Shampoo/Bath Wash Recommendations

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.

I have also heard California Baby Products recommended as safe. They are phthalate free (see their statement here) and a bonus on this, they are sold at Target.

While looking at the Burt's Bee's line, I was also shopping for face wash and face cream. I would like to go organic on some more products I use...but they seemed a little greasy. I need to hear from more people before I rub carrots on my face! :)

BPA's and Phthalates

Watch out...I am getting "greener" by the minute. Well, Paul is protesting as I write this. Okay, I can't say I am "green." But I am on a BPA/Phthalate watch - since it involves all the products which we are currently actively using: Baby Shampoos, Pacifiers, Bottles, Teethers.

For fellow Cloth Diaperer's - what wipe solution do you use? Bum Genius now makes a bpa/phthalate free product...or see the BG! founder's blog for more info.

Next...for BPA Teethers and Pacifiers, go back to the Nature Mom's blog.

I am sure Paul will consider disowning me if I keep posting along these lines. Follow Nature Mom's blogs for more info! :)

Bebe au Natural

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???? :-)