How to choose a crib mattress
Nowadays there are available mattresses with different kind of stuffing - coir fiber filling, foam, buckwheat husks filling, or all the elements into one. How to correctly choose a crib mattress?
Choosing a mattress your baby's crib, first you need to measure the size of crib. Mattress must be in perfect match with crib. If there are some empty space between mattress and crib, that can cause traumas for your baby.
For newborns it is important that the mattress is homogeneous, flexible, reasonably solid and it has a flat, comfortable sleeping surface, because in this part of baby`s life they spent major time in back-lying and they are not able to posture comfortable pose.
For baby`s in age of 4 to 8 years, doctors suggest mattresses with solid surface, because in this time of baby`s life his backbone is in development stage and the bones are still non-rigid, so they can easily be deformed. Later when the backbone has the native bend and the
weight of the babe has been increased, you can chan
ge the mattress with softer one. The best solution is mattress with two sides with different stuffing – one solid, other soft.
Mattress should not bend inward baby`s weight influence. When you buy mattress check the flexibility of the chosen one – with your hand make a hard push on mattress, if it doesn’t bent completely, then mattress is ok. It`s recommended every 2 moths turn the mattress upside down, to avoid deformation of it, as well baby`s backbone.
Don’t forget to ventilate your mattress once a month and to keep it in dry and clean place to avoid allergic reaction formation for yours baby. It`s very important to do not use an already used mattresses for your baby, because it can contain dusts and can be deformed as well.
coir fiber
buckwheat husksFoam, coconut - foam, buckwheat - foam, buckwheat, coconut, buckwheat - coconut.
Coconut fiber is the most popular of the plant bases mattress stuffing. Coir special features, such as Strength, flexibility, hygienic quality, excellent ventilation, resistance to any kind of moisture, make this material perfect for using it for baby crib mattresses.
Foam rubber - soft and not sufficiently flexible material. It has a strong moisture absorption and retention feature that is favorable to the harmful micro-organisms development. Foam rubber mattresses are used in lower price categories mattress manufacturing. Foam mattresses are not recommended for children in age of under one year.
Buckwheat husk stuffing main qualities – heat insulation and ventilation, massage effect which that provides a particularly cultivated buckwheat skins use buckwheat stuffed mattress manufacturing. Mattress is very flexible, so it doesn’t bend in, it is suitable for long use. This kind of mattresses provides healthy sleep, because baby weight is distributed equable, so the muscles are totally lax. Buckwheat husk stuffing is the most suggested mattress by doctors all over the world.