Infantino Teethers are BPA free and phthalate free!

I was able to reach the customer service department at Infantino to check which of their teether were BPA and phthalate free and I was delighted to get the following response:

Hi Rebecca,

I want to assure you that all of our teethers are BPA and phthalate free

 Please let me know if you have any other questions.

 Thanks,

 Cary Baggett

Customer Service Manager | Infantino, LLC

Great news, right? So…if all of these major companies are making BPA free and phthalate free products, how can Gerber say that BPA isn’t a problem?

Haba Teething Toys…another BPA-free phthalate free option!

Haba teethers are another option if you are looking for a phthalate free BPA free teether. There are a number of high quality adorable options. Many of them are wood toys, which are finished with completely non-toxic, child-friendly substances.

Here is a quote from Haba about their materials….

We use primarily indigenous maple and beech wood and water-based paints for our toys. We also use fabric, felt, leather, cardboard and glass. The vast majority of the designers’ ideas are put into practice in our own workshops. From the cut-out to assembly our products are manufactured at the Bad Rodach site, where our workforce of some 500 specialists produces our wooden toys and furniture.

Check out EarthyBirthyMama.com for a great selection of Haba Toys!

Plastic to avoid

You know about the numbers on the bottom of plastic containers, right? Here is just a quick refresher as to which numbers you are supposed to be avoiding…

AVOID: PVC (#3) polystyrene (#6) and polycarbonate (#7) These types contain additional chemicals and hormone disruptors…awesome, huh?

Research suggests that plastic containers with the #1, #2, #4 or #5 are better safer options which do not contain BPA.

Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash

I’ve been trying out the products those nice people at Earth Mama Angel Baby sent me, and I love them!! Tonight I used the shampoo & body wash on Madeleine who has JUST enough hair to necessitate washing…okay, not really but ALMOST! HA! Anyway…I love the smell of it and it’s a self-foaming bottle! As I send in a previous post…what’s not fun about foam soap?

Angel Baby Shampoo & Body Wash is a gentle, real castile soap, And like everything in the baby line, it’s made with only organic (it’s 86.4% organic) and natural ingredients. Earth Mama wants you to know: this is not a no-tear formula because it has no anesthetizing ingredients. So you’ll need to use extra care around your angel baby’s eyes!

• No sodium lauryl sulfate
• No artificial preservatives (parabens)
• No artificial fragrances or dyes
• Cruelty-free
• Toxin-free
• Certified Vegan

Here is the list of ingredients:

Saponified oils of Cocos nucifera (organic coconut) Oil, Olea europaea (organic olive) oil, Butyrospermun parkii (organic shea) butter, kosher vegetable glycerin, Aloe barbadensis (organic aloe) leaf juice, Vanilla planifolia (vanilla) bean extract, Citrus sinensis (orange) essential oil, tocopherol (Vitamin E)

Can you see why I love the smell of it? I felt really good about using it on Madeleine’s skin and it has this yummy vanilla orange smell…what’s not to like?

Clean Well: A Safe Alterntive to Toxic Antibacterial Products

Clean Well has put out an amazing new kind antibacterial products. As a safer alternative to the toxic alcohol based stuff we have been taught would save the world from germs, Clean Well uses natural ingredients which kill 99.9% of germs! I have been using the hand sanitizing spray for a couple of weeks and I’m very happy with it. It smells yummy and honestly after reading this press release, I feel completely committed to using it!

I’ll let the following press release explain the full story…. Continue reading »