Baby Gap gets Green!

Yes…even Baby Gap has organic cotton clothing, bedding and bibs now! It seems that the organic cotton line is exclusively online right now, but at least they are making an effort to become more environmentally conscious! I’m really in love with their safari sheets (they come in blue and pink version!).

Some of the organic clothes are just adorable like this velour hoodie!

Currently, the line of organic cotton products is small, but I’m sure as more people start becoming aware of the benefits (for baby and the environment!) of buying organic cotton the demand will increase and more products will become available!

Why should I spend more for organic cotton??

Not that my wardrobe (or Madeleine’s) contains many articles of clothing made from organic fibers YET (baby steps baby steps), but I am realizing that we should all start paying a bit more attention to how the fabrics we wear are made. I always like a quick read with bullet points so thats how I’m going to do this.

Here are some reasons I found on the web to buy organic cotton clothes:

• natural and organic fiber fabrics use fewer chemicals
• organic cloth creates less of a negative impact on the environment
• buying these natural and organic fibers supports environmental causes
• 84 million pounds of pesticides were sprayed on the 14.4 million acres of cotton grown in the U.S in 2000
• one pound of conventional cotton has been sprayed with an average of 1 1/4 pounds of pesticide
• Seven of the top fifteen pesticides used on cotton crops in the USA have been classified by the EPA as probable human carcinogens
• it takes 1/3 pound of pesticides to produce just enough cotton to make ONE 100% conventional cotton T-Shirt

Check out the adorable organic cotton toys at Essere Organics or the organic cotton sheets at Baby Center!!

Have you heard about BabyLegs??

I first saw BabyLegs at some sort of baby expo I went to when I was pregnant. My sister and I fell in love with them immediately!  I bought 2 gender neutral pairs since I didn’t know that I was having a girl and my sister went to town on the girl colors since she knew she was having little girl #2. 

The women at the booth were super nice so it was easy to get sucked in. They described how BabyLegs could be used under skirts, as a second layer, or best of all… as a knee cover while the little ones are in the crawling stage. I think that’s actually what sold me. Makes sense, right? They won’t get caught on it AND it will protect their little knees. Sold. “How much for these 2?”