Choosing Toys for Babies Many toys hold a child’s attention for three or four days, only to be relegated to the bottom of the toy box or back of a shelf. Here's a guide to safe, eco-friendly, stimulating playthings. Read more.   Welcome to Natural Child, an online magazine about green, healthy living from pregnancy through birth and early childhood. Visit Natural Child magazine on Facebook and join the conversation (or start your own). Read More: Health News Balancing a family and a home business Night weaning a toddler Breastfeeding pain is not normal Sleeping with your baby Nurturing the Playful Mind Dealing with tantrums Assessing parenting advice Love Takes Time How Your Newborn Baby Sleeps Life in the womb prepares for sleep after birth. But above all, babies sleep and wake in certain ways because that is how babies are. Here is how to support that. Read more. Handling Unwanted Advice Gentle parenting proponent Elizabeth Pantley suggests ways to deflect unwanted parenting advice from well-meaning relatives or friends. Read more. Diaper-Free Elimination communication is a natural way to foster closer attachment with your baby...and avoid environmentally-unfriendly diapers. Read more from Natural Life magazine. For the Sake of Our Children Excerpts from a father's journal-style memoir of home birth, attachment parenting and unschooling that include both his philosophy and a look at the day-to-life of a family of three teenaged daughters. Read more. The Case Against Antibacterial Soap When you have just had a baby, you want to make sure she has the healthiest possible start in life. But you should avoid using antibacterial soap, and here is why. Read more. Ask Naomi Aldort: Preschool or Not? What do you recall from age four? Nothing you know today relies on what you learned in these early years in a school. Instead, it relies on how you felt about yourself. Read more from Natural Life magazine. Green Baby Showers Baby showers are celebrations of new life, and should naturally be as green and healthy as possible. Here are some innovative tips for hosting a shower that focuses on celebrating rather than consuming. Read more.

Natural Child Magazine is an online publication owned by Life Media, an independently owned family business founded in 1976 to publish information about natural family living. The company focuses on providing quality products about natural family living and a high level of service and integrity, in a way that minimizes our ecological footprint and respects all the inhabitants of Mother Earth. Read our sustainability statement. We also pride ourselves on our editorial independence and integrity. Read our ethics policy. We support the World Health Organization's International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. Natural Child Magazine was a spinoff from "The Natural Child" column, which began in Natural Life Magazine in 1992.