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What are Fire Retardants and are they really harmful to pregnant women and children?

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Jennifer Hankey

You may or may not have heard about the dangers of flame-retardants in everyday items as of late. So what is the big deal with them and why should we care? We want to have our houses safer by having … Continue reading →

Posted in Research on Chemicals | Tagged avoid during pregnancy, green pregnancy, healthy pregnancy videos, how to have a healthy baby, how to have a healthy pregnancy, organic pregnancy, safe pregnancy, safe pregnancy tips | Leave a comment

OBU Favorite Product-A Non-Toxic Birthing Ball!

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Jennifer Hankey

At Organic Baby University we are starting a new blog series of OBU favorite products! I am constantly searching for new products for me and my family and am going to start sharing what I have found once a week! … Continue reading →

Posted in Hospital and Delivery, Safe Products We Love | Tagged avoid during pregnancy, birthing ball, BPA free, chemical free birthing ball, chlorine free, green baby, green pregnancy, no phthalate birthing ball, non-toxic birthing ball, organic baby, organic pregnancy, phthalate free, PVC free | Leave a comment

STRENGTHENING YOUR BABY’S IMMUNE SYSTEM IN UTERO: PART TWO

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Jennifer Hankey

This series is a panegyric to the embryo! When we investigate embryonic development we find that the embryo is a mighty athlete, a courageous warrior and a messenger of love and faith. Identifying and acknowledging this actively potentizes the selfhood … Continue reading →

Posted in Emotional Relationship with Baby, Pregnant Mom, Research on Chemicals | Tagged avoid during pregnancy, fetus, green pregnancy, having a healthy pregnancy, how to have a healthy baby, immune system, in utero, organic pregnancy, protecting unborn child | Leave a comment

How Many Vaccines Are Too Many? When Do the Risks Outweigh the Benefits?

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Jennifer Hankey

Here at Organic Baby University we do not tell parents to vaccinate or not to vaccinate. We know this is a very heated subject on both sides of the debate. Our goal is to educate parents about new information coming … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby, Research on Chemicals | Tagged benefits of vaccinations, CDC vaccine schedule, dangers of vaccinations, green baby, green pregnancy, how many shots are children getting, more vaccines being developed, organic baby, organic pregnancy, required vaccinations, too many vaccines, vaccine reactions, vaccine safety, what to avoid during pregnancy | 2 Comments

UPGRADE YOUR BABY’S IMMUNE SYSTEM ~ EVEN BEFORE BIRTH!

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Stephanie Mines PHD

Never before in the history of humanity has it been more important and more difficult to support immune function, especially for vulnerable little ones, in utero or post-natally. In a world besieged by toxins, many of them invisible, disguised or … Continue reading →

Posted in Pregnant Mom, Research on Chemicals | Tagged avoid during pregnancy, build baby immune system, chemicals to avoid during pregnancy, green baby, green pregnancy, have a healthy baby, healthy pregnancy, organic baby, organic pregnancy, protect from autism, protect from diseases, protect unborn child from chemicals, protect unborn child from toxins, safe pregnancy, toxins to avoid during pregnancy, what to avoid during pregnancy | Leave a comment

Toxic Flame Retardants in Children’s Products-Strollers-Part 2

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Jennifer Hankey

Who would think that companies would add fire retardants to strollers?!! How is this protecting our children by having a 100% chance of exposing them to toxic chemicals every time they are running errands or traveling with us, and I … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby-Home Products, Mom and Baby-In Your Home, Products to Avoid!, Research on Chemicals, Safe Products We Love | Tagged avoid chemicals for baby, avoid during pregnancy, BPA, chemicals in car seats, chemicals in children's products, green baby, green pregnancy, healthy baby, lead in children's products, organic baby, organic pregnancy, phthalates, PVC, strollers contain phthalates, toxic fire retardants in flame retardants, toxic flame retardants in strollers | 9 Comments

Flame Retardants in Children’s Products-Infant Carriers and Slings

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Jennifer Hankey

Here at Organic Baby University we are always trying to find where companies hide dangerous chemicals in products so we can avoid them! Especially products that pregnant women and children are exposed to in everyday life. We have found another … Continue reading →

Posted in Baby, Baby-Home Products, Mom-Personal Products, Products to Avoid!, Research on Chemicals, Safe Products We Love | Tagged baby carriers treated with toxic fire retardants, chemicals in baby slings, chemicals to avoid during pregnancy, flame retardants on baby carriers, flame retardants on baby slings, green baby, green pregnancy, organic baby, organic pregnancy, slings treated with toxic flame retardants, what to avoid during pregnancy, what to avoid while pregnant | 2 Comments

Doing Your ‘Do With Conventional Hairspray A Chemical-Laden Catch-22

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Elizah Leigh

Like so many of my fellow feminine cohorts, high school was a time of wild hair color and styling experimentation, with the cherry on the top almost always being a liberal application of Aqua Net super hold, except on weekends … Continue reading →

Posted in Mom-Personal Products, Products to Avoid! | Tagged chemicals in hairspray, chemicals in hairspray dangerous during pregnancy, chemicals in hairspray linked to birth defects, chemicals to avoid during pregnancy, green baby, green pregnancy, hairspray during pregnancy, is hairspray safe during pregnancy, organic baby, organic pregnancy, what to avoid during pregnancy | Leave a comment

Toxic Flame Retardants in Children’s Products-High Chairs

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Jennifer Hankey

High chairs are another children’s products that often contain a variety of toxic chemicals. We don’t see a reason that a high chair should be treated with flame retardants when the research shows they can be very damaging to all … Continue reading →

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Breast Intentions? Chemical Safety Tests Fail To Include The Mighty Boob

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Elizah Leigh

There’s one part of the anatomy that all eyes are instinctually drawn toward, at least for a minimum of a half a millisecond if the admirer is trying to be nonchalant. If you guessed breasts, you deserve a home-baked cookie … Continue reading →

Posted in Breastfeeding, Mom-Food and Water, Mom-Personal Products, Products to Avoid!, Research on Chemicals | Tagged babies exposed to dangerous chemicals from breast milk, cancer causing chemicals in everyday products, chemicals in breast milk, chemicals linked to breast caneer, chemicals to avoid during pregnancy, green baby, green pregnancy, organic baby, organic pregnancy, what to avoid during pregnancy | Leave a comment