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Parenting
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by: Janice Wee
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Imagine your little baby in her nursery. So happy in
the colorful new home you have prepared for her. Watching the Mobile. Lying
down comfortably in her crib.
Comfortably in her crib. That depends on the bedding sets you use. Babies
have very delicate skin. A baby's skin is so much thinner than adult skin.
Some babies are very sensitive to their surroundings.
The first thing you have to take into consideration when it comes to baby
bedding, is comfort. Will the fabric make baby's skin itch?
Ideally, the best fabric to use for baby bedding is cotton. Preferably 100%
cotton sheets in summer, soft warm flannel for winter. Wool may be itchy
but that depends on the baby.
Next, because babies have such sensitive skin, you must keep the crib
bedding clean and dry. Babies urine and pass motion frequently in their
clothes. If their nappies leak, the bedding gets stained.
Disposable diapers are way more convenient as compare to cloth nappies.
With cloth nappies, the nappies leak every time the baby urines which can
be nightmarish for an exhausted new mother to clean up after. Disposable
diapers allow the baby to stay dry after a few rounds of urine, but once
baby strains her face and you know she has just moved her bowels, do change
her diaper.
When baby dirties herself, clean her up right away. Leave her in dirty
nappies longer than necessary and she will probably develop a nappy rash.
Babies with nappy rash itch, cry a lot and are generally miserable. Keep a
tube of diaper rash cream at hand to treat the problem, just in case.
You can get these baby products are very affordable prices at
http://www.cheapestsale.com/health/baby.html .
A vinyl cover over the mattress itself keeps the mattress from getting
soaked through. Remember to cover it with clean cotton bedding and to
change it whenever it gets dirty. You do not want baby to suffer from skin
allergies from dirty bed linen.
For safety sake, get baby to sleep face up or on the side. Don't let baby
sleep lying on its stomach. Here is a BBC article about cot deaths links
cot deaths with the baby sleeping on its stomach.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/520993.stm.
Finally, since baby is going to spend most of her time in the crib, even
while she is awake, give her something to look at cotton baby bedding found
at http://www.beddingsets.net/cotton-baby-bedding.htm with friendly
patterns, little animals, or other interesting pictures keep her occupied,
and stimulate her mind. Plain white crib bedding sets without any patterns
are really boring. They do not give baby anything to look at. To make
matters worse, plain sheets show up stains glaringly. Patterned bedding
sets are more forgiving in this aspect. Besides, babies would find pattern
bedding more interesting.
About the Author:
The writer is the webmaster of
http://www.beddingsets.net/, a resource that is
created to help you decorate your bedroom.
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