green baby

Eco-friendly and Affordable PlanWood Toys Hit the Market

PlanToys has a newly updated website, new materials and some awesome new lower prices on some nifty new eco-friendly toys. That’s a lot of new goodies. Read my PlanToys company review What’s new in materials? For years, PlanToys has utilized clean, natural rubberwood from rubber trees which no longer produce latex to make their toys. [...]

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Adorable cloth diapers that celebrate Earth Day & spring

I’ve written before about how Earth Day swag makes me nuts. Especially since so much of said swag is entirely NOT eco-friendly. However, Earth Day cloth diapers are a different breed. Not only are cloth diapers super cute but they’re also eco-friendly and affordable, making them an easy Earth Day product to stand behind. Below [...]

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Popsicle love for babies and toddlers – vanilla tofu ice pops

Everyone deserves a yummy homemade organic ice pop once in a while, even babies and toddlers. Luckily, there are some simple organic popsicle recipes you can make for your youngest family members. Tips for the best baby and young toddler ice pops Always go organic! Use smaller non-toxic ice pop molds. Normal ice pop molds [...]

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Saving Money with Reusable Cloth Diapers

Here at Growing a Green Family we’re looking at how to save $50,000 by going green. In case you’re curious, so far we’ve managed to save $13,761.00, just by taking some basic green actions. That does leave us $36,239 left to go, but cloth diapers should cut a nice big chunk off of this figure. [...]

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Baby Gourmet Organic Baby Food – Affordable 100% Organic Baby Food

There’s a new baby food in town, and it’s not only organic, but affordable. Baby Gourmet Organic Baby Food is a new line of USDA certified organic baby food created by mama and Baby Gourmet company founder, Jennifer Broe. *Note – stay tuned to Growing a Green Family, if you’d like to win some of this [...]

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60% of child car seats found to contain dangerous substances

Lat week the nonprofit Ecology Center at the consumer-friendly site, www.HealthyStuff.org released the latest findings on toxic chemicals in children’s car seats, and the news is way less than good. May car seats were found to be safe, which is a perk, because it shows that car seat manufacturers can make non-toxic car seats. However, [...]

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Reusable baby wipes vs. disposable baby wipes – how much will you save?

It’s been a while since we’ve tried to save any money around this blog. Too bad since we’ve got a lot to save if we’re going to save $50,000 just by going green. Today, baby wipes. How much can you save if you make safe, non-toxic baby wipes vs. buying disposable baby wipes? Let’s find [...]

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Reader Question: How Long Will a Crib Mattress Off-Gas?

So, I got a reader question a while back, then promptly forgot about it (busy). Luckily, reader Viviane emailed me back to remind me. Good thing, because it’s an excellent question. The question: “My daughter has been sleeping on the same non-organic crib mattress now for 2.5 years. I have crib sheet over it and [...]

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Traditional Prefold & Flat Cloth Diapers

We’re in the middle of our Green Diapers 101 series. Next up on the list are old school prefold & flat cloth diapers. I’m grouping flat diapers and prefolds together, although they’re not entirely the same thing. Prefold and flat diapers are argued to be the most common types of cloth diaper used by parents [...]

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Non-biodegradable less toxic disposable diapers

Non-biodegradable disposable green diapers are our first stop for Green Diapers 101. And they’re not much better than conventional disposables. I hesitate to even call these diapers green. I wouldn’t go so far as to say these are greenwashing diapers, but really what you should call them are less toxic disposables not green. Less toxic [...]