Under the Nile Blog Posts

My daughter loves it when I've timed it just right and her pajamas come straight from the dryer and on to her, right out of a bath. I love it that she's putting Under the Nile organic cotton long johns on her freshly cleaned skin, trapping that warm bath feeling for what I imagine will be a quick path to slumber.

There are so many pajamas on the market that lure our kids with their favorite movie characters, book heroes, and cute sayings. What's not so cute are the chemicals that coat these conventional cotton pajamas. During the conversion of conventional cotton into clothing, a host of toxic chemicals are added at each stage including silicone waxes, harsh petroleum scours, softeners, heavy metals, flame and soil retardants, ammonia, and formaldehyde. Read more...