Is it time to detox your home for your baby?
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Kitchen – From cleaning products stored beneath the sink to plastic containers and pots and pans, not to mention the baby foods you choose, the “most popular room in the house” has the potential to be a minefield of toxicity for young children.
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Living room – Your electronics and furniture contain flame retardants and other chemicals that may leak into the dust in your living room (or any other room), while allergens and bacteria can grow in upholstery, draperies, and carpeting. With a baby’s penchant for putting things in her mouth, these can be extremely harmful.
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Bathrooms – Once again, we have a room where many dangerous chemicals are stored beneath the sink. Beyond these, however, your personal care products have the potential to do great harm – not just to your baby but to you, as well. Many of the most common ingredients in these products have been linked to health problems for adults, so just imagine how they might harm a still-developing child.
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Baby Clothing – Safer clothing for babies and toddlers, and for moms, is a focus of interest for us here at Simply Chickie. Without being too redundant, let’s just say that baby clothing made with traditional cotton has the potential to be loaded with chemicals from the growing process. Because of this, we advocate in the strongest terms for 100% organic clothing for young children.
A quick tour of virtually any modern home will uncover a number of potentially toxic areas and items that you will want to remove from the environment that directly affects your baby.
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