple. There’s only one pair of soft baby shoes that a baby needs: Simple’s Weebit moccasins. W lived in these soft shoes until he started walking. They were the only baby footwear that didn’t hug his chubby baby ankles too tightly and that kept his chubby baby toes neither too hot nor too cold. [...]
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