Solare Crib

Why It's Good:

Chic, chic, chic your baby (never shake, shake, shake your baby).

Why It's Green:

How is it not? All wood is either Forest Stewardship Council-certified, and thus responsibly harvested, or locally sourced within 100 miles of their production facilities. Ivory-like hardware is kindly harvested from Tagua tree nuts by artisans who may not otherwise be gainfully employed. Finally, 1% of sales go to eco non-profits focused on kids’ environmental health issues.

Where To Get It:

http://www.qcollectionjunior.com/ |   $1220.00

Rockin’ the Cradle

We always hear of how our parents drank and smoked and ate all kinds of hazardous substances during their pregnancies. And—all together now—we turned out okay! But (arched eyebrow) did we? Looking at kids today, we see unprecedented levels of indoor-pollutant-related diseases, including the increasingly in-a-bad-way-popular Three A's: asthma, autism and ADD. If I may drearily bend your ear one more second, note this: Infants and their developing neurological and respiratory systems are the most vulnerable to the ill effects of such indoor pollutants as formaldehyde, a wood preservative. Enter toxicologist-approved—and may we add, extremely foxy—Q Collection Junior furniture. . .like this design-pulse-quickening Solare Crib. Designed by an ex-acolyte of Martha Stewart (and honey, the good taste shows) and vetted to the smallest detail for health-promoting purity, these pieces are like a collective Harvard of kids’ healthy home design. Only the best for Junior, my dear.