100% All Natural Organic Cotton Preemie Tees

While I have never had a need to use organic cotton exclusively. I can understand why it is important for some people. When I was a teenager my mother had a breakdown in her immune system that caused her to have to remove all chemicals from her food and her environment. It was a scary time for all of us. She was allergic to almost everything - unable to eat lots of foods, smell chemicals, perfumes, cleaning products, soaps or even read the newspaper and she was unable to wear anything except all organic fabrics. Eventually her system went back to normal but it left me with an appreciation for why natural products are needed and even preferred.

Given the delicate systems of premature babies I was elated when my primary fabric supplier told me that they had organic cotton available for me to purchase! And with any luck they will continue to carry it well into the future. Our organic cotton is grown in the United States and milled in Manitoba, Canada and then shipped back to me in the United States. No chemicals, dyes or harmful substances are used in the growing, harvesting, processing or milling of this cotton. Since all of our Preemie Tees are made-to-order you can have anything we carry made up in the organic cotton. Just pick "organic cotton" as your fabric choice when placing your order. I believe we have the largest selection of organic cotton wear available to premature babies anywhere! And we are excited to make it available to you!

The Benefits of Organic Cotton
Organic cotton baby clothes are a hot commodity with retailers recently - it is the latest trend in "trendy" becoming a new fashion statement in clothes for tots. Almost everyone, including places like Wal-mart carry a line of organic cotton baby clothes. But even with this hot new trend most parents do not have any idea what it really means to be organic.

Basically, organic is means that something is grown in a chemical-free environment. Organic means that the fields the cotton is grown in is free from pesticides or chemicals for at least three years. No fertilizers are used as well. Organic farmers fertilize their fields by rotating the crops, using composted manure and planting other crops that naturally feed nitrogen into the soil. Further, organic farms are heavily regulated and watched by a third party to ensure that organic cotton is exactly what it claims to be.

Conventional cotton has no such regulations and it is impossible to judge what extent pesticides are used. The concern comes because the cotton absorbs any chemicals as it grows and the chemicals do not wash out in processing. Further, manufactures add to this chemical mix the addition of dyes and sizing. Baby clothes made from organic cotton insure that sensitive systems are not compromised through pesticides, chemicals or dyes.

Eating foods and wearing clothes that are organically grown is good for you and good for the environment by having a low impact on the land, farmers and workers. Everyone benefits - especially the babies. Organically grown cotton has a softness and quality that cannot be matched and is the top reason people choose organic cotton for their baby's delicate skin. Conventional cotton fibers are weakened by chemicals, processing and dying that break down the fibers and produce an inferior product. This is why organic cotton is a stronger, softer, better cotton. Because of the way organic cotton is made it is a little more expensive. For now we will not charge more for the organic cotton option but it may become necessary in the future.

Our organic cotton is a natural color and we are looking into finding natural dyes that do not fade in the washer. Until we find a good dye and a cost effective way to process it we will only carry the natural color. But feel free to add color with over 26 colors in our snap selection.

We hope you will like our new product!

(For more information on organic cotton search the words "why organic cotton" on any search engine.)