This adorable musical owl will delight mothers and babies alike. Made from 100% unprocessed certified organic cotton and colored with natural dyes, there are no toxic chemicals to cause breathing problems for baby and it is reassuringly eco-friendly. Whenever the cord is gently pulled the owl plays Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to soothe baby at nap time and bedtime, or just to entertain. The owl can be hung from crib or stroller.
Altogether this musical owl makes an affordable and fun baby shower gift for the eco-conscious new mom.
Costs $15.99 from Child Trek.

From Global Mamas* a wonderful colorful throw that can be used for your baby to lounge on the sandy beach or the grassy lawn. Made from scraps of batik fabric that are beautiful on their own, but when the fabrics are combined as a collage it makes a truly unique piece. It has several earth friendly properties including the fact that it is handmade from natural cotton and is backed by recycled flour sacks. The throw measures 50″ x 60″.
$56.00 at EarthLoverShopping

*Global Mamas is the name brand for goods produced by small women-owned businesses in Ghana; it is recognized by the government of Ghana as an NGO.

Funky, bright colors don’t always go together with eco-friendly organic baby clothes, but here Sckoon Organics have created a great range of hip baby clothes in gorgeous mix and match brights. Purple, yellow, green and orange all look great together in these well chosen shades, but they are still carefully colored using environmentally friendly low-impact dyes. You don’t have to be earth colored to be earth friendly! Organic fair-trade cotton is a given too. Buy just one piece or several according to your budget for a great baby shower gift.

The 6-12 month size shirts cost $21.95, the pants cost $25.95 and there are even toys to match at $12.95, all from TheUltimateGreen Store.

Pink and purple: gorgeous feminine colors with a fun chick screen print, this romper suit would make a great new baby gift for an eco-friendly baby. Made of organic cotton with a touch of lycra for comfort, it has little ruffles at the ankle and shoulder and is easy to do up with snaps. The screen print is made using water based colors and reads ‘Tweet, tweet, birds sing and flowers bloom’, cheerful enough, even though chicks cheep rather than tweet!.
The romper suit is made in the USA too to reduce its carbon footprint even more, and comes in two sizes – 6 months and 12 months.
Costs $37 from Green Babies.

Busy moms who want to keep track of all baby’s developmental stages will find this well planned baby journal invaluable. It has logical charts to keep track of feeding, diapering and sleeping, milestones, growth charts and all the rest, over three months. It makes it so much easier to share information with pediatricians and other caregivers, when it is all written down in one place.

There are also pages for notes to record any special moments as they come, so you will always remember just when baby first smiled or sat alone. Easy enough to slip into a diaper bag at 7.5”x5.5” in size, this journal is spiral bound and printed in FSC mixed sources eco-friendly paper. It comes in green, pink or blue and is stylish enough to make a great baby shower gift for expectant moms.

$15.99 from Amazon.com

Jaq Jaq Birds’ great designs make for colorful and fun feeding bibs for babies and toddlers. This one is particularly well designed. Its pocket opens up for easy cleaning, but closes securely enough to catch all those bits of food that fall from little hands. It fixes securely at the neck and is comfortable enough that babies are usually quite happy to wear it. It is quite wide at 10 inches in width, so smaller babies might have trouble getting their arms round it, even though it is labeled from 4 months up on the product description.

The fun designs include these cute owls, a traffic roadway design, airplanes and bright dots with butterflies. The material is waterproof, easily wipeable and free of PVC, phthalates and BPA. It’s not the cheapest of bibs, but is very functional and quite durable. It’s pretty enough to make a baby shower gift and useful enough to buy for yourself.
$14 from Amazon.com