Raising baby green : the earth-friendly guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care
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Raising baby green : the earth-friendly guide to pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care
Jossey-Bass, c2007
1st ed
- : pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. INTRODUCTION :Why Raise Baby Green? CHAPTER ONE : The Womb. Make sure your unborn baby receives the best possible nutrition and other vital elements through the green choices you make in your diet and lifestyle. Learn about the crucial impact of the environment on you and your baby. CHAPTER TWO : The Labor and Delivery Room. Fulfill your green birth plan to bring your baby into the world in the right place with the right people and with the type of delivery 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 other toxins, help clean up the planet, save energy, and reduce greenhouse gasses, just by eating the right delicious foods. CHAPTER FIVE : The Bathroom. Care for your baby with the best new choices in creams and lotions, save water, and stock your medicine chest with the safest remedies. CHAPTER SIX : The Garden. Whether you live in a house with a garden or in an apartment with pots in a sunny window, here's how to have healthy plants 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 your automobile, which has such an impact on the health of the family and 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 and connections in the green baby community. THE AUTHORS. INDEX.
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