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Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care | 
 enlarge | Author: Alan Greene
Creators: Jeanette Pavini, Theresa Foy Digeronimo
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 5799
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7 x 0.9
ISBN: 078799622X
Dewey Decimal Number: 618.2
EAN: 9780787996222
ASIN: 078799622X
Publication Date: September 21, 2007
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Product Description
In this illustrated and easy-to-use guide, noted pediatrician Dr. Alan Greene, a leading voice of the green baby movement, advises parents how to make healthy green choices for pregnancy, childbirth, and baby care—from feeding your baby the best food available to using medicines wisely. Consumer advocate Jeanette Pavini includes information for making smart choices and applying green principles to a whole new universe of products from zero-VOC paints for the nursery, to pure and gentle lotions for baby’s delicate skin, to the eco-friendly diapers now in the marketplace, as well as specific recommendations for hundreds of other products.
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 A fabulous guide for parents: current and to be December 4, 2008
I had the honor of meeting Dr. Greene at a conference recently and he is every bit as much as you imagine him when you read his book: a down-to-earth guy, married with a lovely lady (Mrs. Greene), with a crystal clear vision of the important things in this world.
In this book, he is capturing his philosophy about how to prepare for the coming of a baby and raise him/her green, i.e. in the most sustainable way possible. A book like this one is perfectly aligned with the present times, when a growing number of people seem to have finally realized that being environmentally conscious is not just for "tree huggers" nor is it some hippie, utopian notion. It is everyone's job and Dr. Greene reminds us in this title the important role that parents have in this too.
While reading the book, not only does it become clear the impact you can have on the environment by raising your baby green. You also realize how your food and product choices affect your very own health down the road... so Raise Baby Green with Dr. Green!
 Many Important Points with Some Questionable Dietary Advice November 29, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Overall 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)
Green Baby Book October 14, 2008
My 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.
Great starting point August 22, 2008
I 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.
A Great Green Resource! August 22, 2008
This book is a great resource for parents who want some ideas on how to make their children's environment more healthy. The author presents many ideas for ways to go green in your home from building to existing structures, helps parents make healthy food choices and explains why it is important to be aware of the products you are using on your child. I also must note that the author mentions homebirth as a positive choice that may be right for some families which is very open-minded for an MD. I have 3 children and am constantly trying to find more eco-friendly options and was happy that this book provided me with some new ideas as well as many excellent links!
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