A Green Environment for Your New Baby

A new baby is a beautiful and awe-inspiring blessing to any family. From the warm, safe and very recognizable environment of moms womb, what environment, what cocoon will provide your baby safety from here on out ?
At home your baby may be faced with an endless array of gifts from family, friends and coworkers that are not safe. Unless you specify during pregnancy that your baby will be wrapped in only safe 100% cotton organic materials you may receive gifts in blankets and crib materials that will not be supportive for a newborn. Let people know early on your preferences for organic and green. This will ensure safe and cozy crib bedding for your sweet baby. Why cotton and why organic ?

Certain clothes, especially permanent press, wrinkle free and water resilient fabrics are dipped or sprayed in formaldehyde, which is also used as embalming fluid. Many fabrics on sofas, chairs and carpets are preserved with harmful chemicals such as formaldehyde. Formaldehyde has some alias names to look for: Formalin, Methanal, Methyl aldehyde, Methylene oxide, Morbicid acid and Oxymethylene.

This fabric preservation process on top of synthetic materials or even natural materials derived from plants sprayed with pesticides during the growing process are toxic. In any home, and especially next to the baby in the crib or anywhere in nursery decor, the materials will have a direct impact on the health and long term safety of a small child.

With constant contact, any person, and especially a small person will acquire sensitivities. These sensitivities are actually meant to be a warning signal that something is not right, to look at what is happening and make changes for the better.

There is no need for scare tactics; it is enough to say that reactions are not what you want for a newborn infant or any person. It is enough said that an allergic reaction can appear as benign as a slight skin rash, or unbearable dermatitis. Allergies can also come on unexpectedly as a life threatening asthma attack or anaphylactic shock.

The best way to insure a healthy environment for the entire home, starting with baby is fine though, is to buy 100% cotton, organic and from a reputable company. There are many listed in the green directories, online and most search engines.

What to Do If You Suspect Allergies ?

Minerals and enzymes, found naturally in raw or lightly cooked foods, are the beginning building blocks to life. Although proteins are considered body building blocks, the body cannot assimilate protein and properly utilize it effectively without minerals and enzymes.

The body is equipped with digestive juice factories. Some are located in the mouth, some in the stomach, some juices that digest travel from the liver and pancreas through the hepatopancreatic duct to supply digestive help in the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine.

Over time, when a person does not eat mineral and enzyme rich foods, these internal juice factories become run-down with serious over-abuse. At this point the human body begins showing those signs in such things as allergies. When the body is depleted of the juices it needs to digest, even proteins which could be building blocks, become instead boulders the body simply carries along until it has the capacity to rid itself of what has become a liability. At this crucial point 75% - 80% of all foods ingested should be raw or lightly cooked.

Parents have the sacred responsibility to ensure that the entire family, and especially the child indicating danger signs, eats foods that are agreeable for their particular body type or blood type, and eat lightly steamed vegetables or fruits. In addition, having a good naturopath or nutritional counselor will create the support the parent needs to do the right thing for children who struggle with health.

Creating Green Environments is going to be our best ally for the future. Begin small and add on something new each month. Eating whole and natural creates whole Human Beings. Begin throwing out dead foods and replace them one by one with live food. Make it a family quest and project. What fun! Create an organic nursery for your organic and healthy baby. This is a new beginning for your entire family, no matter whether you are expecting child #1 or #5.