Green Baby Showers

Baby Showers are back and they've gone green!

We've updated our Baby Showers article with some tips for throwing your green baby shower including how to create an eco-friendly party atmosphere, creating a gift list, e-vites, making a diaper cake, eco-friendly wrapping paper, party games and party favors from Organic Baby.

Read more.....

If you are throwing a Baby Shower, we can also send you some of our free Info/Sample Packs.
(NZ only)* postage applies

Being a Green Dad

New article added to our web site, supplied by Stefan Korn, DIYFather.com

"When I found out I was going to be dad the first thing I thought about was that I’m not going to expose my child to all the usual harmful stuff most people seem to put up with. From day one we bought most clothes organic – especially the ones that our little Noah wears directly on his skin. In general we also tried hard to use as many natural materials as possible. This included the nursery (wooden furniture), toys and baby products such as skin care creams." Read more...

What's really in our food?

After popular acclaim from last year's documentary 'What's really in our food?', TV3 commissioned Top Shelf Productions to make 10 half hour series on food.

The series begins this coming Tuesday 24 June 8pm and will cover a number of issues including plastics, fruit and veg, bread, organics, pesticides, additives including aspartame.

This week programme looks at chicken ... Issues like barn raised chickens versus free range - is there any benefit to us, the consumer, in buying free range? are hormones and antibiotics used by chicken farmers?

http://www.tv3.co.nz/TVShows/Reality/WhatsReallyInOurFood/tabid/778/Default.aspx?showid=16417

[Akin] Giveaways

[A’kin] use only botanical, naturally-based ingredients, certified organic where possible, chosen for their skin friendly compatibility and is available from health stores and selected pharmacies nationwide.

The range is hypoallergenic and is particularly suitable for sensitive skins, such as babies, the elderly and the allergic.[A’kin] products are made free from sulfates, ethoxylates, parabens, propylene glycol, petrochemical cleansers, silicones, phthalates, mineral oils, DEA and artificial colours.

We are pleased to be including [Akin] samples in our free Organic Baby Info/Sample Packs (available in NZ only).

AND ... during June/July (or while stocks last) anyone who joins the NZ Organic Baby Club and also joins up a friend will receive a bonus [Akin] product.
Your friend also receives a pack of DandelioNZ wipes.

*only one reward per customer. May be selected instead of our regular refer-a-friend reward.

Seed Organic Cradle @ Baby Greens

Baby Greens have bought to NZ, the highly desirable Seed Organic Cradle - a piece of furniture to treasure...

Made from breathable organic cotton, with a natural latex breather hole mattress, the environment this cradle creates for your baby is the best it can be - you can not give your baby a better start in life!

from Baby Greens.

Crafty heaven

I got very excited about this gem I found this morning...

Kids Craft Weekly is a free newsletter full of inspiring craft ideas and fun activities for young kids.

Published by Sydney based mother & editor, Amber who has young children, the craft ideas are "Montessori-influenced".

I have dozens of DIY/crafty books but none as inspiring as this weekly newsletter and I think just that fact that it will appear in my inbox once a week for inspiration is wonderful.

You can sign up online at http://kidscraftweekly.com/.

This is the 1st project my daughter has picked to try .... from issue 23 - Jungle

Our US Directory is live!!!

It's live!!!

US and Canadian vistors will now see a different version of Organic Baby including our US Directory, Diaper Section, Book page and Gift Gallery.

Visitors from any part the world can "Change Country" at the top of our site.

Yes!!! We now have US prize draws. To celebrate our launch with you, our US members (and Canadian members too), you are in the June, July and August draws.

From September 2008, only Organic Baby Club members will be eligible.

Organic Baby Club: Our US membership includes a fab tee from Focoloco or Little Green Star, exclusive discounts, refer-a-friend rewards and of course entry into the prize draw entry every month! Only $36 per annum!!!

Avoid cellphones when pregnant and around young children!

Cellphones are part of modern life - love 'em or hate 'em, but it always worries me when I see so many young mums out with their strollers, texting away on their cellphones which is right next to baby/toddlers vulnerable head.

This article highlights the dangers of cellphones and also cordless phones.

You do have to login to read these articles but well worthwhile!

Cell Phone Use During Pregnancy Can Seriously Damage Your Baby (Dr Mercola.com)

For further reading also read our EMF page which talks about electromagnetic fields in general.