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Network magazine, April 2000
"The ultimate guide for parents of youngish children. If you are lucky you can start with pre-conception and go through the breatsfeeding stage but you can always pick up later. The organic products guide is comprehensive, including as it does, baby foods, baby gear, family gear, household products and recommendations for a 'green home'. Highly recommended for organic families."
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Families South West, March 2000
"A book for the seriously organically-minded-to-be. Go for it!!"
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you are buying a book with a title like this, you will probably already be quite sold on the idea of an 'organic' lifestyle. Unfortunately too much of this book is spent trying to resell the concept. At a time of one's life when you are already very overburdened with advice from all sides a lot of this book comes over as sanctimonious scaremongering which most new parents could do without. Being a new parent (or even an expectant new parent) is a trying enough time without being told that, unless you throw away all your carpets, bedding and food and use only unbleached, unprocessed cotton throughout your life then you are endangering your health and that of your baby (as well as contributing to global recession and unemployment). Having said all this, I gave the book 3 Stars. I AM already sold on the concept of organic life and wanted practical, simple advice on the products which are available and how I can obtain them. The more matter-of-fact chapters in this book succeed here, but I suspect that there are web sites which do so better. This book is a useful resource, it is also a good example of how to (and therefore not to ) write an organic lifestyle book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I am a fan of organic food and the organic movement in general, so I had high expectations of this book. I was disappointed to find that much of it was uninformed drivel. The book claims it will help you raise a healthy child and yet it prattles on, in a wholly biased way, about how bad vaccines are, perpetuating the mythical link between the MMR and autism. Vaccines are the reason my children will never catch small pox, diptheria, tetanus, measles... I owe a large debt of gratitude for my children's health to vaccines. She even talks about herd immunity as though it is a bad thing(?!). I am grateful that herd immunity will help protect my baby from diseases like measles (which can cause brain damage in severe cases) until she is old enough to get the immunisation herself. With bad science like this, dressed up as informed debate, it makes you wonder about some of the other claims she makes in the book, regarding the wonders of organic food, which is a shame.
By far and away the worst bit of this book (and the reason it only gets one star from me) is the way it deals with breastfeeding. Yes, she says that breastfeeding is best for baby. But she then witters on about how you should make your breastmilk organic for it to be REALLY beneficial and if you can't breastfeed, not to worry, because formula milk now comes in organic varieties. And there are even adverts for follow-on-formula in the centre of the book. WHAT!!!!! You would be forgiven for thinking this book was deliberately trying to undermine breastfeeding. A breastfeeding mother who eats the worst, ready-meal only diet is still giving her baby a much much healthier start than a baby fed on any artificial milk (even organic formula).
If you are pregnant and really want to give your baby a healthy start, buy a good breastfeeding book - my favourite is 'the food of love' by Kate Evans. And buy yourself a good weaning guide such as 'baby led weaning' by Gill Rapley and Tracy Murkett
By far and away the worst bit of this book (and the reason it only gets one star from me) is the way it deals with breastfeeding. Yes, she says that breastfeeding is best for baby. But she then witters on about how you should make your breastmilk organic for it to be REALLY beneficial and if you can't breastfeed, not to worry, because formula milk now comes in organic varieties. And there are even adverts for follow-on-formula in the centre of the book. WHAT!!!!! You would be forgiven for thinking this book was deliberately trying to undermine breastfeeding. A breastfeeding mother who eats the worst, ready-meal only diet is still giving her baby a much much healthier start than a baby fed on any artificial milk (even organic formula).
If you are pregnant and really want to give your baby a healthy start, buy a good breastfeeding book - my favourite is 'the food of love' by Kate Evans. And buy yourself a good weaning guide such as 'baby led weaning' by Gill Rapley and Tracy Murkett
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being 6 months pregnant with my first child, and already having an interest in eating organic food, I thought that I'd give this book a try and see what it offered. It is brilliant - it takes you beyond just organic food and introduces you to a whole range of household items that may have an impact upon your child. It also raises important issues such as vaccinations with a very balanced perspective. The author provides her point of view but always urges you to find out as much information as you can so that you can make up your own mind. The second part of the book assists with this by providing a comprehensive guide to UK suppliers - I'm currently researching the real nappies available out there having read about the toxic gels and environmental impact of disposables. At last someone has compiled a comrehensive UK guide to assist parents in making the best informed choises for their children!
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