Raising Baby Green

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
INTRODUCTION :Why Raise Baby Green?

CHAPTER ONE : The Womb.

Make sure your unborn baby receives the best possible nutrition and other vital elements through the green choices you make in your diet and lifestyle. Learn about the crucial impact of the environment on you and your baby.

CHAPTER TWO : The Labor and Delivery Room.

Fulfill your green birth plan to bring your baby into the world in the right place with the right people and with the type of delivery you feel is best.

CHAPTER THREE : The Nursery.

Create a beautiful, healthy environment with green furnishings, paint, wall coverings, flooring, bedding, clothing, and toys.

CHAPTER FOUR : The Kitchen.

Reduce your baby's exposure to pesticides and other toxins, help clean up the planet, save energy, and reduce greenhouse gasses, just by eating the right delicious foods.

CHAPTER FIVE : The Bathroom.

Care for your baby with the best new choices in creams and lotions, save water, and stock your medicine chest with the safest remedies.

CHAPTER SIX : The Garden.

Whether you live in a house with a garden or in an apartment with pots in a sunny window, here's how to have healthy plants and organic homegrown edibles in your baby's life.

CHAPTER SEVEN : The Whole House.

Improve the air quality, lighting, water conservation, laundry, heating, and cooling throughout your home-and in your automobile, which has such an impact on the health of the family and the planet.

EPILOGUE : From the Ground Up.

NOTES.

Citations and sources for information in the text.

GREEN INFORMATION.

More valuable information about each room in the house.

GREEN RESOURCES.

Books,Web sites, organizations, and other forms of support and connections in the green baby community.

THE AUTHORS.

INDEX.

In this second of only two recently published books on environmentally friendly child rearing--the other being Kimberly Rider's Organic Baby: Simple Steps for Healthy Living--pediatrician Greene (Stanford Univ. Sch. of Medicine) provides an exemplary information and reference resource for parents concerned with doing their part to raise a healthy child in an ecoconscious manner. Organized by developmental stages, the text features Greene advising on what to feed the baby and how to administer medicine safely; Jeanette Pavini, a consumer watch reporter for CBS Eyewitness News in San Francisco, recommends how to shop responsibly for diapers, bedding, cribs, toys, etc. While the book is specifically geared toward new parents, its well-cited data about environmental hazards, coupled with the practical tips for green living, are suitable for anyone wanting to learn more about individual efforts to increase environmental sustainability. A solid niche filler on green parenting; recommended for all public libraries.
--Susan E. Thomas, Indiana Univ. Lib., South Bend (Library Journal, October 23, 2007)

"Pediatrician Greene's informative guide for raising children in the most environmentally friendly way possible makes for some fascinating (and surprising) reading. From pregnancy and childbirth to nursery design and gardening, Greene covers hundreds of questions and situations new parents will face and provides a nonstop flow of sensible answers. His evenhanded tone makes this an excellent choice for audiences as varied as committed vegans to those who are considering purchasing organic milk. There is no pressure to "convert," and readers will find plenty of options for how little or much they want to commit to a new lifestyle. The book's layout is particularly impressive, with boxed comments from other parents, lists of recommended products and food, and numerous links to helpful sites. From diapers to food allergies, Greene has a thoughtful, nonbiased response to nearly