Toxic Baby Products?
“How’s that possible?” “I’ve been using what on babies?”
This was my reaction when I was researching baby products (during the development phase of Babies 411) and found out the news that most of the baby products that we know, love, and have used for years contain cancer-causing (carcinogenic) chemicals. What an eye opener.
As a NICU nurse, I care for babies that are compromised and are in their most vulnerable state. Now I find out that I have been unknowingly using and recommending unsafe products. Well, no more. I have taken a stand and made it a mission to educate mothers, caregivers and most of all healthcare professionals on the dangers lurking within our trusted baby shampoos, washes, lotions, wipes and more. As a healthcare professional, I know that parents are looking to us for the answers. And because of this, parents choose and purchase products that we use in the hospitals believing that this is the safest options. Why wouldn’t it be if we use them in the hospitals? Unfortunately, we are unknowingly and unintentionally promoting bad products.
Want to know how to protect your baby from these toxic products? Here are a few recommendations:
1. Knowledge is power so do your research! Read labels and avoid those products that contain harmful ingredients. Learn more by reading our article “Protecting our Babies from Toxic Chemicals” at www.Babies411.com
2. Less is more. Be sparing on products that you use on your baby.
3. How safe is your baby products? Check out Skin Deep to learn more about the products you are putting on your baby.
4. Keep up-to-date on news surrounding chemicals in baby products (not just skin care products, but also chemicals found in toys, clothing, food, plastics and other baby products).
5. Love disposable baby wipes but want to avoid the chemicals? Make your own wipes. Want to learn how? Read our article Making Homemade Baby Wipes for the easy, breezy recipe.
6. Are you expecting a baby? Ask your hospital or childbirth facility what baby products they use on babies. If it’s not a safe choice, bring your own and make your baby’s first bath a healthy, toxin-free bath.
7. Help us spread the word. We are working hard with our favorite company, Earth Mama Angel Baby, trying to educate healthcare facilities on the dangers of toxic baby products and looking to phase these products out of our hospital systems. With your help, we could move mountains! Contact your maternity unit and express your concerns.
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Baking soda for scouring
vinegar for windows and general cleaning
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With the pediatrician's blessing I wouldn't worry too much about it, since just by using Method you're using a safer (gentler / cleaner) product for your 2 year old.
You're right, the "non-toxic" label is missing from Method's advertising for the baby products and it's not on the label. Personally, though, I'd trust them. We use their counter top wipes, dish soap, and hand soap at home.
If you want to go one step further, you could go with Dr. Bronner's (or other brand) castille soap. The ingredients listed are a variety of natural vegetable oils that you really can eat. There's an unscented "Baby Mild" version that I like to use on the baby. Personally, I use the lavender to help relax during evening showers or the peppermint for morning showers.
Mommy prefers Mustela for our 3 month old for the smell and how well it works. Though it may not be as "natural" as the above mentioned brands it has a good reputation and was recommended by our pediatrician.
In the end, you're doing right by your daughter. These products are absorbed by our skin, in our eyes, and are generally safe. Before we know it, our kids will be in high school and we'll have other things to worry about (mine's growing like a weed!).
Update: The liquid Dr Bronner's soap cleans great but doesn't make much suds. You mix a squirt or two with a few gallons of water (or less) and clean with a wash cloth. This combined with the fact it doesn't taste too nice (bleh – I just tasted the baby mild version), might reduce incidents of bubble-blowing and digestion by your 2 year old!
I have seen that webpage and I look at it occasionally. I think it's helpful, although they tend towards being alarmist. Some of the ingredients they deem as unsafe–parabens, for example–have not been shown to be unsafe. Their rationale for categorizing some ingredients as unsafe seem scientifically questionable. It is still a good resource because it makes you aware of a lot of potentially harmful ingredients in everyday products, but I find that I have to do a lot of my own research to find out if their warnings are legit.
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I have switched many products because of their ingredients. I dont care if they are more expensive and they dont have to be delivered to my door. A good instructor that I had in an herbal class stated that if there is any ingredient listed that you cant pronounce, dont use it. We are using so many chemicals when there are so many natural substitutes available. Go resource vinegar on the internet just to see how many things we can replace that have awful chemicals and vinegar will do the same things. Try baking soda too. Many alternatives are out there that work as well or better and dont have ingredients that start with X or pheno or amyl etc.
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I tried cloth diapers, but my son had diaper rash on top of diaper rash, even though I changed him the moment I knew he was wet. The plastic covers were the major culprit. The cloth diapers were also a major time eater. After my son had his second secondary infection requiring anti-biotics caused by rampant diaper rash in his first 3 months of life, I gave up on the cloth diapers.
Regarding the non-toxic car seats and strollers, I don't really know what you mean by that. All baby products are tested for safety, which would include toxicity. I certainly understand your environmental concerns, but shouldn't your first priority be the safety and well-being of your child?
Oh I know! There are so many chemicals we come in contact with on a daily basis that are relatively "new." There is no way to know the long-term effects of these daily exposures.
Personally, I think the increase in autism rates is caused by chemicals in our environment, homes, food and water.
I read a great article addressing this issues. It was written by a woman named Dr. Martha R Herbert and is called "Time to Get a Grip." It's a really interesting read!
http://www.autism-society.org/site/DocServer/eh_get_a_grip.pdf?docID=4821
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