Christmas Gift Giving
ecobabe’s guide to eco-friendly and fair trade Christmas gifts, all can be found at ecobabe, naturally!
Perfect gifts for newborns and sweet little babies
The newest kids on the block need little at Christmas time, we’ve chosen our favourite baby gifts that encourage bubba’s exploration activities with safe and non-toxic toys and shoes, there are always shoes involved, I have a shoe fetish
Grimms Wooden Bead Grasping Toy, |
Bobux eco-leather shoes |
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Wooden Play Gym, beautifully crafted & finished |
Sophie the Giraffe, loved by babies since 1961, perfect for sore gums and squeaky amusement |
Perfect gifts for toddlers
Toddlers do not sit still, they need to zoom their cars over the furniture, dangle their toes in the water, and build up and bash down their blocks over and over again.
The Go Car from Kid O |
Short to Tall Puzzle from Kid O |
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Natural wooden building blocks |
Perfect gifts for pre-schoolers
Help the kidlets get creative, with deliciously and naturally scented craft materials. This is also the perfect time to start teaching them (if you haven’t already) about the world around them, they’ll love the recycling tree activity in the back of the Charlie & Lola book.
Honey sticks, chubby natural beeswax crayons |
Fun Dough 1kg bucket of aromatherapy playdough |
Baobab organic cotton, Red Car T-shirt |
Look After Your Planet, Charlie and Lola Book |
Gifts for bigger kids
I’m Big with a capital B on helping kids to learn how to be creative. Creativity is one the greatest life skills a human being can have, in my opinion. A creative mind opens iteself to all sorts of possibilities and options. Help them to learn how to approach situations and problems creatively with theses gorgeous and fun activity books from the wonderful Taro Gomi and Nina Chakrabarti.
We have a whole section of the ecobabe shop devoted to craft and activity titles. How great is the Baobab stripey tee, it’s unisex so can be handed down and shared around with ease. Envirosax have a lovely range of children’s bags. I like to use them in place of wrapping paper, they’d also make a great Christmas ’stocking’.
Taro Gomi’s Daily Doodle, 365 days of wonderful doodles for young and old |
My Wonderful World of Fashion, 272 pages of drawing and colouring from graphic artist Nina Chakrabarti |
Baobab stripey organic cotton t-shirt UNISEX |
Envirosax Kids Bags - make great re-usable wrapping |
Gifts for Mum and Mum to Be
Don’t forget Mum, how could we. Mum’s skin is going through or has been through the wringer. Give your skin some love with the divine Mambino Organics range of skincare for Mum and Bub. Our Apple Baby Mexican Bola chimes are beautiful little tiny xylophones inside a sterling silver apple, the Bola is worn low on the belly during pregnancy and makes its gorgeous little sound every time you move.
Give Mum her hands back this Christmas by investing in a baby carrier or sling, they’re great for travelling, walking and importantly settling and bonding with your baby. We’ve have a range of slings and carriers to suit all Mums.
Mambino Organics skincare |
Apple Baby Bola pendant to wear during pregnancy |
Give Mum her hands back with a Manduca baby carrier |
Gorgeous Envirosax bags |
Wrap it all up with the lovely Earth Greetings Christmas Cards, Gift Tags and Wrapping Paper
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Bambo Nature nappies, why they’re so good
Bambo Nature Disposable Nappies, CHOICE magazine’s recommended ‘Green Buy’ for disposable nappies
CHOICE, the Australian consumer magazine, reviewed more than 14 brands of disposable nappies, and recommended just three of these. Bambo Nature was one of these and is the recommended ‘Green Buy’ for disposable nappies. At ecobabe we stock all of the eco-disposables reviewed and they all got the thumbs up 
Why Bambo Nature nappies are so good? They keepbaby dry and comfortable with a lower eco footprint
About Bambo Nature nappies:
- CHOICE magazine’s recommended ‘Green Buy’ for disposable nappies
- eco friendly manufacturing process means a lower eco-footprint
- designed and tested by the manufacturer for skin friendliness
- raw materials used to produce the nappy are certified free from harmful chemicals
- biodegradable core with biodegradable starch granules - approximately 75% biodegradable as opposed to the 35% in standard nappies
- 100% chlorine free
- no perfumes or lotions
- no TBT, antioxidants, PVC or latex
- fully recyclable packaging
- highly absorbent, perfect for using overnight
- full range from premature to training pants
- the only nappy to be awarded the Nordic Swan Eco Label - your guarantee of a lower eco footprint
Bambo Nature nappies were the first product we stocked at ecobabe, and that was nearly 5 years ago. Since then, we’ve sold about 4000 cartons of these nappies and they are gaining popularity with each month.
Manduca Soft Structure Baby Carrier has arrived
Voted “Best Buy” by Mother&Baby magazine when tested against other leading baby carriers and slings (April/May 2010). The Manduca Soft Structured Baby Carrier (SSC) is the bees knees of baby carrying.
Baby carrying is just the best way to get from A to B and around the house again!
Damien’s Celery, Tomato & Ditalini (small pasta) soup
Here’s a cold cure, that doesn’t contain garlic. This is a delicious soup that brings back lovely memories of weekends away with wonderful people. Recipe is for a single serve for a family of 4, next time I cook it I will double the ingredients.
2 tbs Olive Oil
1 large onion
2 celery sticks
3 vine ripened tomatoes
1.5l chicken stock (is use Massel brand “chicken” - vegan - stock)
1/2 cup Ditalini - or any other small soup pasta
2 tbs chopped parsley
Cook off onion & celery in olive oil
Skin and deseed tomatoes (this step is worth it, I cut a cross at the non stalk end and blanch in boiling water for 1 min. to loosen the skins
Add stock & tomatoes to celery & onions and bring to the boi
Add pasta, cook til al dente
Serve with pepper & salt and parsley
We love ours with warmed crusty olive sourdough bread and butter. You could always add some dried chili to clear out the sinuses
Webiste update finally happening
We are doing some update maintenance to our site. This work is long overdue but has been put off due to a third party’s timeline. I’ve decided that we’ll just get a move on and do it ourselves! So bear with me while I make the ecobabe website a better place to shop for your chemical-free products for baby, family and home.
Li’L Ludy Swim (aqua) nappies
There comes a time when every little girl is in need of a good swim nappy. A gorgeous piece of swimwear to protect the pool and her friends from mishaps.
Introducing these gorgeous, Australian made - sweatshop free, Italian lycra aqua nappies. Complete with a waterproof lining and a ‘poo catcher’ gusset. What princess could bare to be without a Li’l Ludy swim nappy. There’s nothing nasty or throwaway about the Li’l Ludy swim nappy the nappies have been cleverly designed to include a snap and tie closing side to allow for easy removal in case of solids (aka poo in the nappy), you simply drop the poo into the toilet, wash/rinse the nappy and you’re off again.
I don’t know about your family, but we swim all year round.
And like the Envirosax, stocks are limited, what we have is all there is
We swim all year around, swimming lessons are very high on our agenda. Plus I’m already planning a winter break somewhere warm and breezy and a million miles away from school runs, childcare, swimming lessons, ballet lessons, garbage night and work.
Brand spanking new Envirosax in store
Introducing the new Oasis, Origami and Midnight Safari ranges of Envirosax shopping bags. If you don’t already own a set of these super-useful, and super-cool shopping bags, then now is the time to hop to it. We have limited stock of each design and even Envirosax themselves have sold out of some of these designs, so hurry along.
The Oasis series
Envirosax make great gifts for Mother’s Day or you could keep a pouch in the present cupboard, they make a great little gift on their own or can be used as creative gift wrap that the recipient can re-use and re-use. I recently gave a very good friend a copy of Maggie Beer’s wonderful cookbook Maggie’s Harvest wrapped up in an Envirosax, I think the recipient was just as thrilled with the Envirosax as she was with the cookbook.
The Origami Series
The Midnight Safari Series
Be warned, stocks are limited and they will sell out fast.
Buy 1 Innate bottle & receive a free travel pack of WotNot wipes
We are giving away a free packet of WotNot travel wipes, in a hard reusable case, with each Innate bottle purchased at ecobabe. Stocks are limited so get in quick for your free travel case of wipes
Pre and Post Natal yoga
Here is the website of my yoga teacher Ana, Bliss Baby she is a wonderful pre and post natal yoga teacher located in Byron Bay on the beautiful NSW Far North Coast. How I wish I was there right now.
I attended pre and post natal yoga classes with Ana and her colleague Lee during my pregnancies and post natal period (and in between children as well). I find it hard to describe how much joy and physical and mental benefit I found from attending Ana’s classes. Ana I wish we lived closer so I could attend one of your wonderful classes tomorrow morning.
Ana also teacher Pre and Post Natal Yoga teacher training, so if you’re an aspiring yoga teacher check out Ana’s classes http://www.anadavis.com/
New in store: Uimi knits
I am so in love with these beautiful knitted blankets, booties, bonnets and caps from the lovely people at Uimi. All pieces are knit in Australia and are made with love, so much love that you can feel it in each of the pieces. I was lucky enough to snap up a Uimi scarf for myself, I can’t wait for the cooler weather so that I can start to wear it.
