Eco-Friendly Products For Mom

Go green with the latest eco-friendly products for mom.

Nursing:
Breastfeeding is inherently eco-friendly, and with the Medela Bamboo Nursing Camisole moms also get the eco-friendly, anti-bacterial, breathable properties of bamboo. Plus it makes nursing on the go easy, fashionable and discreet ($44.99). Moms who are pumping can choose the Medela Glass Bottle Set, which is recyclable and, like all Medela products that touch breast milk, is BPA-free. ($16.99)

At the Dinner Table:
When baby starts eating solids parents can serve the meal on a BPA-free BabyBjorn Plate and Spoon ($22.95).

Nursery:
Babies spend a lot of time (hopefully) sleeping. So make sure you surround them with non-toxic linens like Q Junior Crib Sheets ($40) and swaddle them in the aden + anais Organic Linew Wrap ($35)

Keeping Clean:
MD Moms Cleansing Towelettes are an easy way to keep your little one clean on the changing table or on the go. They are clinically tested and hypoallergenic, alcohol-free, phthalate-free and are not tested on animals ($12). And for the house, Field Organics has organic, non-toxic household cleaners created especially for homes with children ($7.99-$11.99).

Amy Graff is a blogger at The Mommy Files on www.sfgate.com and the community manager for Bay Area Moms, a place where moms from around the Bay can seek advice, trade tips, brag (and kvetch) about their kids, and catch up on the latest news from the parenting world. A true Bay Area gal, Amy grew up in Los Gatos, went to college at Berkeley, and now lives in San Francisco with her husband, Anthony, and her two kids, 5-year-old Paris and 3-year-old Dante. A longtime magazine writer and editor, Amy made her blogging debut with the launch of The SF K Files, the story of her search for a kindergarten for Paris. Amy's also the family travel spokesperson for Best Western and a frequent contributor to the AAA travel magazine VIA.

Thanks to the polar opposite natures of her kids, Amy's first-hand experiences as a mom have run the gamut: Paris was two weeks late and finally extracted with a vacuum; Dante was two weeks early and popped out in an hour. Paris was colicky; Dante slept through the first year of his life. Paris craves sugar all of the time; Dante can take one bite of a cookie and set it down. Paris is terrified of dogs; Dante crawls around woofing. Luckily, opposites attract and at night they fall asleep holding hands, leaving Amy free to share her latest local discoveries and head-scratching dilemmas with you.

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