Beneficial Advice about Baby Bedding

Safety and Baby Beds

When you are picking out the items for your baby's nursery, you do so with love and creativity. You may have very little to work with, or you may be working on building a nursery that most parents can only dream of having.

Either way, you have to think about safety first no matter how much or little you have to spend. SIDS stands for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and this is something that does not discriminate. Do all you can to keep your baby safe, even if it means you can not use the bedding you first choose. Safe baby bedding is more important than stylish bedding.

The Bumper

Baby bumpers are usually included in sets of baby bedding that you may get as a gift or that you may pick out and order on your own. Usually, these sets have sheets, bumpers, blankets, and perhaps extras like matching curtains, rugs, or even plush chairs and artwork.

These are great, and can really help you put together a nursery, but the bumpers may have to stay out of the crib. These can help baby not hurt themselves on the side of the crib, but they are can also cause suffocation.

If baby gets his or her face in the bumper and can not move away from it, they will breathe in too much carbon dioxide and cannot get fresh air. This may be a cause of SIDS in some cases. Save the bumpers for when they are a bit older.

The Sheet

You also have to worry about the fit of your sheets when you buy baby bedding. The same suffocation can happen with a sheet that is not fit to the mattress of your crib or other sleeping place.

The sheets have to fit snuggly and securely around the mattress so that there are no lumps and loose spots on which they can suffocate. Most sheets today are made to fit the standard size of crib mattress, but make sure that is the case before you put your baby on any sheet to sleep.

Some systems, like the Arms Reach Co-Sleeper come with Velcro on the bottoms to help hold the sheets in place. They make their own baby bedding that comes with the Co-Sleeper or that you can buy on your own.

Other items used for babies to sleep, like bassinets, Pack N Plays, and other smaller cribs also come with their own sheets that fit snuggly and securely. If the sleeper of your choice does not come with baby bedding, you can look around online for what you need.

The Baby Blanket

Blankets are yet another issue you have to think about with baby bedding sets. Most doctors will tell you that babies should not have extra blankets or any type of pillow in and around the crib. If you swaddle baby, that is the only blanket that they need.

Extra big, fluffy blankets on baby in the crib are also SIDS hazards and should be avoided. If you are not sure what you should use and what you should skip, talk with your nurses at the hospital before you come home with baby, or have a discussion with your OBGYN before you give birth.

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