Who Sells Organic Baby Products

The wide range of items and products required by babies and young children can often be surprising. As well as items such as food, diapers, clothing and bedding, there are also the consumable products such as washing aids and sterilizing products. For parents who live an organic lifestyle trying to source all of these products can be time consuming during this busy and exciting time of their lives.

Organic items for babies are available from a wide range of sources. Specialist stores have long supplied the whole range of organic items and larger stores have recently started to increase the number and type of products available.

Who Sells Organic Baby Products Exclusively?

Specialist stores that sell organic items for baby are becoming increasingly popular. These stores sell certified organic products, giving parents peace of mind about their purchase. Many of these stores trade online, making them a great option for busy parents who want to buy from the comfort of their own home and have everything delivered.

Some stores have both online and "bricks and mortar" options, giving customers a choice of how they shop. Manufacturers of baby products also often combine selling their products direct through the internet and through a variety of other outlets. An example of this is EcoBaby, which sells its organic baby items through its website and also through other stores.

Buying Locally

While there are definite benefits of buying items for your baby online--for instance the easy and comfortable way the shopping can be done--there are other benefits in buying from a local store.

When shopping at a local store, particularly if this is a specialist organic store, you have the opportunity to start to build a relationship with the store staff. You will find that they share a passion for organic living and can often be an excellent source of information and advice.

This can be extremely useful when looking for unusual or hard-to-find items. Many local specialist stores will be happy to order in items for you that they might not hold in stock, which is personal service the large grocery and household chains often cannot offer.

Buying Secondhand

Organic and sustainable living also means that unwanted items are recycled rather than simply thrown out, filling up landfill sites for many generations to come. Organic cotton diapers, bedding and clothes will last for many years when looked after. Therefore secondhand organic baby products can often be sourced via the "for sale" section of local papers, and through recycling initiatives such as freecycle.org. Parent and baby groups also can be an excellent supply of secondhand baby goods, which are often passed on for little or no charge.

Advertisements on notice boards and perhaps on online forums can also be a useful way of sourcing secondhand items. Organic health food shops and cafes often have exchange notice boards where notices can be posted.

The only potential drawback with buying secondhand organic baby items is the fact that it is not always easy to know exactly what you are buying. The original supplier of the product will have held the information about the organic certification of the manufacturer, or certification information may have been given on the packaging, which is unlikely to have been retained.

Tips for buying organic baby products

• If appropriate, check that the product is certified by a recognized organization.
• Read the small print, as with many products, baby items labeled "natural" doesn't necessarily mean organic
• Retain any packaging or certification information for high-value items you may wish to sell after baby has outgrown them.