This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Bobbie. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Over the past decade of researching baby formula, I have seen the formula market change for the better. There are now many more organic brands available, and lots of them use less white sugar or corn syrup solids than they used to. The single biggest positive change for formula-feeding parents
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Safe Mattress Guide
UPDATED: November 2021 Written by Maia & John Finding a non-toxic mattress is super-important, but also super-confusing to work through. If your head hurts just looking at the length of this page, please feel free to email our Home Health Director, John, for individualized help. You can also call him at 802-613-3254. This video is several years old (from the last time we updated
Safe Baby Formula Guide
1. Loulouka (both cow and goat) / 2. Happy Baby / 3. Kabrita / 4. Bobbie / 5. Lebenswert / 6. Serenity / 7. Holle / 8. HiPP / 9. Baby’s Only / 10. Kendamil UPDATED: November 2021 I wrote this guide on how to choose organic baby formula in 2012, and have updated it more than ten times since! The great news is that overall, things have moved in a positive direction on the
Toxic Heavy Metals in Baby Food: Our Insights & What You Can Do
Research provided by Michael Hopkins, PhD. You've likely already read about the recent Congressional Report on toxic heavy metals in baby food. Below, we will provide a summary of what's happened and what the report found, followed by our own insights (and outrage!). Timeline & Players On August 1, 2019, the FDA received a secret slide presentation from Hain (which owns Earth’s Best
Complete Non-Toxic Baby Registry Checklist
1. Safest stroller / 2. Pocket bib / 3. Rash protection / 4. Non-toxic car seat / 5. Better cloth diapers / 6. Plastic-free breast milk storage / 7. Silicone spoons / 8. Nursery air filter Pulling together this list of all the non-toxic baby registry items a conscious parent could possible want was fun! Mostly, I'm struck by how much has changed since my last pregnancy--then again, it WAS
Choosing a Humidifier for Winter Survival
2020 update: We wrote this post a couple of winters ago, but many of you are in search of humidifiers because of Coronavirus. I hope this makes shopping for one easier! This time of year, I get a lot of questions about humidifiers. As temperatures drop outside, we turn up our thermostats for relief. But that warm air is dry, leaving our skin, hair and mucus membranes parched. Add in a cold
Safe Car Seat Guide
1. Clek / 2. Uppa Baby Jordan / 3. Nuna Rava / 4. Britax / 5. Bugaboo Buying a “safe” car seat for your new baby (or your toddler) should be simple, but can be confusing and overwhelming. Obviously, the primary concern is choosing a seat that will protect your baby in the event of a car accident, and I like the Wirecutter for its reviews on items like this. Of course, here at Gimme, we
Safe Disposable Diaper Guide
My original introduction to this section read something like, “Sure, we all know we should use cloth diapers, but how realistic is that, especially here in New York City where many of us don’t even have washing machines? Thank God for these biodegradable diapers from Seventh Generation!” This was back in 2010, and I was using cloth diapers about 25% of the time (and my husband was using them
Baby Food Pouches
1. Beech-Nut organic varieties / 2. Happy Baby / 3. Sprout / 4. Plum Organics / 5. Ella’s Kitchen / 6. Once Upon a Farm / 7. Peter Rabbit Organics / 8. Serenity Kids / 9. White Leaf Provisions Soon after Felix turned one, he finally started enjoying foods other than breast milk. Unfortunately, by this point I was pretty burned out from preparing and then throwing away homemade pureed
Safe Baby Lotion Guide
1. Babo Botanicals / 2. Beautycounter / 3. Attitude / 4. California Baby / 5. Earth Mama I don't think you need to slather your baby in lotion after every bath, but sometimes a baby's dry skin will be screaming for a moisturizer. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a huge fan of coconut oil, and we often put a little blob of the organic, unrefined good stuff in the bath with the boys. My