If you’re looking to green up your life a little, look to your baby’s wardrobe – there are loads of gorgeous clothes with great eco-credentials out thereAs with so many other areas of our lives, nasty chemicals lurk within many of those cute outfits

Nappy basics What cloth nappy for me? When you're considering what cloth nappies to buy, bear in mind that the right style, fit and fabric are very individual matters - what works well for someone else may not be at all right for you and your baby

. However, the difference is that organic fabrics are grown without any pesticides, herbicides or other chemicals, whose residues can remain in the fibres of the cloth and possibly cause reactions or irritate the skin. Organic clothing is getting popular

First wash Nappies’ absorbency often increases after a few washes so you may prefer to wash them before their first use. Check the back of the packet for how yours may be affected by washing. Soaking Soaking in a nappy soak or water and tea tree oil isn’t always necessary....

Take a simple idea, make it colourful and you have Simply Colors!Clothes with a personal touchThere are many places you can get a photo or a slogan put onto a T-shirt, but often the price is either too high, or the quality of the clothing isn't good

with organically grown cotton so that your child can enjoy eco-friendly Winnie the Pooh clothing, exclusively available through Babies R Us. Understandably, the colours are more ‘natural’ so expect cream, brown and green in baby-kind fabrics that will wash easily

Frugi: it means ‘fruits of the earth’, and it’s the fruit of four years’ hard work by Lucy and Kurt Jewson. To you, as parents, it will come to mean great quality (but great value) organic cotton clothing for children from birth to six.Frugi clothes

With the exclusion of bridal wear, maternity wear can be some of the most expensive clothes a woman will buy and of course it will normally get minimal use. When I was pregnant I begrudged spending lots of money on maternity clothes (not to mention

Bambino Mio cloth nappies Very slim-fitting, light, easy to use and wash and very economical A bit patchy on runny breastfed pooh containment when used as the 2-part system - you need several of the nappy covers Features: Simple, thickly

A mini meat dress, complete with a salami hat? Or a dress made entirely of Kermit the frog teddies? Yep, it sounds like a Lady Gaga creation all right, but this time - it's for babies.The 25-year-old eccentric singer appeared in a video sketch featuring adorable tots all dressed ...