We love to grow great kids!
Kids are awesome. So are the parents who make them.
The most precious resource is our kids. They deserve the very best start in life. We have put together a pregnancy guide, and a guide to food for children. Both are at the bottom of the page.
Pregnancy
Where it all begins, the growing starts here!
Eating well before conception, during pregnancy and while breast feeding can have a long term, positive effect on the health of you and your baby. There is a pregnancy guide at the bottom of the page to help you on your nutritional journey.
Baby's first foods
Making your baby's first solid food. So exciting! But slightly scary, and overwhelming- but really exciting!
Our guide to feeding children is a handy "stick to the fridge" list on how to introduce babies and young children to different foods. It also has some ideas for establishing healthy eating patterns. We put together the guide with nutritional consultant, Nicola Galloway. You can download it at the botom of the page.
Commonsense Nappies
A baby needs its nappy changed about 4000 times
That would produce 1.5 tonnes of rubbish per baby which would take up to 500 years to break down. That’s why Commonsense Organics advocates using reusable nappies. There are some well-designed, easy-to-use reusable nappy brands available now. In the long term they are less costly on your pocket and the environment.
When you invest in a nappy system, you need wipes and liners.
Wipes are available as re-useable cloth or disposable
- Earth Friendly Kids Wipes - both flushable and washable
- Cheeky cloth wipes - you wash these with your nappies
Liners: we sell disposable liners that are placed over the cloth nappy to catch the poo (there really is no classy way of saying it )
- Imse Vimse flushable liners
Disposable Nappies
We also stock disposable nappies that are more partially bio-degradeable with a manufacturing process that is more environmentally friendly than most commercial brands.
- Tushies
Clothing
A baby’s skin is the sweetest thing
A baby has the amazing ability to make you crazy for perfection. The first outfit seems so important! We have beautiful, organic, fair trade clothing for babies and toddlers, all organic, all fair trade.
Lunch-Boxes
A daily ritual that is best executed with a head full of ideas!
Lunch-boxes are an important part of your child's daily diet. You can improve the sandwich war by having awesome spreads, changing the usual bread and accepting that children are fickle eaters and a favourite thing one day will be despised the next! We stock a large range of alternative products for children with gluten intolerance, and museli bars that aren't filled with nuts.
We have a great range of books in store- focused on nutrition and recipes for children.
Get your kids in the kitchen
Learning about food is great for kids, it helps them understand where food comes from and how important it is.
From gardening, to preparation and obviously the eating- children can be involved with food in a positive way. There is a big difference between planting, growing, harvesting, peeling, and preparing a vegetable.... to opening a jar. As parents, we can help our children form a positive relationship to food. It is a key ingredient to a healthy child.
You can read our handy guides to pregnancy and food for children below.
- A Guide To Food For Children (PDF 3.37 MB)
- The Pregnancy Guide (PDF 3.66 MB)
