Safety First: How To Design A Baby Nursery
With a new addition to the family there is so much to prepare for. Quite often family and friends will be willing to lend a hand to help you prepare for you new baby. Whether it is offering gently used articles of clothing or furniture, or helping you with the shopping. Sometimes people consider gently used as a lesser quality as something new, however it can be just as good and with all the costs involved a real budget saver, if it does not harm the baby why not.
You may wish to begin by clearing out that office or that unused room and start painting. However that does seem to be easier said than done. Selecting a paint can be tricky when you have the perfect color in mind, but it contains VOCs. VOCs are Volatile Organic Compounds and can cause many health related side effects. Minor ones include nausea, dizziness, irritated eyes, asthma and respiratory problems. While these may be minor there can be more serious problems such as cancer or kidney and liver disease. This creates a problem for many parents, often taking a little extra time when selecting your babies paint can give you a sense of relief.
Occasionally a person will not stop to consider that plastic based cribs and some wood cribs can be coated with harmful paints, not only can the paints peel, however they could contain harmful lead. To avoid giving your child lead poisoning consider using a convertible crib natural wood finish. The standards for crib safety necessitate that the slats on your crib be a maximum distance of 2 3/8 inches. Do not use a crib if the distance between the slats is larger.
When choosing a mattress for the crib ensure that it fits within the crib, the ideal distance between this crib and mattress should be no wider than an inch. Suffocation can occur when the mattress is too soft, so ensure that you are purchasing something that is flat, firm and comfortable for your infant to rest upon.
A bedding collection usually features matching sheets and bumper pads. When you use your bumper pad, inspect it to ensure that there are six ties, placed one for each corner and two for the sides. Also make sure that the entire surface is made of a breathable cloth, and that it has no extra dangling bits. When you do install it, the bumper pad should encase the walls of the crib to give the baby something soft to rest against in the event that they are able to roll over.
The fitted sheets in your designer baby bedding needs to be flush against the mattress, and usually they are designed to be. Refrain from giving your infant large toys and pillows, as these can cause either suffocation or assist your baby in climbing over the railing of the crib when they start to become more mobile.
You may wish to follow recommended safety precautions and remove all crib gyms, mobiles and bumper pads to give the baby less choking hazards. Lowering your infants crib height is another option you can consider when your infant begins to show signs of sitting on their own.
