The site is pretty darn cool, my favorite two features being the customized registry section which features a green baby registry and a green kid’s birthday (and other gear) registry. I also really like the parent swap feature – a sort of online classifieds for pre-owned children’s items, local events, eco-businesses, and child care that can be swapped, donated or sold at a used price. It’s free to use and it’s a great way to stay green by exchanging goods rather than buying new.

Other website features include:

• An organic shop with natural baby gear, family apparel, toys, furniture, and more…
• Lauren’s Blog – although in my opinion it’s not so much a blog as an article site, but still there are useful topics covered and it’s a fun read.
• Awesome FREE yoga downloads for pregnancy and other stages of life.
• There’s a parenting information section that covers various topics for eco-smart parenting; Nutrition, Toy Safety, Attachment Parenting, Green living, Child Birth, Fitness, Holistic Medicine, Breastfeeding, Conscious Parenting and more.
• Organic Mommy TV which features some various videos both of products you might like and interviews with guest speakers.
• Organic Green Daddy section which features a blog which FYI is not updated hardly so don’t look there for green news, BUT it does cross post with the article section and I think the articles are useful and interesting for both mamas and dads. There’s also a good organic daddy shop.
• And more – the site has lots of little features and tips to check out.

Overall, the site was easy to navigate, pretty on the eyes, there were no major site glitches, and if you’re an organic, green parent, it’s worth a visit.

Check out Organic Green Mommy.

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Looking for a Green Mom Community?

The U.K.-based Natural Mat, the leading manufacturer of distinctive handmade crib mattresses and organic bed linen uses only the finest natural and organic raw materials. All of their products are handcrafted in Devonshire England using the finest raw and organic materials

Natural Mat mattresses offer a 100% natural product with superior qualities including breathability and long-lasting support. Breathability is key to quality sleep for babies as they are highly temperature sensitive. The well-ventilated mattress allows air to continuously circulate, keeping baby cool, dry and comfortable. The mattresses are distributed in the US through Bare Babies. UPDATE – Barebabies.com is giving my readers a 10% discount for the mattresses! Use to code – khn10offnm. Cool eh!

The Natural Mat 100% organic bed linen collection includes hand made, pure organic sheets and breathable mattress protectors. Made from crisp cotton percale and luxurious soft flannelette, the sheets offer the ultimate in comfort for baby year round. Natural Mat’s organic revolutionary breathable mattress protector will allow all the self ventilating properties of the mattress to function normally, but will not let any moisture through to the covers. Items in the Natural Mat organic cotton bed linen collection retail from $45 to $70. Several celebrities have used Natural Mat beddings including the very cool mom Gwyneth Paltrow, Salma Hayek, Halle Berry and Jessica Alba.

And I’m giving away three (3) bed linens! How to join?

• In the comment: when it comes to getting your child to sleep, which sleep expert do you follow?
  • Dr. Weissbluth (extinction)
  • Dr. Ferber (gradual extinction)
  • Dr. Sears (attachment parenting)
  • someone else – who?
• Additional entry will be given to those who link this contest post on their site! You need to include your post URL.
• Eligibility – one entry per person per email daily (so you get more entries if you come back tomorrow).
• It’s open to residents of the US only. If you have a blog, do post your URL as well, as I love to visit my readers’ sites and catch a conversation.

Contest ends 12:00 midnight EST on May 28, 2008 (Wednesday). Three (3) winners will be randomly chosen and announced via blog and email the week after. If a winner does not reply within 3 days, he/she forfeits her winnings and an alternate winner will be chosen.

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Kids Health Notes give-away: Natural Mat bed linens