It is no secret that using usda certified organic skin care products are great for both expectant mothers and for babies, if you buy certified organic, because they don’t have the hormones and chemicals traditionally present in non-organic products. If you are casting around for a gift, why not put together an organic baby kit for your friend’s baby shower? You could include cloth diapers (they have very user-friendly diapers now), some organic diaper rash cream, organic baby oil, and organic baby powder, among other products. Everything you need to create an awesome gift and help support the health of the new baby.

The reality is that when it comes to artificial (and even harmful) ingredients in skin care products, we in America have a tradition of starting them off early. Your skin is the largest organ your body has, and a baby is no different. Baby’s skin is particularly susceptible, because it has not developed the hardness or toughness of our skin. The really bad thing is that the most common diaper rash cream out there, the one used most around infants reproductive areas, is also the one with the most pronounced use of chemicals. That can’t be a good idea.

Wouldn’t it be great if you could give a great gift that was really useful, and at the same time offered an opportunity to not have the baby ingest all that toxic material? What a great way to start life!