Why Use Organic Toys

Babies and children are a precious segment of our population. They need to be protected from harmful chemicals and toxic dyes used in the manufacturing of the toys they play with. A safe alternative to use is to use organic toys.

Toys are the first product that the children get to touch and play with. A majority of toys have plastic, toxic paints, lead poisoning and other evils. Therefore it is important to have a toy that is safe and can entertain, stimulate and educate the child without harming the child’s health.

The first three years of a child’s life are very crucial for the development. The child grows emotionally, mentally, physically and educationally. The child gets to know about the family and the world around. The child tends to put everything in the mouth without understanding if it is bad or good.

The toxins present in plastic toys are absorbed in through the skin, hands and saliva. Many times you would see toys becoming brittle and breaking. It is the phthalates present in the toy. These chemicals are very harmful to the baby. Apart from these chemicals, other chemicals found in these toys are dyes and stuffing made from petroleum foam.

Therefore, as parents, it is our duty to protect the children from these toxins in phthalates which make toys soft, pliable and twistable for the children who chew on these soft toys. It is important that organic material is used to make the toys which go into the mouths of the children.

Sometimes we buy toys made from wood thinking that it would be organic too. But this wood is often pine wood and these wooden toys are made from chips of wood glued together by toxic glues which emit harmful vapors and potentially harmful chemicals.

These chemicals irritate eyes, nose, lungs and skin. Allergies, cold, rashes, asthma are a result. Later problems in mental development are also seen in children exposed to these toxins. Endocrine and hormonal problems and even autism result from this exposure.

In order to protect the children from these harmful after effects of a childhood full of toxic toys, we must ensure that the toys we buy for them are organic and help in their mental development. The use of organic wool, cotton, and wood in the production of the toy would not only be good for your baby, but also for the future of the earth.

Why Organic Baby Products

We have pushed the earth to use her tolerance limits. We use many things because we must. From morning till night, we use many products that are potentially harmful not only to the user but to the entire globe. The right choice is to go for eco-friendly products in every sphere of our life. Organic baby products are one such line where we can make a difference.

The most prominent among them is using biodegradable and natural organic diapers.

Every year people use millions of cloth and disposable diapers for babies. These diapers are disposed off and they reach landfills. These diapers using chlorinated material, plastic lining, and other such compounds are a threat to our earth and water. These compounds can cause problems to the babies on whom these products are used.

You can, instead use non chlorinated, totally organic cloth diapers. And you would be helping your environment and your child. These diapers are made from wool, hemp, cotton etc. You can use natural cloth wipes in place of disposable wipes which contain chemicals. The non biodegradable fibers used in them are also harmful to the earth.

People use diapers on babies because of the convenience factor. However, in choosing convenience over environmental consciousness, we are merely depleting our own natural resources.

Baby feeders are another product that is harming the environment and the baby. The reason is that there is a chemical called Bisphenol-A or BPA found in plastic bottles. Due to repeated use, it leaches to the milk and then to the baby’s body. This chemical has been found to cause liver cancer and affect reproductive system in mice.
Being a little more careful while choosing bottles for the baby can help us in solving this problem. Either use glass bottles or use #5 bottles. These bottles are not only recyclable but have also been found not to leach out the BPA. However, these bottles will have to be constantly checked to examine for scratches, cracks and chips. Silicone nipples are ideal provided they are of the highest grade.

Other organic baby products like environmentally responsible laundry soap can also help in conserving our environment. Plant based, bio-degradable and one hundred percent natural soaps are non-toxic,, non chlorine, non enzyme, dye free, petroleum free and hypo allergenic. Therefore these are very safe for the baby.

Organic clothing made of cotton or wool that is free from pesticides and toxic dyes also helps the baby and the planet earth.

We need to shift to using organic products so that our future generations and the planet are saved from harm.