Newborn Baby Care and Needs

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 By Najiah N

Convertible Baby Crib

How to Choose a Baby Crib

Baby crib is an ideal baby bedding, at least until s/he is a year or one and a half years old. Whether it’s a new or secondhand, a crib or made from wood, plastics, or other materials, its strength and durability is important for the sake of our baby safeties. If you choose a standard crib or even more expensive one such as the convertible, the 3 in 1 crib, or portable crib which is easy to be moved around, especially for traveling, you should take a good look at the functions and all the fasteners that should be in place such as bolts and screws.

Make sure you put the crib in the right spot to avoid any baby injury such as falling off the crib, playing with dangerous stuff such as electricity cable and stuff or catching a cold because putting the baby crib too close to the windows or ventilators.

The use of blankets are not necessary and not recommended because the number incidents happened during baby sleep (SIDS-sudden infant death syndrome). So if you have to use blankets, make sure it’s tight to the baby body or tuck it tightly under the mattress. Don’t put the blanket above the baby chest to avoid suffocating when the blanket start to loose and went over his or her head.

Another thing that you should take a good look is the condition of the mattress, comfortable for the baby and fit snugly and properly into the crib. It’s wiser to buy new mattress, for the health reason. It’s ok to put up the mattress if s/he still newborn, during the diaper change or cloth change, but it’s safer to lower the mattress to prevent the baby from falling off the crib when s/he gets bigger and stronger. After all, the crib it self should be designed with standard baby safeties.