So most of our family knows we are trying to do things "naturally":
- Surgery to heal my Endo, leading to a natural conception
- Natural child birth
- Cloth diapers
- Baby Wearing
- Breast feeding
- prefer wood toys to plastics
I am planning to make our own baby food, and just got
this great book on the topic.
While I don't consider either of us to be particularly "green"...this is the way our life is going. Recently, ABC news did a report on
harmful chemicals in baby products. This caught my attention because it warns these chemicals can affect future fertility. While I realize that every generation has their own warnings: butter vs margarine, etc; I am also of the firm belief that endometriosis (and so many other health conditions) are largely affected by the environment. The premise of the recent news report is that "phthalates" are being found in infants' urine. Phthalates, as I understand, are found in plastics and leach into the products contained by them. Since we are a plastic society, that means almost everything poses a threat. Babies are more at risk because of their sensitive systems.
So, Paul and I began talking last night about the topic. It seems that the "safer" baby products, would be those not contained in plastic. Paul somewhat joking suggested that we will have to look for glass baby bottles for our next child. This morning I came across a link to
this blog which discusses the topic. It seems glass bottles are coming back, as well as stainless steel sippy- cups. Shameless plug to grandparents: I have added a few to my Amazon wish-list as the days of sippy-cups may be coming before too long.
I certainly don't know what the answers are...but, for now, we seem to keep moving in the direction of au natural. That IS different than hippie, right???? :-)
H's first taste of "solids." She has been mimicking us so well at the table, I decided to pull out the rice cereal. It was as if she said "what have you been waiting for?" There was only one little "pppbbbttt" - before she ate up all that we offered her. No gag reflexes, no spit backs, no ugly faces. So it is rice cereal for a few days before we pull out the steamer, blender and food mill and start making some baby-food veggie purees.
Next, our friends opened up their "mountain" for sledding. So we had our first play in the snow with sledding (3 trips down the hill). We were on a half-deflated tube, so we didn't go too fast. :)
I guess I am now taking requests for blogs. :-P Here is what I have found out. My mother-in-law had it right all along! Burt's Bees has a great baby line. I just purchased the Baby Shampoo and Wash from our local health food store. It smells delicious and is phthalate free. Since I need something for our cloth wipes (we don't like to leave a smelly bum smelly) - a drop of this product is enough to make a sudsy wipe solution. If you can't find the products locally, they are reasonably priced on Amazon.
