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This holiday season, some of our favorite gifts support a mission of creating a sustainable environment for future generations.

Fruits and Passion Bebe body care line for babies contains ECOCERT Certified natural ingredients, and is enriched with organic extracts known for their softening and soothing properties. The  organic oil moisturizes and helps recreate the skin’s protective layer. The colloidal oats are well known to help dry and irritated skin as well as maintain a long-term protective layer reinforcing the “barrier” effect. The products smell great, and are available online, or in more than 2,000 specialty stores worldwide.

Fabkins are soft and durable everyday cloth napkins for kids, available in an array of bright colors and playful designs. Sized for kids’ laps and lunchboxes, Fabkins come in themed packs of five that reflect kids’ interests. Fabkins make school lunches and meals at home more fun, and inspire children to help save the environment! Available online for about $23 per set.

We also adore Tom’s of Maine Natural Care Sensitive Skin, Aluminum-Free deodorant. What a great stocking stuffer, and we love how the chamomile soothes sensitive skin. 

Marcia Cross is a big fan of the luxury L.A. Boutique Pumpkinheads, a store featuring soft cashllama (a rare wool from llamas found high in the Andes). This hand-loomed outfit has a matching blanket to really wrap baby in luxury! Ox Kids cashllama pants-and-top set ($299) and blanket ($345). Photo courtesy of People. 

Domino Magazine has a fun idea for nursery décor. Pretty smart, considering baby is often looking “up”! A pattern with no up or down is perfect for a ceiling, and a wallpapered ceiling gives a small room like a nursery a special jewel-box feel. “Coronata Star” about $160/roll Osbourne & Little (212) 751-3333 

Our holiday shopping is in full swing! Throughout the next month, we have some fun suggestions for baby gifts that are both unique and high-quality. Today, we want to introduce you to the modern gifts at Kushies! Our readers can also cash in on a 10 percent discount by using the code AList10! My Alpha Epsilon Phi sisters will appreciate this GiGi Giraffe ($10). This Linki Uni is perfect to attach to a stroller or high chair ($16). We know babies love photos, and we adore this Folio to house their favorite pictures ($20)!

We have two great giveaways this week! Too Hot Tot Bling is giving away one of their amazing blinged-out “baby love” onesies. These glamorous little outfits retail for $30. And Baby Emi Jewelry is offering a sterling silver jingle bell anklet to our AListBaby winner! The anklets are a Cambodian tradition, and the delicate jingling sounds are believed to protect young childen by warding off bad spirits. They also serve a functional purpose by providing auditory clues to your baby’s movements. To win, please send us an e-mail at alistbabyblog {at} yahoo {dot} com, by Wednesday, November 19! You will receive an extra entry if you also sign up to receive the RSS feed of our blog entry daily, to your e-mail inbox. You can sign up on the top right corner of our blog. Please indicate in your e-mail what sizes you would like for your onesie and sterling silver anklet. Good luck!

Congratulations to Kristin A. of Champaign, IL!

You are the lucky winner of the TwendyTwinShop Yeni Apron!

She chose navy blue polka dots, with her monogram.

Christina Aguilera says her son Max, 11 months, is an inspiration for new music she is working on. Last winter, People Magazine took a look inside Max’s nursery, where Aguilera’s favorite décor item is an 11 ft.-tall moon from her Back to Basic tour. (Bringing the moon to the nursery was husband Jordan Bratman’s idea.) A Paddington Bear is also a staple in Max’s room at the family’s Mediterranean-style Los Angeles mansion.   

These arrived in the mail last night. I mean, seriously. How cute are these Robeez? All she needs is a pair of Apple Bottom Jeans with these boots with the fur. She’ll have the whole playground looking at her. Sure, I live in Dallas, and the temperature is still hovering in the seventies. But I see a little girl wearing these to the mall, with a skirt and a fall coat. They are also perfect for bouncing around the ski villages in Summit County, Colorado this winter! This style is $38.95, and is washable with non-slip suede soles. It is also available in cream, brown and navy.

A good activity center can improve your baby’s motor skills, while encouraging independence. Our two favorites are fun, educational and stylish!

Zolo Shangrila Activity Play Mat, $125, One side has a variety of soft fabrics in different textures to stimulate their sense of touch, while the other has high-contrast black and white for visual stimulation.

Cariboo Activity Gym, Mahogany, $159.95, An activity center with a softer side! The Activity Gym may be used as a natural play environment on the floor, or as a bassinet mobile for any of the Cariboo model bassinets.

Domino Magazine featured some glamorous nurseries this month.This jewel-box space was created by Michelle Rubel, an events manager for the magazine. The theme for her son’s room is uptown prepster, and the nursery was actually converted from a walk-in closet! A Murphy bed-style changing table was painted to match the walls, so it essentially disappears when it is not in use. This is a great example of dramatic style in a small space.

Crib, Sparrow, $690

Paint, Martha Stewart Blue Agave

Rug, Gracious Home, $120