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Did you know about the green baby movement? Looking for a great new mom gift or baby shower present but can’t stand the commerce redolent toys and plastic-rich aisles of infant gifts? Choose from among these books and make your next baby shower participants green with envy.
Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care is a great book on sustainable baby raising strategies and practices. Authored by pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, this book is considered the green parenting Bible. Less a playbook than an academic manual on good green parenting and childbirth ideas, it makes a good basis for the more practical advice found elsewhere.
Green Baby is updated recycling and sustainable living book by Susannah Marriott. This brown paper wrapped tome about the rights and wrongs of raising a baby with green considerations. The levels of commitment green parents can show coming out of the gate might influence an entire generation of newly green offspring.
The movement away from disposable diapers has now evolved and the alertness regarding play toys and baby food continues into a new era of eco-friendly baby nurturing. Buying local produce and cooking organic would seem like no-brainers for a green baby. Everyone knows that food and sweets and things that come next to a baby’s skin must be several degrees more pure on a daily basis the rest of us enjoy.
Deirdre Imus, wife of shock talk jock Don imus, has authored many books on greening. Growing Up Green is one you may have seen. If you can’t quite attain the high rent green lifestyle Imus preaches, nevertheless this book is a good primer on toxics in the home. Low VOC paint isn’t just for the grownups. New moms have to know all the fine print about kitchen cleaners, household molds, and ingredients that are harmful.
Organic Baby; Simple Steps for Healthy Living by Kimberly Rider, is a quick read that sinks deep. This book has a lot of tips categorized by place of use. Lots of room for notes. This book allows new moms (male and female) to choose which advice they can adopt and what they can’t pull off.
There is a chapter about the nursery, one about taking baby out into the world, and one about things that deal with a baby’s skin. Baby gear is always hot, and this book would make a great starter for any new mom’s own book of tips. Give a green shower gift instead of the usual toys and onesies.
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