Rocking chair, check. Changing table (stocked with eco-friendly diapers), check. Adorable little socks and onesies, check.

Non-toxic crib, umm…

If you’ve been spending some of your ~370 weeks searching for organic baby products and baby eco trends, cribs were hopefully on the top of your list.

Especially considering conventional cribs are known to play host to toxic chemicals that may be linked to future health complications, or even SIDS.

If you did, we’re here to help by uncovering some of the best eco-friendly crib brands that use low or no VOCs, solid sustainable wood, and lead, BPA, phthalate-free finishes.

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Tuck Your Tot Into The Best Non-Toxic Baby Cribs

Exceeding CPSC and ASTM safety standards, Nestig caters to your child’s entire nesting period. Their convertible cribs grow from a mini crib to a full crib, and eventually a toddler bed.

Babyletto‘s GREENGUARD Gold-certified New Zealand pine wood cribs are tested for over 10,000 toxic chemicals and VOCs, all of which meet their above-industry standards.

Index: Safe & Sustainable Cribs

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Babyletto

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About Babyletto

Price Range: $230–$700

Babyletto was founded to provide eco-friendly, affordable, and safe products for modern families.

As a member of Million Dollar Baby Co. brands, they’re award-winning and well-loved by families around the globe—most notably offering an affordable crib.

Choose between several different styles and colors or mini cribs and convertible eco-friendly cribs, which grow from crib to toddler bed to daybed to full-sized twin bed.

Most are 3-in-1 or 4-in-1 convertible cribs, but the Yuzu stands out with eight (!) different convertible forms that include a bassinet and mini non-toxic travel crib.

Babyletto’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

Babyletto’s non-toxic materials are impressive: sustainable New Zealand pine wood, finishes free of lead and phthalates (with undetectable levels of formaldehyde), and CARB II compliant medium density fiberboard (MDF).

Most of these solid wood cribs are made with 100% solid pine wood, though some have a Poplar hardwood or Walnut veneer. Only the mini cribs use MDF as a mattress support board.

Tested for over 10,000 toxic chemicals and VOCs, all meet CPSC and ASTM regulations, as well as Babyletto’s own rigorous and above-industry standard quality control program, putting them well ahead of industry standards.

They’re all GREENGUARD Gold certified cribs.

Supply chain & labor practices:

Babyletto cribs are manufactured in China, Vietnam, and Taiwan.

Carbon commitments & green practices:

Your little cherub will be not-so-little before you know it. Good thing these GrREENGUARD cribs feature a convertible design, meaning fewer purchases for your quickly-growing infant or toddler.

They further extend product life with available replacement parts and non-toxic crib paint touch-up pens.

Their factory is equipped with solar panels, electric vehicle charging stations, and recycling programs. They use recycled cardboard packaging, too.

Bloom Baby

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Price Range: $529–$899

bloom was founded by four dads who wanted to bring together traditional products with modern design.

In addition to high chairs and bouncers, their one Alma style comes in four sizes—suitable for newborns up to kiddos who are five years old.

To keep costs down, you can bundle and save, getting an eco-friendly baby crib with a mattress, organic fitted sheets, and a waterproof mattress protector.

bloom’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

Sustainable slumber for your little one is courtesy of solid American birchwood from sustainable forests. It has fixtures made from commercial-grade stainless steel.

Treated with low-VOC finishes, these are lead, BPA, phthalate, PVC, MDF, and formaldehyde-free cribs.

They’re also CPSIA and ASTM compliant and have a mere 10 ppm (parts per million) toxicity score.

Supply chain & labor practices:

The cribs are made in Vietnam and Europe and provided us with their Vietnamese worker welfare declaration.

Carbon commitments & green practices:

bloom offers spare parts for all of their nursery products and baby gear.

If the crib ever does become unusable, bloom is careful to choose only compostable or recyclable materials, so each piece can still be responsibly disposed of. They’re basically helping you raise a zero waste baby!

Dadada

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About dadada

Price Range: $450–$800

dadada offers a line of non-toxic nursery furniture inspired by generations of fine furniture makers.

They want to provide a sense of luxury and safety—even in the middle of a 2am half-asleep feeding. They also want to preserve the earth’s precious resources.

Their products include some of the best cribs with a day or toddler bed conversion kit (sold separately) and two-year warranty.

Incorporating sleek, modern style with a classic natural crib build, the Austin 3-in-1 crib allows you to adjust the mattress into three different positions to match your little one’s stage of life.

dadada’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

Dadada sells some of the best solid wood cribs with a non-toxic finish.

This means sustainably sourced solid beech wood and lead-free and phthalate-free finishes.

These GREENGUARD cribs are certified Gold-tier and also meet or exceed strict JPMA and Bureau Verita standards.

Supply chain & labor practices:

All cribs are produced in Italy (where labor laws are strict), at a factory with nearly a century of experience in furniture craftsmanship.

Carbon commitments & green practices:

Materials for these sustainable cribs are chosen for their durability so that they’re able to withstand decades of use, even after your kids have outgrown the toddler bed.

Little Seeds

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About Little Seeds

Price Range: $320–$450

Little Seeds is putting high-quality children’s products in more homes.

Made to grow with children—not to be replaced—the non-toxic baby furniture range includes changing tables that can become dressers and cribs that transform into beds.

Best of all, their entire range of cribs under $500 means more conscious parenting is more accessible to a range of budgets.

Little Seeds’ Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

Unlike many of these organic wood crib brands, Little Seeds uses powder-coated metal for most of their non-toxic cribs, though you will find some solid wood cribs, too.

All either meet or exceed the SPSIA Juvenile testing requirements and ASTM and CPSC safety standards.

Supply chain & labor practices:

They’re one of several non-toxic crib brands to manufacture in Vietnam, though we’d love to learn more about their practices. We’ve reached out but haven’t received a reply.

Carbon commitments & green practices:

Replacement parts can be ordered to keep malfunctioning cribs in use.

Community & charitable giving:

Encouraging sustainability for kids through a partnership with KidsGardening, Little Seeds created the Pollinator Pals Grant, which provides education and resources to construct pollinator habitats that support monarch butterfly populations.

Nestig

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About Nestig

Price Range: $529–$749

Nestig was founded with a desire to bring more kindness and magic—and less worry—to the world of parenting.

Founders Sara and Gui are committed to making the safest and most sustainable cribs.

They offer a few different styles, including innovative non-toxic convertible cribs. With the included conversion kit, all cribs can convert from a mini crib to a full crib and then to a junor or toddler bed.

If you’re looking for an affordable eco-friendly crib, the Mountain Crib excludes the mini crib option but still includes a full crib that converts into a toddler bed.

Nestig’s Ethical & Sustainability Practices

Materials:

Nestig’s cribs are made with sustainably harvested wood and non-toxic crib paint or finishes.

They are annually tested and show 10 ppm of toxic materials, like Babyletto. For reference, a score under 300 ppm for paint is considered safe and under 90 ppm allows a company to legally claim low toxicity.

Each toxic-free crib exceeds CPSC and ASTM safety standards and are certified by the Juvenile Product Manufacturers Association (JPMA).

Supply chain & labor practices:

Nestig products are made in a family-owned Brazilian factory. Workers are treated fairly and safety and sustainability are top priorities.

Carbon commitments & green practices:

Instead of huge runs like traditional retailers, they make just the right amount, which they refer to as a “no-inventory” business model. This reduces all overstock product waste.

They’re working to make improvements to all packaging, but currently, the shipping boxes can be recycled.

What Is A Non-Toxic Crib & Why Buy One?

When it comes to baby cribs, safe and healthy should be a non-negotiable.

But in order to know what constitutes non-toxic, organic cribs (along with organic crib mattresses), we should first ask: what is a toxic crib?

Most conventional cribs use solvent-based paint (as opposed to water-based paint) for its durability. The problem is that these organic solvents are the main source of VOCs, which can offgas and degrade indoor air quality.

VOCs are in everything, from caulk and adhesives to furniture and rugs—hence why non-toxic rugs are so important—and can cause major health problems such as childhood asthma and even cancer.

VOCs aside, there are lots of other chemicals in paint, like lead. While lead paint was Banned in the United States in 1978, it’s important to note this was only high concretions of it. Lead is still allowed in concentrations less than 0.009 percent.

More concerning still is formaldehyde, which is a primary chemical in paint that is highly toxic and yet has somewhat lax emissions standards.

Aside from being used as an embalming agent (red flag), formaldehyde has been linked to reproductive issues, but the longstanding effects of exposure are largely unknown—which is more concerning still. It is thought to affect children more than adults.

Even if your crib isn’t painted, it might be made of plywood or some other engineered wood, which typically also uses those VOC-containing adhesives and formaldehyde.

Looking for untreated, natural wood and solid wood is one way to help, but various safety standards also ensure you’re getting a chemical-free crib.

There are a few safety standards and certifying bodies to be aware of:

California Air Resources Board (CARB) II: Ensures that formaldehyde emissions are low in products that use MDF (medium-density fiberboard, or plywood).