Baby Monkey offers organic baby clothes, baby onesies and toddler tees printed with designs that bridge fashion and humor with the principles of Feng Shui and an organic lifestyle. We use 100% organic cotton clothing from H.A.E. NOW (India), Under the Nile (Egypt) and American Apparel (U.S.).  Organic cotton is softer and free of toxic chemicals which are known to cause allergies, skin rashes, and eczema on a babies' skin. 

The designs are a whimsical twist on the ancient Chinese philosophy known as Feng Shui--promoting health, happiness, and prosperity through harmonious relationships between oneself and environment. Each print on our baby clothes is unique and playfully encourages good health and balance.

Healthy Baby, Healthy Planet.

Why Organic Cotton? by Elizabeth Wong, Owner & Founder, Baby Monkey

Can you imagine life without your favorite pair of jeans and tee shirts? When you think about cotton, it seems like a harmless staple in your life. Unfortunately, its production has become globally recognized to have a severely negative environmental impact. Cotton’s long history of natural cultivation has now given way to an industry of chemically sprayed carcinogenic pesticides and toxic fertilizers. Even after it is harvested, cotton is treated with poisonous dyes and finished off with formaldehyde.

Organic cotton creates a lower carbon footprint and promotes a healthier existence. Every step towards adopting an organic lifestyle is an important move towards improving the health and quality of our lives, for ourselves and future generations.

Top 5 reasons to use organic cotton:

1. Organic Cotton supports sustainable development: No chemical pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers are used to grow organic cotton. This ensures future generations fertile soil for their own crops.

2. Organic Cotton eliminates genetically modified cottonseed: This type of seed is a cross-pollination of various cotton species, such as bacillus thuringeinses (Bt), a naturally occurring pesticide. Many scientist believe that the danger in these seeds are much like antibiotics to humans. Bugs will build up a resistance to this pesticide which can result in the need for stronger and more toxic pesticide use.

3. Organic Cotton encourages Fair Trade and Fair Labor.  Fair Trade guarantees that farmers and skilled manual workers receive a fair price for their products, engage directly with  commerce and maintain environmental and labor rights guidelines.  Organic cotton commonly comes from smaller, family owned businesses. This encourages Fair Labor standards such as impartial hiring and straightforward employment instead of Third World “sweatshops” where workers are not properly compensated or provided acceptable work conditions.

4. Organic Cotton uses eco-friendly methods: These practices use non-chlorine bleach, silicon-free softeners and low impact, azo-free dyes that do not jeopardize workers’ health. It also reduces the use of water and electric use and harmful runoff to nearby soil and air pollution.

5. Organic cotton provides relief from skin allergies and sensitivities.  Organic cotton provides relief for people with sensitive skin, especially newborn baby skin. The residue of toxic chemicals can harm and irritate the skin --- the largest organ of the human body – as well as the respiratory system.

Feng Shui Benefits for Children

Feng Shui literally means wind and water. It is based upon ancient Chinese philosophy on the harmonious relationships between one's environment and nature. Feng Shui can be applied in architecture, interior decorating and landscape through colors, shapes, and images. On a personal level, Feng Shui considers the body to be a person's most intimate environment to which one can attract love, money, good health, and chi (energy) balance.

Children are more sensitive to surrounding energy because their energy is new and young. Feng Shui can create a dynamic and healthy environment for children while freeing them from the unfortunate confusion and frustration that is so often present in growing up.

1. Life flows more smoothly when beneficial energy is consistently moving around children. This can be achieved by cleaning up clutter and disorganization in a child's room, resulting in an environment that emphasizes a calming nature.

2. Children introduced to Feng Shui early in life accept new knowledge more readily. Feng Shui fosters education with concepts that emphasize the importance of the arrangement of a child's space for study and achievements.

3. Feng Shui stimulates and encourages a child's individuality which results in a more positive attitude towards life and allows them to embrace it rather than look at its faults. This can easily be achieved by the color of their room and inspiring decorations.

4. Feng Shui gives children security and balance. By simply positioning a child's bed in the correct bedroom location, future health problems and reoccurring ailments are discouraged.