Comments on: Toy Monday: Why Natural Rubber?

By: High Standards: All Natural | ecobabysteps

High Standards: All Natural | ecobabysteps — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:56:14 +0000

[...] for natural toys of wood, organic cotton, and natural rubber. Choose cloth diapering products of cotton and wool and plastic-free feeding and sleeping products. [...]

By: Plastic-free Products: Toys | ecobabysteps

Plastic-free Products: Toys | ecobabysteps — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:02:09 +0000

[...] plastics were trying to be. Then there was the plastic goo we call Silly Putty. I wrote about the development of rubber-like plastics and the benefits of natural rubber toys last year. Sophie the Giraffe has been handmade of natural rubber for over 50 years, and she’s [...]

By: Baby Product Profile: Tres Tria | ecobabysteps

Baby Product Profile: Tres Tria | ecobabysteps — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:03:52 +0000

[...] this week we feature Zac Carter of Tres Tria, a product of Better for Babies. After our post about natural rubber in toys, I was really curious about how the Tres Tria co-sleeping pillow came about. Zac and Leah Carter [...]

By: Toy Monday: Why No Soft Plastics? | ecobabysteps

Toy Monday: Why No Soft Plastics? | ecobabysteps — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:24:11 +0000

[...] variety of soft toys from teething rings to so-called rubber ducks, the plastic substitutes for the real natural rubber ducks. These are made with plasticizers called phthalates, at least they were until recently. These are [...]

By: susie ;)

susie ;) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:27:31 +0000

You can dip a giraffe foot in beet juice to distinguish one from the other.

susie

By: Attached Mama

Attached Mama — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:49:29 +0000

How do you tell them apart? Or doesn’t it matter as long as each has her giraffe?

By: Tamara @ Parenting By Nature

Tamara @ Parenting By Nature — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:10:47 +0000

Wow! What a lot of great information about natural rubber. I knew there was a reason Sophie the Giraffe was one of my girls favourite toys. In fact, we had to have two – one for each girl. If one saw the other playing with ‘her’ Sophie there were always tears unless we had a second on hand quickly. Great post Lori!