Green Baby Guide

We, the co-editors of The Green Baby Guide, have been friends for over fifteen years. When we found ourselves pregnant at the same time, our lackadaisical correspondence turned into a flurry of frantic emails. Am I insane for considering cloth diapers? How will I manage to use this scary-looking breast pump between teaching English and social studies to unruly seventh graders? Will my baby suffer if I don’t buy her a vibrating bouncy seat that lights up and teaches her the alphabet?

Far from trying to achieve perfection, we discovered that there are several small choices we can make to balance saving the world and preparing for our newest family members. Now that we know the insider secrets of cloth diapering, home-blended baby food, and hunting for secondhand gear, we want to share them with other families who may feel just as intimidated and overwhelmed as we did.

The Green Baby Guide isn’t just a website; now there’s the book version! The Eco-nomical Baby Guide: Down-to-Earth Ways for Parents to Save Money and the Planet will be on bookstore shelves in March, 2010. It’s available for pre-order now for $6 off the cover price.