Your favorite little swee’pea will love this pod! The Sweet Pea Five-Piece Organic Layette Set from Baby Aspen ($52.95) is a great gift on multiple levels. First, it’s 100% organic cotton, so it’s earth-friendly and snuggly soft. It comes in a woven-wood basket featuring a blanket, footie PJs, cap, bib and pea-pod rattle, so it’s adorable. And oh-by-the-way it’s as sweet as a fresh pea in a salad, so your recipients will eat it up. Supersize the love!
It’s three times the versatility and beauty with The Three Nesting Blocks from Kalon Studios. ($750) This set is all about simplicity of beauty. A matching trio of all-natural, 100% organic sustainably harvested bamboo stools functions as foot-rests, seats or just as accent furniture. Three forms – circle, line and cube – times three. Talk about a natural hat-trick.
Bring a touch of the islands to your child’s development with the Surfboard Growth Chart from Ecotots. ($60) This gorgeous longboard will be there to record your little kahuna’s growth, and serve as a treasured memento for years after. Draw between the stripes – it’s unfinished there. And being an Ecotots product, the board is 100% formaldehyde-free FSC Certified birch plywood with a non-toxic water based finish. This is one board that guarantees an endless summer.
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Eco-friendly luxe. That is the 2 Piece Nursery Set from Argington. ($1,480) The Sahara Crib & Delphi Changing Table come together to form a gorgeous set that you’ll want to keep forever. Both are available in walnut, red maple or birch, all sustainable-growth wood and 100% non-toxic finishes and glues. Both pieces are extremely versatile and ready to grow with your baby. Looking great and being soft on the Earth are only fringe benefits. (Right?)
Rarrr!!! Hanno the Gorilla ($75) will lay waste to your living room! Designer David Weeks has built a solid-wood (sustainably harvested new-growth beech, BTW) gem in Hanno. Like the best wooden toys, his limbs are attached with rubber bands, for endless poseability. And like the best of wooden toys, Dad may spend as much time playing with Hanno as junior will. Eco-friendly, gorgeous and kick-ass tough. That’s a winning toy in our book.
Awwwwwwyeeeeaaaaahhhhhhhh! Your baby will be mackin’ large on the Sheepskin Shorn Baby Comforter from Bowron. ($72) This shag beauty is full of ‘70s style (turntable and big headphones optional but encouraged) and cloud-like softness. More than that, this huge rug sooths colicky babies, keeps them warm in the cold and absorbs moisture in warm air and keeps them dry. Pick from shorn or unshorn (thick or ultra-thick) and get groovy while baby gets comfortable.
Mothers, you know how rough the period after birth can be, mentally and physically. You need all the help you can get. Start with LuSa Organics Postpartum Herbs. ($12.50) This blend cools, soothes and heals every time. Just steep each bundle until cool, pour into a spray bottle, and spritz your lady bits. Instant physical relief. Have dad change the diapers and take out the trash, and you’ll be golden. This is a good start, though.
Let’s face it: you are as much a target for Peppy Five Stacking Toy ($25.50) as your child. And why not? This gorgeous set of five dowels with five sets of rings and five smiley heads, all made of sustainable hale or rubber wood, will remind you of your parents or grandparents favorite toys. Just without all the lead paint. Your kids learn matching and numbers and you enjoy retro style. That’s win-win in our book.
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Okay, we’re not suggesting a baby bottle fight. But you could have one with Weego Glass Baby Bottles. ($18, or $61 for 4) These 9 Oz. glass bottles are sleeved in 100% non-toxic silicone for environmental friendliness and no-smash toughness. The whole thing is BPA-free, and there are six colors to choose from. Smash…er…drink away with impunity.
It’s kind of like the chairs outside the principal’s office. But the Fiberglass Arm Shell Rocker ($375) is better. First, there’s no detention awaiting your child. Second, those old chairs didn’t rock. Duh. This classic chair has been modernized within an inch of its life, with a recyclable polypropylene shell, maple or walnut runners and sixteen (sic) colors to choose from. Modern retro, environmentally safe and no detention. Sitting does NOT get any more comfortable.
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