At Sprout, we strongly believe that if there is one item you should have be organic in your nursery, it should be your crib mattress. Babies can spend 16 hours a day in their cribs, and traditional mattresses can release potentially toxic chemicals into the air and your baby’s lungs. Mattresses are usually made of… Read more »
I am reading this wonderful book called “Anti Cancer: A new way of life”, written by Dr. David Servan-Schreiber, a neuroscientist who recovered from brain cancer and then sought to find proven ways that changing his life and his environment could help to prevent a relapse. One of the MANY very interesting things I learned… Read more »
Vivian Sonnenberg has been speaking at Sprout in San Francisco for the past four years. I am constantly running into women at the store who feel they owe her their sanity because she taught their babies to sleep. I feel the same. Three years ago, she helped my daughter Hannah sleep twelve straight hours at… Read more »
For our focus on doctors, I took the time to interview my father, Dr. Dennis Styne, as he is much of my inspiration for Sprout's mission. He is a professor of pediatric endocrinology and the past chair of the department of pediatrics at the University of California at Davis. He has served on the national… Read more »
A common sentiment we hear at the store is, “I was exposed to X when I was a kid and I'm fine” or “my mom did X when she was pregnant with me and I'm fine.” We sincerely hope that for everyone that says this, they really are “fine”. For the women who took the… Read more »
This December we thought it would be great to get a head start on your New Years Resolutions (which for us means clean house, better organization, and striving to live as healthy and green as possible)! One of the easiest and least expensive ways to go green and clean, is to switch out all your… Read more »
I recently read about a study where breast cancer cells were treated with chemotherapy. In the cases where there was an average presence of BPA in the blood, the cells showed no response to the chemo. Though, BPA was finally federally banned in baby bottles this year, it is still prevalent in many plastics we… Read more »
We asked experts at the Children's Environmental Health Center (CEHC) for their take on using silicone products around children. Dr. Sarah Evans, PhD MPH, from the CEHC shares her thoughts with us here: Food grade silicone is an FDA-approved synthetic rubber made of bonded silicon, a natural element found in sand and rock, and oxygen. Silicone… Read more »
The holidays are just around the corner which means many of us will be buying gifts for children. This season, share the joy by giving only toys that are responsible and safe for your littlest loved ones. For the Little AthleteSprout Sports Ball Set, $35“Deck the halls” with Sprout’s plush organic Sports Ball Set. Made… Read more »
Eileen Lamb is a mother of two boys: Charlie (4) and Jude (2). Charlie has severe classic, nonverbal autism. Eileen has high-functioning autism, also known as Asperger’s syndrome. Her mission is to raise autism awareness and give readers a better understanding to the many facets of autism. Below is an extract from her recent blog… Read more »
