Mothers and Others for a Livable Planet Guide to Natural Baby Care : Nontoxic and Environmentally Friendly Ways to Take Care of Your New Child

by Mindy Pennybacker; Aisha Ikramuddin

• ISBN13: 9780471293330
• ISBN10: 0471293334
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

A friendly, step-by-step parent's resource for safe, practical, and affordable baby care. No job is more important to you than taking care of your child. Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet understand this, and they want to help. For the last ten years, they've been a leading voice for raising children in natural, nontoxic, and environmentally friendly surroundings. Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet Guide to Natural Baby Care puts all of their pioneering research, advocacy, and support right at your fingertips. This wonderfully practical and accessible resource offers straightforward information and simple advice on how to reduce babies' and children's exposure to environmental toxins and embrace safer practices and "greener" products. Engagingly written and clearly organized for quick and easy reference, the book discusses: * caring for yourself during pregnancy * eliminating dangerous chemicals from your home * breast-feeding and bottle-feeding * affordable organic baby food * nontoxic rugs, paints, clothing, toys, and furniture * avoiding pollutants such as pesticides, dust mites, molds, microbes, chemical fumes, and cigarette smoke * safe soaps, shampoos, and lotions * environmentally sounder diapers, furniture, and other greener product choices.

Author Biography

MOTHERS & OTHERS FOR A LIVABLE PLANET, founded in 1989 by Meryl Streep and other concerned parents, is a national nonprofit educational organization working to promote consumer choices that are healthy, safe, and environmentally sound for families and communities. MINDY PENNYBACKER is editor, and AISHA IKRAMUDDIN is research editor of The Green Guide, the Utne Reader Alternative Press Award-winning newsletter published by Mothers & Others.

Table of Contents

PREPARING FOR THE NEW ARRIVAL.

The Importance of Your Child's First Environment.

Preparing Baby's Room.

Other Baby Equipment.

Environmental Babyproofing and Eco-Tips for Other Rooms.

Pollutants in Your House.

Caring for Yourself During Pregnancy.

CARING FOR BABY THE NATURAL WAY.

Dressing, Playing with, and Keeping Baby Clean.

Feeding Your Baby.

Raising (and Protecting) Your Naturalist Child.

Appendices.

Index.