The Natural Beat

Tess October 30th, 2007

Protecting our planet does not necessarily mean that you have to install a wind turbine or a solar heater. The percentages may vary with countries but it is estimated that 40% of carbon emissions are a direct result of what we do as individuals.

Parents have a vested interest in the well being of their children. You, as a mom, can do your own bit to shrink the carbon footprint of your family. Your choice of what you buy can be your contribution to the global effort. Additionally, your choices can be instrumental in strengthening the immune system of your baby to effectively combating attacks of viruses and bacteria.

Parents are a prime target of advertisers and the maximum amount of freebies are offered on baby products. Parents are often lured with cute looking toys, clothing, sheets and towels and the lure is so great that the health aspect of buying certain things gets neglected.

While re-cycle, repair and re-use is the best slogan for an eco-friendly attitude, parents are expectedly more eager to buy new stuff for a newborn. Here are some eco-friendly choices for shopping for your baby.

* Keep away from disposable products including nappies. They simply end up as land fills after use and do not decompose for a long time.
* Cut down on packing and buy in bulk - it is also cheaper that way.
* Avoid plastic milk bottles and stick to aluminum.
* While choosing wooden items like cribs and chairs look for those made of trees grown in sustainable forests and avoid tropical hardwood.
* For fabrics, sheets and towels select those that are manufactured from organic cotton or wool.

Bath accessories make a lot of difference to the overall health of your baby. Your baby’s tender skin comes into direct contact a towel every time after a bath. A harmless looking hooded toddler bath towel can do a lot of harm to your baby if it contains synthetic materials that give out harmful emissions if they come in contact with household mold and mildew. Buying ‘organic’ is not a passing fad but a part of a global campaign to improve the health of our planet.

Finding good organic soaps, moisturizers, baby oils and towels that do not have any synthetic content is not a difficult task any more. There is no dearth of stores, online and otherwise, that sell only certified organic baby products such as organic soap, organic bedcovers, organic mattresses and organic hooded toddler bath towels, and other baby products.

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References:

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/baby/

http://tntn.essor...yhoodedtowe_riso.htm

http://www.askbab....com/baby-towels.htm

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