Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care
Jossey-Bass - Jossey-Bass
Release date: 2007-09-21
Paperback
Author: Alan Greene
Environmentalist thought & ideology, Pregnancy, birth & baby care, Self-help & personal development, Parent And Child, Pregnancy, Family & Relationships, Family / Parenting / Childbirth, Child Care/Parenting, Environmental Conservation & Protection - General, Family & Relationships / Parenting / Child Rearing, Health & Fitness / Pregnancy & Childbirth, Life Stages - Infants & Toddlers/Infants, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Parenting - Child Rearing, Environmental aspects, Health and hygiene, Nutritional aspects, Pregnant women, Pregnancy & Parenting
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Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care
Date undefinedOverall this is a good book, it's well written, it's easy to read, and it gets the point across. The dietary guidelines make up 10-15% of the text, and some are not good. Poor guidelines include: to feed your baby soy (they say, just use organic) and give them breakfast cereals (which are sugar laden and nutrient devoid, even organic ones).
Beyond the dietary guidelines Dr. Greene hits on some key points, how our babies are exposed to toxins. Whether it is their "new" bedding, "new" bottles, "new" clothes, or chemicals, detergents, cleaners, shampoo's, or paint for the babies room and so forth, it is highly important that our children not be exposed to harmful chemicals. The book get's 4 stars precisely because Dr. Greene does point out in detail important concerns about exposing our little ones to chemicals. Like other people said, there may be other ways to be green and create less exposure to chemicals for your children that are more cost effective and not mentioned in the book. The book is printed on nice eco-friendly paper.
Dr. Greene unfortunately missed out on discussing the highest and most dangerous exposure to toxins for our new babies, Vaccines. A good companion text, in which you can learn how to have a truly healthy baby with empowering information about what really makes children sick (like toxins in the environment) and how to avoid these conditions see, Healing Our Children: Because Your New Baby Matters! Sacred Wisdom for Preconception, Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting (ages 0-6)
Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care
Date undefinedMy wife has this book and absolutely loves it. She re-reads it often, and has it bookmarked and highlighted. Great references and goes over many different areas that affect the baby's life from fetal development to the environment around it as it plays. It contains a lot of internet links to products.
Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care
Date undefinedI see myself as relatively environmentally conscious. But this book really made me think more closely about this, and also provided various options for improvement. I really appreciated the suggestions for certain brands or website so I could then go and do my own further research. I am pleased to say that I believe I'm now better informed, and my buying decisions are certainly more environmentally friendly and more gentle for our baby than previously.
