Raising Baby Green

In this illustrated and easy-to-use guide, noted pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, a leading voice of the green baby movement, advises parents how to make healthy green choices for pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care from feeding your baby the best food available to using medicines wisely. Consumer advocate Jeanette Pavini includes information for making smart choices and applying green principles to a whole new universe of products from zero-VOC paints for the nursery, to pure and gentle lotions for baby s delicate skin, to the eco-friendly diapers now in the marketplace, as well as specific recommendations for hundreds of other products.

In this illustrated and easy-to-use guide, noted pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, a leading voice of the green baby movement, advises parents how to make healthy green choices for pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care--from feeding your baby the best food available to using medicines wisely. Consumer advocate Jeanette Pavini includes information for making smart choices and applying green principles to a whole new universe of products from zero-VOC paints for the nursery, to pure and gentle lotions for baby's delicate skin, to the eco-friendly diapers now in the marketplace, as well as specific recommendations for hundreds of other products.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
INTRODUCTION :Why Raise Baby Green?

CHAPTER ONE : The Womb.

Make sure your unborn baby receives the best possible nutritionand other vital elements through the green choices you make in yourdiet and lifestyle. Learn about the crucial impact of theenvironment on you and your baby.

CHAPTER TWO : The Labor and Delivery Room.

Fulfill your green birth plan to bring your baby into the worldin the right place with the right people and with the type ofdelivery you feel is best.

CHAPTER THREE : The Nursery.

Create a beautiful, healthy environment with green furnishings,paint, wall coverings, flooring, bedding, clothing, and toys.

CHAPTER FOUR : The Kitchen.

Reduce your baby's exposure to pesticides and othertoxins, help clean up the planet, save energy, and reducegreenhouse gasses, just by eating the right delicious foods.

CHAPTER FIVE : The Bathroom.

Care for your baby with the best new choices in creams andlotions, save water, and stock your medicine chest with the safestremedies.

CHAPTER SIX : The Garden.

Whether you live in a house with a garden or in an apartmentwith pots in a sunny window, here's how to have healthyplants and organic homegrown edibles in your baby's life.

CHAPTER SEVEN : The Whole House.

Improve the air quality, lighting, water conservation, laundry,heating, and cooling throughout your home--and in yourautomobile, which has such an impact on the health of the familyand the planet.

EPILOGUE : From the Ground Up.

NOTES.

Citations and sources for information in the text.

GREEN INFORMATION.

More valuable information about each room in the house.

GREEN RESOURCES.

Books,Web sites, organizations, and other forms of support andconnections in the green baby community.

THE AUTHORS.

INDEX.