Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care
by Alan Greene
Book Summary Information
Author: Alan GreeneContributor: Jeanette Pavini
Contributor: Theresa Foy DiGeronimo
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-21
ISBN: 078799622X
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Book Reviews of Raising Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Guide to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Care
Book Review: Many Important Points with Some Questionable Dietary Advice
Summary: 4 Stars
Overall this is a good book, it's well written, it's easy to read, and it gets the point across. The dietary guidelines make up 10-15% of the text, and some are not good. Poor guidelines include: to feed your baby soy (they say, just use organic) and give them breakfast cereals (which are sugar laden and nutrient devoid, even organic ones).
Beyond the dietary guidelines Dr. Greene hits on some key points, how our babies are exposed to toxins. Whether it is their "new" bedding, "new" bottles, "new" clothes, or chemicals, detergents, cleaners, shampoo's, or paint for the babies room and so forth, it is highly important that our children not be exposed to harmful chemicals. The book get's 4 stars precisely because Dr. Greene does point out in detail important concerns about exposing our little ones to chemicals. Like other people said, there may be other ways to be green and create less exposure to chemicals for your children that are more cost effective and not mentioned in the book. The book is printed on nice eco-friendly paper.
Dr. Greene unfortunately missed out on discussing the highest and most dangerous exposure to toxins for our new babies, Vaccines. A good companion text, in which you can learn how to have a truly healthy baby with empowering information about what really makes children sick (like toxins in the environment) and how to avoid these conditions see, Healing Our Children: Because Your New Baby Matters! Sacred Wisdom for Preconception, Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting (ages 0-6)
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