When you are pregnant, or nursing, it is even more important to avoid toxins in your food and everyday products. Here's a compilation of posts from Non-Toxic Kids for new moms and moms to be about some ways to limit unecessary exposures to toxins, chemicals and radiation. Hopefully having it all in one post will be helpful for you expectant and new mamas.
1. Limit your exposure to plastics.
2. Eat less processed foods.
3. Avoid heavily using your cellphone.
4. Avoid pesticides, definitely the dirty dozen.
5. Use safer cosmetics.
6. Buy and use safer paints in your house.
7. Use non-toxic cleaners in your home.
Readers, what are your tips for expecting parents?
image: Pregnant Belly by kellyandapril on flickr under Creative Commons
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Wonderful advice. So pleased you mention using non-toxic paints. So many people paint the baby's room while they are pregnant and often just before the baby is due. They don't realize how toxic even low odor paints are.
And what a great shame more women don't detox before they get pregnant to lower the toxic load that the baby will receive.
Great short list, Katy! I would definitely add reducing exposure to chemicals in cleaners and air fresheners by using non-toxic or homemade alternatives. HealthyChild.org has a slew of tips! (thanks for plugging us in your resources)
Cheers!
Janelle, you are so right! I am so used to not using any toxic cleaners this didn't even occur to me and it should have. I think I will edit it and repost. Thanks for the tip. And I love the work of HealthyChild.org. Your blog and site is a fantastic resource. I'd love to team up with you in the future (or if you ever need any writers, let me know). Hopefully we can work together to get the Kid Safe Chemical Act through. Thanks for commenting!
Thanks for your comments, Sandy and Kiwi mag!
I might add be conscious of where you exercise....like in a gym or a wild space would be better than walking down the road.
If you want look at anything that touches your skin, hair and teeth--it all absorbs into your body.
But mainly, I'd say, toxic thoughts are something to avoid too-so relax, you are probably doing your best!!!
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