Baby Nursery Bedding
When planning and decorating your baby's nursery, don't overlook nursery bedding. With so many choices, this can be a little overwhelming. Read on for some helpful tips.
Popular Bedding Options
Whether you shop at Babies "R" Us, Target, Wal-Mart, or any other department store or baby specialty shop, you'll quickly discover the wide variety of baby bedding sets available. Other popular online sites include the following:
- Baby Mania-With name brands like Banana Fish, Lambs & Ivy, Nojo, and Cotton Tale, you'll find a wide variety of options on this website.
- Baby Bedding Town-The site features a running slideshow of some of the many crib sets available. Popular baby brands include Trend Lab, Kidsline, Cocalo, and Sweet Kyla.
- Distinctive Nurseries-At this site, you'll find gorgeous nursery sets in a wide variety of designs. Choose from brands like JoJo, Glenna Jean, Banana Fish, and more.
- Pottery Barn Kids-Design the perfect baby's room with help from Pottery Barn Kids.
- Modern Nursery-If you prefer a more contemporary look for your child's nursery, then be sure to check out the Modern Nursery site for great nursery selections, including organic bedding and blankets.
Bedding Safety
Finally, you shouldn't just consider colors and textures when thinking about what to use for your baby's nursery bedding. Sheets should fit the mattress snugly, also. However, don't use any blankets, loose sheets, pillows, or animals in your baby's crib to reduce the incidence of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). If you have a darling blanket that really needs to be seen, use it as a wall hanging or drape it across a rocking chair. Use the following bedding checklist when stocking the nursery:
- Mattress protector pad
- Mattress cover
- Fitted sheets
Choosing nursery bedding doesn't have to be a big challenge. In fact, it can be lots of fun!
Boy or Girl?
Some parents just have to find out the gender of their unborn child. Maybe they want to plan everything out completely, or maybe curiosity just gets the best of them. If you are planning on finding out your baby's gender, this may help you narrow down your choices for baby nursery bedding. In fact, many parents actually design the rest of the nursery based on the bedding or crib sets they've chosen for the baby bed.
If you don't want to find out your baby's gender, however, there is still plenty of nursery bedding choices to choose from. All you have to do is decide which pattern, color, and theme that you like best. This might prove to be easier said than done, though, once you begin looking.
Nursery Sets for Boys or Girls
Of course, even if you don't find out the gender of your child because you simply love surprises, you can still find plenty of workable nursery bedding that would fit a boy or a girl. You no longer have to stick to the traditional green or yellow colors simply because you don't know the gender of your child.
Who says girls can't love a baby blue room? Once she's born, incorporate some lace in white, pink, or yellow to make it more feminine. Red has become increasingly popular in babies' rooms, and you can accent that red with other colors and accessories once the baby is here. Add a touch of navy or denim blue for a little boy, or mix in some pretty pink and white with the red for a little girl. Bright green also works well with red. If you don't believe it, check out some decorating books and websites.
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