Raising Your Baby Green

In this illustrated and easy-to-use guide, noted pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, a leading voice of the green baby movement, advises parents how to make healthy green choices for pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care—from feeding your baby the best food available to using medicines wisely. Consumer advocate Jeanette Pavini includes information for making smart choices and applying green principles to a whole new universe of products from zero-VOC paints for the nursery, to pure and gentle lotions for baby’s delicate skin, to the eco-friendly diapers now in the marketplace, as well as specific recommendations for hundreds of other products.

From the trailblazing founder of Green Babies organic clothing comes the very first guide for new mothers in raising a "green" family-and doing it simply and inexpensively. Filled with necessary and convenient advice that takes the reader from the first months of pregnancy and beyond, this indispensable book explains: - The safest ways to get the house ready for the baby - The best baby gear-from clothes to crib mattresses - Organic recipes for health-conscious breastfeeding moms - How to throw a green baby shower - The best solutions for storing breast milk safely - How to keep play areas safe from chemicals - How to handle the diaper dilemma: wash vs. toss - And much more!

Offers ways for parents to create healthy, nutritious meals that help prevent childhood disease and obesity, in a book that includes diet tips for a pregnant mother and advice on Earth-friendly meals for babies.

"Raising Baby Green: How to Start an Earth-Friendly Family" You can make this earth a place worth living by doing your part. Learn how to raise your children in an earth-friendly way and make them part of the green family!!! This earth is our collective responsibility. It has provided us with a splendid place to live, as well as plenty of resources to cherish. All the magnificent blessings like minerals, water, natural resources get nurtured in the heart of this earth. It has been a nurturing site since the beginning of the human race. However the cruel reality lies in our ignorance towards its care as a collective group. As awareness regarding the need for intensive care of this planet earth has increased, different movements have gained momentum like the green earth movement. It is an awareness campaign aimed at helping all live in such a way which is helpful for restoring the earth's natural beauty and its valuable resources. Green earth will require a clean and pollution free environment. Earth friendly families are what is required for nurturing a green and happy earth. By everyone working together you can be sure that we can all make a difference together! Raising the green babies needs an extreme care and a step by step approach from the very beginning of pregnancy till the age your baby gets independent. This book is written keeping in mind an aim of elaborating all your issues, which may evolve in your practice of raising a green baby. It may not one minute recipe rather it is a slow and eventual transition from the usual routine to a routine which is earth friendly. What will you get while reading "Raising Your Baby Green: How to Start an Earth-Friendly Family" -Chapter 1: Why be earth friendly? -Chapter 2: During pregnancy tips -Chapter 3: Delivery and post-delivery tips -Chapter 4: Raising your baby in a green family -Chapter 5: Forming a complete green family

From the trailblazing founder of Green Babies organic clothing comes the very first guide for new mothers in raising a "green" family-and doing it simply and inexpensively. Filled with necessary and convenient advice that takes the reader from the first months of pregnancy and beyond, this indispensable book explains: - The safest ways to get the house ready for the baby - The best baby gear-from clothes to crib mattresses - Organic recipes for health-conscious breastfeeding moms - How to throw a green baby shower - The best solutions for storing breast milk safely - How to keep play areas safe from chemicals - How to handle the diaper dilemma: wash vs. toss - And much more!

Presents an eco-friendly guide to organic parenting, from the toddler years and beyond, that explains how to promote a healthy, "green" world and furnishes advice on how to eliminate toxins, find eco-friendly toys and clothing, read food labels, and savemoney while protecting the planet.

From choosing environmentally friendly diapers to identifying the hidden toxins in children’s food, cribs, car seats, and toys, Green Mama discusses topics that are vitally important to new parents. What are the most pressing problems facing new parents today? As the world has become increasingly more complicated, so has parenting. We are concerned about pervasive toxins in the environment and anxious to raise our children in ways that will protect them as well as safeguard our already fragile world. Manda Aufochs Gillespie, the Green Mama, shares what today’s science and Grandma’s traditional wisdom tell us about prenatal care for mothers-to-be, breastfeeding, detoxifying the nursery, diapering, caring for baby’s skin, feeding a family, and healthy play — redefining the basics of parenting for today’s world. With an upbeat tone, stories of parents who have been there, real-world advice for when money matters more, and practical steps geared toward immediate success, The Green Mama engages and guides even the busiest, most sleep-deprived parent. The Green Mama helps parents become what they were always meant to be: experts on the care of their own children.

How to raise a baby with a low, or even zero, carbon footprint.