Before I had my children, I had not thought I would be part of a mothers group. Be that as it may, now that I am a mum, chatting to other women about what is going on in my life has really helped me. We talk about how we deal with our children, what to do and not to do, we share baby food recipes, and we love to talk about the latest baby clothes we have purchased.

I generally meet with 4 other mothers, once a week, to find out the latest new. We often meet at Adornetto's Italian Restaurant (which is in NEWARK, OH) as that is pretty central for all of us. Last week was really interesting as we discussed baby clothes. I have been providing my baby organic food from day one but I had not considered getting organic clothing for her.

Cotton is one of the most broadly grown products in the US and one of the most ruinous to the habitat and to farm workers. The run off from non-organic cotton farms has destroyed the environment and especially water ways. Organic products are grown without using artificial fertilisers and insecticides. Instead, organic farming depends upon things like crop rotation, improving soils naturally, and using organic pest control methods.

You can buy beautiful organic baby apparel online from a number of shops. Sckoon has some of the cutest organic baby clothing.

See the latest organic designs from Sckoon.

Benefits of Organic Baby Clothing

Purchasing organic clothes means you are getting clothes which have been produced in an environmentally friendly manner, or at a minimum in a way which causes less contamination of our habitat. No or reduced use of insecticides and fertilizers means less pollution of our land and rivers, fewer diseases for farm workers, and fewer health risks for our children by reducing their contact with potentially dangerous chemicals.

A number of makers of baby clothes also make a range of organic clothing or you can find shops solely committed to organic baby clothes. Anyway, there are a lot of brands to choose from and all ages are taken care of, from babies to adolescents. Of course, organic clothing for men and women is also accessible and I am looking into that for myself and my man.

I would not go as far to say that I am only going to buy organic cotton or bamboo cotton clothing (which is a fantastic alternative to regular or organic cotton) for my child but I am definitely going try to whenever it is available.