"Why your baby's mattress might be the most important thing you buy"

It's every parent's dream to rear their children in a happy healthy home.

Nowadays though, there's a new scare tactic coming out ever week. Chemicals you've probably never heard of are now found to be in all our household items and are likely bad for you and your family.

Naturally you want the best for your baby, but how do you decide where to draw the line? So, as a parent, you've got 2 choices.

1. Believe all the scare mongering and try to raise your kids in a sterile vacuum, or
2. Use your common sense to steer a path between healthy living and convenience.

After all, the most important things to provide your baby with are love and attention. That will go a long way towards making sure your little one grows up strong and healthy.

There's one place, though, where we do think it's worth going natural.

Babies spend around 70% of their time sleeping. They need this time to rest and grow.

And when they're sleeping, they're breathing in whatever is in the environment around them.

So when you read, as I did, that most conventional mattresses contain some substances that have been banned in Europe, and others which are used in roach killing sprays, you've got to think twice.

I mean, that doesn't make sense on any level. On the one hand you've got these precious, highly sensitive sleeping babies, and on the other you've got a mattress with some very strong and obviously toxic chemicals.

So why am I writing about this?

Well, it turns out that there is an alternative.

You see, these mattresses have these chemicals in them because they burn so well. They have to have strong fire retardants in them to pass fire safetly regulations. In fact, they burn so well firemen call them 'solid fuel.' The only way they'd be legal is if their foam is impregnated with Boric Acid, Antimony or PBDE's. (strong fire retardants.)

Now fire safety is important, but surely it doesn't make sense to make mattresses fire safe with potentially harmful chemicals?

After all, it's your baby's health that we're trying to protect.

However, there is another side to this story. While synthetic mattress companies have found ways to solve their fire safety problem by creating another chemical problem, I looked and found one company that had an entirely different approach.

Naturebeds Ecobaby mattresses pass all the US fire safety regulations AND contain no strong chemicals. In fact, they are one hundred percent natural.

	Organic Cotton and Wool Padding
	An outer layer of Quilted Organic Cotton
	Organic Cotton Tape edge binding
	Springs or Rubber (Organic Natural Rubber known as lLatex)

How do they manage this? It comes down to an old secret: one of the olderst fabrics known to mankind...wool.

In the old days, firemen's coat linings were made from wool. Racing car drivers wore wool racing suits.

They did this because wool is a fantastic natural fire retardant. So using wool in your mattress lining will provide the necessary fire safety to your baby's crib.

As well as this, Naturebed's mattresses contain only organic cotton. Why? Because all natural cotton is not only healthier but it's also safer than synthetics.

Cotton as a bedding creates a dry clean breathing environment for your baby.

So while it's possible to get a synthetic mattress for your baby, we recommend going all natural and organic.

After all, it's a sure bet to give your baby the safest start in life. To look at an online baby organic store, click here.

To download a free ebook on organic bedding click here.