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Organic Baby Toys

You ever watched a child play? When­ever they are hold­ing any one of their baby toys, the first thing that a young child will do with this is to put it directly into their mouths. This is per­fectly nat­ural and most of us are aware of the fact that the mouth is the way that chil­dren often explore the world around them. Did you realise, how­ever, that many of the baby toys that are out on the mar­ket may not be the best thing for your child to be exploring by putting it into their mouth? As a mat­ter of fact, many of the com­mer­cial toys that are avail­able may be harm­ful in this way.

One of the rea­sons why this is the case is because baby toys are often made with com­mer­cial cot­ton and other fibres. When­ever these are being grown, they are exposed to a num­ber of dif­fer­ent pes­ti­cides and other chem­i­cals in order to keep away pests and to improve the crop. Unfor­tu­nately, these chem­i­cals that are sprayed onto the cot­ton find their way into the mate­r­ial and this can be very harm­ful to your child when­ever they’re putting them in their mouth. It is a much bet­ter idea for you to find toys that are made with organic fibres, such as organic cot­ton and organic wool, like those that are sold at otoys.co.uk.

This is not only the case when­ever you have a child of your own but it is also true if you’re look­ing for baby gifts, espe­cially as eczema, asthma, aller­gies and sen­si­tive skin are increas­ingly becom­ing so com­mon. To be per­fectly hon­est, there are only so many things that you can get for a child that is very young and if you like to have your gift stand out, you would want to make sure that you are giv­ing some­thing that was good for the child along with some­thing that is unique. These types of baby toys that are made from organic fibres are per­fect for chil­dren and they are also typ­i­cally some­thing that is appre­ci­ated by the par­ents as well.

Another rea­son why you might want to con­sider get­ting baby toys that are organ­i­cally made is because of the impact on the envi­ron­ment that the man­u­fac­tur­ing of many of these toys has. If you’re get­ting reg­u­lar toys that are pro­duced with non-organic fibres, you are pro­mot­ing the growth of these fibres and the spray­ing of pes­ti­cides into the envi­ron­ment. Only by going with some­thing that is organic are you help­ing to save the envi­ron­ment. Not only that, many of these baby toys end up in the land­fills after the child out­grows them. Organic baby gifts typ­i­cally biode­grade much eas­ier than those which are made from plastics.

The list goes on as to why organic baby toys are bet­ter than the con­ven­tional toys that are typ­i­cally found on the mar­ket. The sim­ple fact that you are doing some­thing that is good for the child, makes them not only the per­fect thing for the par­ent to buy, but also one of the best baby gifts that you can find.

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The baby reaches for his toys. Five months old.

Help answer the ques­tion about baby toys

What’s a good online shop­ping site for baby appar­els and toys?
I live in Hong Kong and would like to find a rep­utable and exten­sive site that can ship baby toys and apparel over here at a rea­son­able cost. Thanks.

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http://www.otoys.co.uk spe­cial­iz­ing in sell­ing top qual­ity Organic baby Toys and baby gifts. For more infor­ma­tion about Baby Toys visit his website.

  1. Theodore Satou Jan 20th, 2010 @ 06:15 | #1

    So you put some­thing in its mouth, it suck it, then it cries?

  2. my brain hurts Jan 20th, 2010 @ 06:20 | #2

    I like http://www.kidbean.com

    They have organic cloth­ing, baby prod­ucts and breast­feed­ing sup­plies… as well as organic toys for babies and toddlers.

  3. Anonymous Jan 20th, 2010 @ 06:49 | #3

    NO COMPRENDE

  4. ???????? Jan 20th, 2010 @ 07:55 | #4

    LOL, sure. Is the floor your baby will be lick­ing organic too? Some stuff sold for babies is totally point­less.….. “Organic” toys col­lect germs as fast as non-organic toys do.

  5. Theodore Satou Jan 20th, 2010 @ 12:47 | #5

    oh my gosh azim­mafia speak proper eng­lish
    Whats all this ” girlzz deez dayzz ” what is the point in doing that???

  6. northern_muse Jan 21st, 2010 @ 05:47 | #6

    The clos­est area would be the 2nd Street Dis­trict (on 2nd, between Col­orado and San Anto­nio). Not sure if they have any stores with baby items, but it’s def­i­nitely the largest/best shop­ping down­town.
    http://www.2ndstreetdistrict.com/tenantmix.html

    If you are will­ing to take a bus (or a Dillo — a free trol­ley that fol­lows tourist routes (Orange Route goes to South Con­gress, I believe)), you’d prob­a­bly enjoy shop­ping on South Con­gress (lots more shops, with a wider variety).

  7. howto Jan 21st, 2010 @ 09:59 | #7
  8. Theodore Satou Jan 21st, 2010 @ 20:47 | #8

    I am from Esto­nia and this IS ESTONIAN LANGUAGE!:)

  9. Theodore Satou Jan 22nd, 2010 @ 10:11 | #9

    fukin funny

  10. taj6900 Jan 22nd, 2010 @ 10:18 | #10

    food safe min­eral oil — need to apply mul­ti­ple times and then every 3–6 mo of heavy use or so, it is what they use on kids table and chairs, some chew wood toys, coun­ter­tops and cut­ting boards also I dont think organic would be safer but if you can find it go for it. It is really nice to sit and rub it into some­thing while watch­ing a movie or talk­ing, just my always preg­nant point of view.

  11. cola Jan 22nd, 2010 @ 12:33 | #11

    Golden Spoon Baby Boutique

  12. ktbblb Jan 22nd, 2010 @ 14:38 | #12

    The tags are telling fibs!! I wash all of my chil­drens toys unless theirs a voice box or bat­tery in it some­where. I put them in an pil­low­case, tie the end and put on a 40 degree wash with low spin.…never lost a furry friend yet. (Done it with a bunny too with teething bits on it).

  13. Arnelle Koehler-Trümper Jan 22nd, 2010 @ 22:54 | #13
  14. Theodore Satou Jan 23rd, 2010 @ 04:40 | #14

    0:10 , “ree, cloaks!!” ok… ree cloaks…

  15. Theodore Satou Jan 23rd, 2010 @ 11:17 | #15

    jee­jee, i am FINNISH!!!!!

  16. Theodore Satou Jan 23rd, 2010 @ 11:53 | #16

    i no its not Ger­man and its not Eng­lish so wht lan­guage is it

  17. Guzel S Jan 23rd, 2010 @ 13:54 | #17

    Do you have a buy buy baby near you? They have a bit higher end things, and many organic prod­ucts.
    http://www.buybuybaby.com/default.asp?order_num=-1&

    Pot­tery barn kids also has cot­ton bed­ding, and an organic line as well
    http://www.potterybarnkids.com/shop/b/index.cfm?cm_type=gnav

  18. Theodore Satou Jan 23rd, 2010 @ 14:06 | #18

    It is ESTONIAN not German!

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