Bug's Mom - that's a good idea - but I forgot another part of my dilemma (if you can call it that) - usually "green" toys (that's what I'll call them for ease) are more expensive which is an added burden for those who are being generous in the first place by buying gifts...for example, just today, my inlaws said "oh - we need to get some toys for [DS] so he has things to play with when he comes over" - so nice of them, really, but I know the toys will be plastic and not ones that fit my idea of what DS should have - meaning they will have chemicals etc in them that I want to limit his exposure to. I guess I could beat them to the punch and buy toys to leave there but I know it also makes them happy to buy things for DS.

Loula - I can post or PM the brands I've come across and some other info - need to pull it together though. Some of the sites with information are under "likes" on my FB page though.