my green baby

 when i was pregnant,  there was so much excitement in the air for the arrival of our little being. my friends and family showered me with some great gifts. my dad was down in la, visiting my sister and picked up a great book to help me prepare (thank you dad!!). back then i had so much time on my hands. i was able to read it from cover to cover. green baby by susannah marriott. i read it with enthusiasm, ready to put so many of the green choices into play. if you're conscious about living ecofriendly, many of the suggestions, are those you may have thought about, but perhaps didn't know how exactly to execute (for instance the best way to handle, store, launder cloth diapers), or they are choices you already make in your household, like eating fresh, local organic food. there are great ideas on how to incorporate your little one in thinking green, like making recycling fun. the book breaks the green ideas down into levels of impact on the environment. allowing you to participate in choosing green, but at a level that works best for your family. many of the statistics i wound up quoting throughout my pregnancy, amazed by the footprint we are making on this earth while raising our children.

the great thing about this book still sitting on my bedside table 1.5 years later, is it's still getting use by little e. she LOVES the baby photos in it. she looks at a baby getting her diaper changed, a baby eating broccoli and a toddler recycling with his mama. the photos are beautiful and provide a fun picture-story-time when waking up in the morning. 

my green baby