10 Fun Toddler Beds We Can't Get Enough Of Your baby deserves nothing but the best when it comes to safe sleeping. It's important to be picky when it comes to choosing the mattress that your baby will sleep on every night (hopefully!) — so take a look at our top picks! Colgate Eco Classica III Crib mattressColgate Eco Classica III Crib mattress$191 The Eco Classica III crib mattress by Colgate is a safe, eco-friendly option for your developing baby. The CertiPUR certified safe foam is infused with plant oils and the mattress is also Greenguard Gold certified, which means there aren't any harmful emissions. The mattress comes with a certified organic cotton cover. More: 30 Eco-Friendly Baby Products New Parents Need Better Basics Organic Dual Firmness Crib MattressBetter Basics Organic Dual Firmness Crib Mattress$299 This crib mattress is worth the splurge — it features fire-protective lining, inner springs, and a dual insulation system. The mattress is also dust mite and bed bud resistant, and comes with a 100% organic cotton cover.
As your baby grows, simply flip the mattress so your tot can rest easy on a toddler-safe softer side. 10 Best Baby Gates for Safety Baby Products for 2017 Independent Babies Love These Fun Bouncers Pregnancy Essentials and Maternity Must-Haves 10 Amazing Babymoon Locales Expectant Couples Can't Decide Between 10 Play Yards Your Kid Won't Want to Share Carry On: Stylish and Safe Baby Carriers of 2017 10 Toddler Beds You'll Wish Came in Your Size 10 Best Safety Gates for Baby-Proofing Your Home Rub-a-Dub-Dub With These 20 Baby Bathtubs16 Best Teethers for Babies Parents Are Obsessing Over These 15 Online Baby Stores 11 Gentle Laundry Detergents Best for Your Baby's Clothes ImageURI (In case if you need fontawesome write smth like : fa fa-pencil)Home / Nursery / Top Five Best Crib Mattresses in 2017 Top Five Best Crib Mattresses in 2017 I am in the market to buy a waterproof mattress pad. The first company that came to mind is Naturepedic because I have a couple of their mattresses and they use food grade polyethelene to waterproof them.
I just checked your website here and found a similar question and a reference to the waterproofing on the Naturepedic mattress pads as being done with polyethelene. I have heard otherwise so called Naturepedic to confirm: The waterproof layer in the mattress pads is a polyurethane film, not polyethelene. It took a lot of questioning as the rep didn’t know. They call it something like “dryguard” without specifying exactly what that is. After insisting that I needed specifics, he was able to come back and tell me that it was, in fact, a polyurethane film. That being said, the cotton is organic and they are GOTS certified and Greenguard certified regarding outgassing. Polyurethane is a very dirty word in my house. Can you please clarify the safety of sleeping on this? I actually recently did HOURS of research on polyurethane. Polyurethane itself, as in a film is actually pretty nontoxic. It’s when you combine polyurethane with other toxic chemicals that it gets a bad name, such as combined with chemicals to make polyurethane foam or combined with solvents to make polyurethane wood finish.
But polyurethane itself is not the problem. I have known the owners of Naturepedic for years and have had many discussions with them about the toxicity of various materials. The founder, Barry Cik is an very experienced Environmental Engineer. They have a “no compromise” policy about toxic chemicals. So if Naturepedic is using a material, I feel confident that it is safe for babies.Organic comfort made fresh daily by skilled artisans. Classic and pure, using nature's finest ingredients, CozyPure is designed to provide slumber that is healthy, supportive and comfortable without any of the harmful chemicals. Visit our website or call us to learn more.If you’ve shopped for paint or bought a crib or mattress or new flooring, you might have seen a GREENGUARD Certification mark on the product packaging. But what does it mean, exactly, and how can it help you enjoy SafeBee talked to the folks at UL, which issues GREENGUARD Certification, to find out what’s behind the label.
If a product has been GREENGUARD Certified, it has been tested and scientifically proven to have low chemical emissions, says Scott Steady, product manager for indoor air quality at words, it’s guaranteed to give off only low levels of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. VOCs are carbon-based chemicals (such as formaldehyde) that easily become vapors or gases. Mattresses, flooring and even wall paintsThey’re responsible for that new building smell and house you may be breathing anywhere from 50 to hundreds of different VOCs at Indoor air can be two to five times more polluted than outdoor air, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. “We look at the air — it’s empty space, but there are hundreds of chemicals floating around at low levels in our space. Those chemicals are in every breath,” says Steady. Courtesy of UL Environment) A peek at the testing chambers used by GREENGUARD is eye opening. These polished stainless steel compartments — some as large as rooms
— are known as dynamic environmental chambers. They are temperature and humidity controlled “so there’s no background level of VOCs,” Steady says. these chambers go furniture, laptops, space heaters, humidifiers, flooring, insulation and anything else GREENGUARD tests. (Photo: Courtesy of UL Environment) “We have over 100 chambers ranging from about the size of a small oven up to a full room-size chamber for a crib or queen-size mattress,” As the product sits in the chamber, UL measures the emissions. “Our chemical analysts can see between zero and 200 or 300 chemicals coming out Some items, such as building products and furniture, sit in a chamber for two weeks. They off-gas the most chemicals on day one, and the levels decay over time, Steady says. After a few weeks, they reach a steady emissions Other items, such as electronics, stay in the chamber for“Electronics have some emissions before plug-in,” Steady says, “but
they get hot as they operate. That heat generates the emissions, so we measure as they heat up.” From start to finish, the certification process takes about one to six months, depending on the complexity of the product, says Steady. Thousands of products a year go through some sort of testing. And once an item has GREENGUARD Certification, a new version of that item is retested each year. GREENGUARD Certification means the product has met industry standards for low emissions, but anything designed for a child’s room or educational setting has to meet even stricter standards, Steady says. Gold Certification means products “emit even lower levels and incorporate a really low level of formaldehyde emissions specifically,” Steady says. “Kids are more susceptible to indoor air quality problems. They breathe more per body weight, so they get a bigger dose of whatever’s in To find certified products, go to UL’s Sustainable Product Guide to search through more than 13,000 GREENGUARD Certified