For those of you who have ended up browsing our website, it might be because you are looking for an eco-friendly baby gift or mum gift. You might have seen our useful NapNap Voucher but are wondering if it will really be a present that your friend or relative will use: "Can I really give a nappy voucher as a present?" Well, the answer is absolutely (did you really expect us to say no?) and here is why:

- people choose cloth nappies because of the environmental impact disposable nappies have: they take a lot of energy to make, then sit in landfill for hundreds of years. The great thing about cloth nappies is that your friend also gets to make further decisions about the environmental impact of their nappies: they might choose some made out of organic cotton, only line-dry them: it will be their choice according to their lifestyle. And let us reassure you, parents using washables are no martyrs and they do not spend their days with the washing machine on.

- even if your friend is not an eco warrior, they might just be curious and buy a few nappies with your voucher. It might just be enough to use them one day a week. And that's alright! Using 5 cloth nappies will save 650 disposable nappies going to landfill over a 2 1/2-year-period. And your friend will save around £220. I am sure they will thank you for it.... Then, if they like washable nappies, they might ask for more NapNap Vouchers or use Council incentive schemes and save even more money.

- think about your friend's baby's bottom: do you really want him/her to sit in dioxin, sodium polyacrylate gel and tributylin all day long?

- most new parents think they would like to give cloth nappies a try but they do not know where to start so help them out!

For all these reasons, giving your friend a NapNap Voucher will really make their day when they open your present. Add an organic fair trade sleepsuit, battery-free toy or fair trade soft toy and you will get a smile now as well as a hug when they have chosen their new nappies.

And don't forget to take advantage of our sale until 31st January!

For more information on The NapNap Voucher and where to use it visit www.napnaphq.com

If you have been keeping an eye on Really Eco Baby you will have noticed that the latest additions to our eco friendly range of gifts for babies and families are supplied by Green Fibres. We are very careful with what we choose to stock and we are completely convinced by Green Fibres' credentials. We now stock their baby towels and facecloths which are luxuriously soft, thick and completely natural.

Green Fibres is, unsurprisingly perhaps, based in Totnes in Devon. We say unsurprisingly because we (the two of us, NapNap's founding partners) met through our local transition town group - the community led eco-movement that started in Totnes. The Transition Towns movement is all about reducing our dependency on oil, reducing our reliance on artificial means of crop/food production, increasing local industry and boosting community. 

Of course, cotton can't be grown in the UK (at least I don't think it can?) but Green Fibres sources all its materials from organic and fairtrade producers. They are passionate about what they do and are a vocal voice in the industry, pushing for better conditions for workers and more awareness about the intensive methods employed in the production of some cottons.

So we are proud to stock Green Fibres' products. They are beautifully produced and there is no compromise in quality - exactly what you want for that lucky new baby. 

Welcome to 2012 and welcome to our first sale. It has been a very exciting first 8 months for NapNap and first few months for Really Eco Baby so we thought we'd go all out and offer some recession busting discounts. Top favourites are the range of sleepsuits that we have. We have a growing range of organic baby clothes, and stars of our sale in particular are:

The Little Green Radicals 'Let it Bee' sleepsuit has 60% off (£6!!)

Gorgeous Gossypium sleepsuits with 20% off (now only £12.80)

And Ella and Otto organic unisex luxury at 30% off (£12.60)

So we hope you have a baby to treat with our eco gifts and goodies. And don't forget that we have a few super ethical and unusual gifts for mums and other members of the family too. Our best seller this Christmas was the 'Mum Nest' - apparently perfect for grandmas and other relations as well as a well-deserved box of goodies for any new or expectant mum. And guess what? It's reduced too.

Happy New Year!

Most of us try to avoid packaging as much as possible: just stuffing a carrier bag in our handbag means we usually can refuse the plastic bags offered in shops. But sometimes, there is no getting away from it: the other day, my boyfriend bought some work shirts. Each of them came in 1 plastic bag, with 8 plastic pins, 1 large piece of cardboard and the collar was held with 1 stip of cardboard and 1 strip of plastic. I possibly might have forgiven all that waste if the shirts came already ironed, but no! Good luck if you took a shirt out, tried it on, find out you have to return it and had to fold it all again.

So at The Really Eco Baby Shop, we keep all the boxes/large envelopes we receive and use them again. Don't worry, your order will be packed very carefully but it means we do not overcharge our customers for expensive packaging we had to buy. Our delivery fee stays low and we throw away less.

On this note, a little tip for Christmas: wrap your presents in nice magazines: choose pages related to the recipients: perfume ads for mum, toys ads for kids,... they will look really pretty!