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Great article! Just a couple of notes here.
G-Diapers now sells washable inserts!
Try the Baby Supermild version of Dr. Bronner's Soap for baby washing!
posted by : jojo44 on 6/30/2009 at 12:19 PM Flag For Abuse
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Something to keep in mind, you don't need a 'special' food processor to make your own baby food. A regular food processor or even a mini oscar type will work just fine. Most people have something like this, and buying less stuff is the best way to go green.
posted by : Abby on 6/30/2009 at 2:28 PM Flag For Abuse
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To make baby food I used the steamer tray of my rice cooker and my blender. Super easy. To freeze, get some silicon ice trays (silicon doesn't have BPA/phtlates) and make sure never to microwave the food as this destroys a lot of the nutrients.
posted by : EO on 7/1/2009 at 12:14 AM Flag For Abuse
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good god. now i have to worry about toxins seeping into my baby's body while she sleep each night. even the "reality" options seem a little crazy, price-wise for some of these items...and what's worse, articles like this have the potential to plant giant trees of guilt in the minds of new parents. is a regular old mattress going to kill my baby?
posted by : yikes on 7/1/2009 at 9:45 AM Flag For Abuse
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The greenest thing to do is reuse stuff instead of cough up the still ridiculous amounts of money for the 'reality' stuff in this article. Easily 85% of my son's things are hand-me-downs. Cheaper for us, and since we're not purchasing things new, it's even better for the environment. And I'm going to agree with all the other people who scoff at the food mills. Just use your blender! I steam veggies in the microwave, then puree them in our little food processor, but a blender is just as good.
posted by : coolteamblt on 7/1/2009 at 12:52 PM Flag For Abuse
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why scoff at a $15 food mill? that's cheaper than a blender and much easier to handle and wash. and it's WAY cheaper than a food processer. i have a Cuisinart that we use for large batches, but it's a PAIN to get out of the cabinet, put together, use and wash. a little, hand-powered food-mill is inexpensive and very convenient.
posted by : liberalGuilt on 7/1/2009 at 2:33 PM Flag For Abuse
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All of these rules on "organic" and "green" make me very tired.
New moms: It's okay give your kids hot dogs and sleep on regular old mattresses.
posted by : kees on 7/1/2009 at 2:41 PM Flag For Abuse
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kees: I completely agree!!!!!!
If you ask me a lot of money is wasted on expensive organic or green items...when there is really no solid proof that it makes a difference health wise.
posted by : bllp529 on 7/1/2009 at 4:01 PM Flag For Abuse
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Seriously. I'm all for green, but not with quite such a side order of guilt.
And for the broke new moms (and dads): the Ikea "less-toxic" crib will be just fine, and at around $100-$150 it's one of the best, safest, least-insanely-priced cribs around.
posted by : new york new mom on 7/1/2009 at 4:05 PM Flag For Abuse
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Using gdiapers ends up being more expensive than using bumgenius all in 1 cloth diapers cuz those inserts are so spendy..........
posted by : cdiaps on 7/2/2009 at 1:16 AM Flag For Abuse
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In my opinion the "reality" products from California Baby are as good as it gets and I wouldn't even consider anything with a higher price tag - even if I could afford it. Likewise the Naturepedic mattresses, which are still very expensive compared to a regular crib mattress. The only thing stopping me from buying a 2nd crib for babe #2 (#1 is still happy in his) is the cost of buying another one of those mattresses; I'm fine with a cheaper Ikea crib, but I do think it is worth spending the moula on the mattress if you can. They spend A LOT of time in bed. The more expensive mattress shown here kind of creeps me out.
posted by : sparkyd on 7/3/2009 at 8:19 PM Flag For Abuse
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OMG!!!! I'm all for going green BUT my husband's just been laid off, so even the "reality" stuff seems pricey. Hand me downs are how we're being green. We can afford hand me downs! We do get our fruit & veggies at farmers market as they're about the same price as grocery store.
We don't have the "green" but don't worry: we didn't microwave it so all the nutrients are intact!!
posted by : Babydragons mom on 7/10/2009 at 7:35 PM Flag For Abuse
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We don't have the "green" crib but don't worry: we didn't microwave it so all the nutrients are intact!!
posted by : Babydragons mom on 7/10/2009 at 7:42 PM Flag For Abuse
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I am sad to see that being green doesn't include baby's safety. Bumper pads for cribs are not safe. Health Canada has had an advisory against using bumper pads for more than 10 years. They are strangulation and suffocation hazards, not to mention the way older babies use them as "stepping stones" to launch themselves out of their cribs.
If you refuse to buy a "bedding set", you will save enough money to buy the most expensive organic cotton sheet on the market, and still have enough left over to buy organic veggies at the farmers market - for all of baby's first year!
posted by : safetyfirstopa on 7/22/2009 at 10:59 AM Flag For Abuse
