Welcome to this week's issue -- Eco-Friendly! This is our third issue that relates to living "green" and being ecologically conscious about the things we buy and use for our babies. Aside from ensuring the good health of our families, we are also taking a step toward saving our Mother Earth. Not only will you find our featured products this week to be thought provoking, they are just plain wonderful as well!

Give baby a sweet and snuggly organic toy to cuddle. This darling Wooly Night Owl from www.vivaterra.com is not only handmade from organic yarn but has an endearing story to tell. Situated in Kenya's magnificent Great Rift Valley sits the tranquil farming community of Njoro. There, a group of Kenyan women that began with a dozen knitters and has grown to 300 knitters and 400 spinners buy wool from neighboring farms. They wash and dye the wool with all natural plant dyes, and moth-proof it with a daisy-like flower. Then it's spun on old bicycle wheels! Expert knitters, the women sign their names with pride to the story cards that accompany their delightful pieces. The money they earn pays for glasses when it was discovered that some women were knitting inches away from their eyes because they couldn't see correctly. Now they see a prosperous future before them and their children, thanks to the program that enables them to create these adorable wool owls.

Baby's tender young skin deserves the very best. Dress them in these beautiful, organic, vintage asian print Eternal Layette pieces from www.teacollection.com. Of all insecticides used globally each year, the estimated amount used on traditional cotton is 25%. Another important reason to dress your baby in organic cotton clothing!

As my husband and I do our part in being eco-friendly, we now only buy paper towels and toilet paper made from recycled fiber. Our paper towel wrapper says that by manufacturing 100% recycled products, they save the following Earth's resources everyday: 6,000 trees, 2 million gallons of water, 22,00 pounds of air pollution, 140,000 gallons of oil and 30,000 cubic feet of landfill space. We love those sort of statistics! What about paper napkins you ask...

Two California mommas have come up with a GREAT idea for eliminating paper napkins and teaching kids that they too can reduce, reuse and recycle. Born of their wish to pack "waste-free" lunches for their school-aged children, the duo designed kid-sized cloth napkins in great colors, prints and patterns. Fabkins available at www.fabkins.com come in themed packs of five that reflect kids' interests. Not only are these napkins smart... they're down right fun!

Here's a disturbing statistic: American families spend $300 million annually on disposable diapers and they take 500 years to decompose. If you live in NYC and are using cloth diapers for your baby ... oh momma! have we found the service for you! Queen Bee Diaper Service at www.queenbeediapers.com makes the task of cleaning cloth diapers simple! They pick up and deliver right from your door step, and there's no need to be home! For $32 a week you receive personal service and a luxurious healthy product for your baby, without ever leaving your home. Now that's not only eco-friendly... that's just fabulous!

We hope you've enjoyed this issue and we look forward to bringing you next week's issue -- Happy St. Patrick's Day!