Organic Crib Mattresses - Six Reasons to Buy Organic

It's but natural for any parent to provide the best of all amenities to a new baby.

One of the most important and desirable items for a new arrival is a crib mattress. Of late, the availability of organic mattresses makes it rather difficult to make up your mind if to go for one such or to stick to the traditional one. These new mattresses are as good and work as well as any other traditional mattress with the added advantage of being free from chemicals. Noted below are a few considerations that you will find helpful in deciding on the purchase of a mattress.



1.Purchase of organic materials, be it a crib mattress, encourages the production of such materials. As organically grown products are not expected to use pesticides, it helps the environments. Such purchases thus motivate the growth of organics.

2.A changeover from a traditional crib mattress to an organic crib mattress is more than just being eco-friendly. It could involve the safety of your child. There is no manufacturing standard specified for making of traditional crib mattresses. As such, we are rather ignorant of the quality of materials used in making such mattresses and thus the after effects of these materials. Experts are beginning to review the effects of chemical formulations like polyurethane and fire retardants on growing babies.

3.Experts are of the opinion that the natural constituents of an organic crib mattress facilitate movement of air that enables the baby to breath a healthier air. Additional studies point out that organic cotton curtails occurrences of allergies.

4.Recent keen interest of a common man in organic products, particularly for children is motivating a section of business community to exploit the sentiments by pushing not so organic products. Be watchful of what you buy. Hopefully, we may have some standardization of organic products like we have for other no-organic products. Till such time we may rely upon the Organic Consumers Association that has listed recognized organized dealers of such products.

5. If you decide to purchase an organic crib mattress online, carefully read the fine print to check the list of components. A mattress may be classified as organic, but mentions polyurethane as one of the components!

6. Like most of the organically grown products, these mattresses too are more expensive than traditional crib mattresses. But keeping in mind that a newborn spends 70 percent of its time sleeping in the mattress it may be worthwhile to spend some extra amount on an organic mattress. You will have that mental comfort and satisfaction of having provided your child its first bed without any chemicals.

But do not get too finicky on such that issue. After all traditional mattresses have been in use since generations. Nevertheless, if you have time at your hands, do your own research on the subject and educate the rest of us on that issue.