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Ohdeedoh readers, do you have a great find for baby at Whole Foods that you can share with everyone?

Woah - I thought AT was going to mark sponsored ads? Because this is clearly an ad for Whole Foods. This entire post strikes me as pretty slimy, and especially the above tagline.

If you want to "green" your baby products, you will at least consider cloth diapers and/or reusable wipes. Really, the "natural" diapers still go to landfills and take many hundred years to decompose - not a significantly greener option, overall, than the big brands. No matter the WF marketing with the "green" buzzword thrown about.

Ohdeedoh readers, do you have a great find for baby at Whole Foods that you can share with everyone?

I'd tell you what I'd like to find at Whole Foods...someplace to change my baby. They don't have changing tables in their bathrooms and they've gotten complaints (at least mine) since they opened here two years ago. Whole Baby - ha!

Is this a sponsored ad?

On to the question at hand, Whole Foods has several things we like for the toddler. Not-quite-as-horrible disposable diapers (7th Gen), YoBaby plain yogurt (toddler loves this plain yogurt), Yobaby whole milk smoothies (toddler doesn't drink milk), California Baby products, Dr. Praeger's Fishies, Chedder Bunnies, and the occasional toy. Also, non-toxic cleaning supplies and meat with higher standards as well as low mercury tuna.

Our WF has a changing table in the restroom.

There is also an adjacent "lifestyle" store with many baby goodies.

Well I'm impartial because my husband works there, but they gave us a nice basket of Whole Baby stuff last month when we had our baby. The one thing that I've used the most constantly is the Burt's Bees Baby Bee diaper creme. I use cloth diapers, and it's the only one around that doesn't stain or ruin the cloth diapers.

Of course, with cloth he doesn't get many diaper rashes, another bonus.

We love Tings, Veggie Booty, and the endless varieties of Silk soy milk from WF.

Oh, and our WF has changing tables, a huge kids' grocery section, and an indoor kids play area.

I'm with brenjay - cloth diapers and wipes are a far greener solution than "natural" disposables. And madktdisease, Baby Bee diaper cream is actually not recommended to use with cloth diapers without a liner of some sort - this site has a great list of what creams can be used with cloth diapers.

http://www.pinstripesandpolkadots.com/diaperrashcreams.htm

My WF sometimes sells handcrafted stuff for babies by local craftspeople - waldorf blanket dolls, wooden toys, and crocheted slippers.

This post does sound a bit advertisey, but I have to say... for all its poshness, I've been consistently impressed with WFs, with its commitment to only use natural products, to move always towards more humanely procured animal products, and to only allow the use of free run eggs, even in baked items, and the way the stores really listen to customer feedback and try to make changes when they can. They were also one of the first grocer's I noticed to start buying local produce in abundance and giving bios on their local farmers.

I'm really picky and suspicious when it comes to big business (or business in general) and advertising, but I've found very little to be upset about when it comes to WF.

i'm not sure that cloth diapers are the greener choice. the amount of rinses (water used) along with the bleach that is used to get the diapers clean isn't exactly good for the earth, the people who are doing the acutal washing (if using a diaper service) no little bottoms who come into contact with the bleached diaper. it is correct to say that standard diapers - such as huggies and pampers are not doing what they can for the environment, but choices like 7th generation and brands that are aware are the better purchase.

Mellow Yellow - you're kidding, right? Cloth is by FAR greener, and that environmental argument was debunked many, many years ago. Directly from seventh generation's website:

All disposable diapers, including Seventh Generation’s, rely on man-made materials to deliver the high-level performance that parents expect of modern diapers. These materials are mostly petroleum-derived and are not renewable, which adversely impacts the environmental footprint associated with these products. At Seventh Generation, we are pleased to offer an alternative that is not bleached with chlorine, and are working hard to further improve the sustainability of our diaper products.

Yup - petroleum - nearly A CUP of it - in EVERY SINGLE disposable diaper. And that doesn't take into account the manufacturing, transportation, and disposal of a very bulky one-use product.

Cloth requires about 30 gallons of water a week - the amount in a single 7-minute shower. And perhaps a cup of bleach a month. And each one can be used many, many times over the course of a child's diaper years.

50 cloth diapers versus 1700 or more sposies.

Seriously - even making that argument reflects a level of ignorance and lack of research on the topic that is staggering.