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Organic Baby: Simple Steps for Healthy Living | 
 enlarge | Author: Kimberly Rider
Creator: Thayer Allyson Gowdy
Brand: Chronicle Books
Category: Book
Buy New: $24.95
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 144462
Media: Spiral-bound
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0811855732
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.1220284
EAN: 9780811855730
ASIN: 0811855732
Publication Date: March 8, 2007
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Product Description
This well-designed guidebook offers practical advice for creating a peaceful, nurturing, nontoxic home for your baby -- without sacrificing comfort or style. From cribs to bubble bath to baby's first foods, author and mom Kimberly Rider addresses health concerns, sifts through the range of available products, and guides the way to safe and appealing choices. Best of all, this book will show you how to embrace life's simple, pure, fresh little pleasures.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Dangerous section on car seats! September 16, 2008
Not just bad car seat advice, but actually dangerous car seat advice. The authors obviously never asked a licensed CPST (Child Passenger Safety Technician) or contacted SafeKids (www.safekids.org) before writing this chapter. Their publisher then skipped on vetting their work that endangered the lives of children. Unbelievable! If I could have given this books less than 1-star I would have...
Ignore the Car Seat Advice September 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recommend anyone reading this book ignore the car seat advice given. It is extremely dangerous advice. The book says to buy a used or older car seat so that the gasses from the cover are gone or to purchase an organic cover and exchange. Purchasing a used seat (that you don't know the history of) is not recommended because you don't know if the seat has been crashed, misused, has missing parts, etc. all of which could result in safety issues. Also, car seats expire six years from the date of manufacture because plastic degrades so an old seat can be dangerous as well. Switching the cover with an organic one sounds like a great idea, but after market products like an organic cover are not crash tested (even if they say they are - there are no federal requirements for after market products which means a manufacturer could toss the cover into a wall and claim it is crash tested and passes) so you are essentially using your child as a crash test dummy.
If you are really worried about the gasses in the cover, purchase the car seat new and a bit before you need it. Then, either wash the cover according to the manufacturer's recommendations or let it sit and air out for a few months.
Don't waste your money February 20, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got this book and was disappointed. This book is full of large print, multiple colors and pretty pictures. Very little real information or pages. If you feel compelled to read this... do yourself a favor, save your money and check a copy out at the library for free. Then all you'll waste is your time. There are much better books out there that can inform a new parent or those wishing to change over to an organic lifestyle.
Waste of Money February 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although this is a very attractive book there is no useful information in it at all. Just a general discussion on organics without any practical or useful specific advice.
 Boring February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is very basic, like a summary of all the tips. Which, if you are buying this book you are probably somewhat up on organic and this book will teach you nothing. I really wouldn't call it a book, it's more like "notes" on how-to be organic, but not "why" to be organic. Not enough info here for me!
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