During the past year we have witnessed the trend that green baby products are becoming more of a necessity than an alternative. As eco and health conscious parents seek every way possible to preserve both their baby’s precious purity and the earth’s resources, more and more companies are answering this call to action by making sustainably designed products for enthusiastic green families. Here are our top 5 favorite green baby products from 2009. Which one is your favorite? Vote after the jump!
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This has been a godsend!
When I first saw this, my reaction was, “Seriously? How is a teether toy ‘more green’ than g-diapers? You go through hundreds of diapers in a baby’s life and maybe three or four teether toys!” but I now see that it’s not which is more green–it’s which is your fave.
Good luck teaching your kids NOT to gnaw on your wrists, people.
I really like your website – but I’m a bit disappointed that you present the BELLE BABY CARRIER. It might be a green product – BUT it’s VERY unhealthy for the hip of a baby. Especially when it is used the way it is shown in the second example – when the baby is with its back to its mom.
It’s easy to understand when you compare it for example with the Ergo Baby Carrier: http://www.ergobaby.eu/en/ergo_baby_products.html
So… BELLE BABY CARRIER: Maybe green – but surely bad for the kid.
I have a Belle Baby Carrier and LOVE IT!! I believe your information is unfounded Suse. Check out their website http://www.bellebabycarriers.com. They have information on your FALSE allegations.
No Jen, I’m sorry – but it’s just a fact that those carriers like Belle Baby Carriers are very bad for the hip of a baby. Over here in Europe there are almost none of those carriers anymore – exactly because of that reason.
You can find more informations here:
http://www.ergobaby.eu/en/science_002-anatomically-correct-natural-sitting-position.html
and here
http://www.ergobaby.eu/en/science_003-hip-dysplasia.html
And very interesting:
http://www.ergobaby.eu/en/science_007-a-british-study-reveals-the-negative-effects-of-outward-facing-buggies.html
Have you ever seen Zoobies? That’s my new favorite green baby product: a stuffed animal, pillow and blanket all in one and made from recycled plastic bottles. Very clever design…My son loves his!
Hi guys-
Glad to see there is a healthy debate on this post. I would like to share with you that I have BOTH an Ergo carrier AND a Bellle carrier and they are both great for different things. Suse, there is no reason why you have to carry your child facing outward on a Belle Carrier. I used my Belle carrier from about 2 months to 11 months and almost always had my son facing me. The Ergo is a great carrier for older, heavier children but it is just too puffy and big and complicated for a little newborn. I only started using my Ergo at about 1 year old, when I retired my Belle carrier. Up until 1 year old the Belle carrier was awesome (and my son loved it too). Now that my baby is 24 lbs, the Ergo is a godsend for my back. But at 3 months it was just a pain in the butt. You aren’t a undercover marketing agent for Ergo are you?
-Jill
Baby carriers can be very healthy for the baby, it just depends on how you use them. The conversation on here is great b/c it gives parents like myself info we can use when deciding if and how to carry our children. So thank you for bringing to light the possible hip issue. There is a site dedicated to organic baby wraps, carriers and the such at http://www.organicbabycarriers.net if you would like to see some of the other organic carriers out there.
gdiapers all the way! no landfill, no wasting water washing cloth!
i wish we could vote for Gro Baby diapers instead of G diapers- in terms of “green” I think they do well with the absorbent/ flushable part of the diaper, but their “pants” are a pain, they don’t wear well, are size- specific, come with tedious liners and the cloth alternative doesn’t hold enough to change less than every 45 minutes…. GroBaby’s bio-soakers work wonderfully, are also compostable, their cloth option is FAR better, and their shell lasts a LOT longer, and fits 8 lbs to 35 lbs…. so maybe not as trendy, but a better green diaper by far!!