Journey to GREEN

Okay, so YES it is Earth Month and everyone's thinking GREEN these days, but my journey to being more green started about two years ago when Riley was 8 months old. I randomly spotted a top 10 baby items list on Ebay and found that number 1 was "Fuzzi Bunz". Curious, I Googled them and found a whole new world of modern cloth diapering! I'll have to admit, I jumped on the modern cloth diaper band wagon simply because of the "cute factor". As I became more educated on the benefits, I came to find out that they are SO much healthier for baby (no chemicals and carcinogens) and our environment (disposibles take 500 years to break down in a landfill and considering the amount of diapers a baby goes through in one DAY, you can imagine how much waste 2 and 1/2 years creates). On the left is Riley in his cloth diapers that I made (don't ya love the matching alligator boots???).

Now, with a newborn, cloth diapering is even more fun. I LOVE putting comfy cloth on her delicate little skin. Simple pleasures. LOL

Now I'm on a quest to educate myself about what nasty things are in the things we consume and use everyday. I've come to find out....IT AIN'T EASY BEING GREEN! As it turns out, it takes an entire lifestyle change. Questioning everything you've ever known. Makeup with carcinogens. Baby wash with chemicals that lead to reproductive dysfunction. Food with additives that make us sick. Plastics that leach dangerous chemicals. Cleaners that are labeled DANGER and WARNING for good reason. Who knew that there were alternatives to such a dangerous world we've created? I'm on a personal mission to create a non-toxic environment for my children. Want to know more?

How To Green Your Baby http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/how-to-green-your-baby.php

Raising a Healthy Child in a Toxic World http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/green_babies.php