Bedtime ritual

How to put a baby to sleep?

Are there parents who would not like that the process when you put your baby to sleep would be faster? One of the best ways to calm the children and persuade them to go to sleep is to create a bedtime ritual. It is a ritual, which involves both - mom and dad, thanks to whom the baby knows that this is a nice way to finish the day. Children easily learn the acquirements and they love the predictability of ritual. Repeating every day the same activities, we give the baby a sense of security while simultaneously signaling the approaching bedtime

What to do and what not to do when you put a baby to sleep?

Sleep may be the whole family emotional problem. In the end of the day baby unwillingly say goodbye to his parents. They all are fun and they want to play more. Often baby may be afraid to stay alone in the dark. Baby’s parents at the evening may wish to relax or stay alone. Therefore, placing a baby to sleep can be difficult exhausting job for parents. The following is a well-tried ritual, which provides fast and worriless baby putting to sleep.

Develop a method to put a baby to sleep.

Concrete behavior will stay in baby`s memory, he will wait for it. So it`s very important – do you really want to sing 'Lion King' cassettes repertoire every evening to put your baby to sleep? Create your own method after serious thought - think about your children’s well-being, but also don’t forget about other family members.

Here are a few good and well proof ideas:
• A warm bath, clean pajama and caress from parents.
• Favorite book or soothing music.
• Song from mom, dad or other relatives.
• Dolls and toy animals.
• Gentle shoulder stroking.

Be Consistent

As far as possible take care that the bedtime ritual is repetitive. For older children’s worthwhile is reminder of the approaching bedtime. It should be a half hour before game time ended, and again 10 minutes before bedtime. A sudden bedtime can cause more protests against bedtime. Remember, the ritual always must be done in baby’s room, or in room which baby are normally sleeping.
Calm baby before sleep.

Do not allow baby to play boisterous before bedtime. Removed from the bed bulk of toys, leave only one - favorite. Toy removal symbolizes that it is time to calm down. For older children’s do not allow to run through the house, or watch TV before night.

Do not make bedtime too long.

10-month-old baby can fall asleep a few moments, but older children need 15 to 30 minutes. More than half an hour is already too much.

Do not leave turned on lamp on baby’s bedroom.

It is very important to teach your child to distinguish day from night - the night is meant for sleeping. If baby wake up and will be surrounded by dark, he will understand that there is not time to rise yet. Leaving the switch on the lights, you dissemble his orientation.

Do not put his bottle on crib.
It is true that the suction helps the baby fall asleep. But drinking milk or juice all night long can cause dental caries because the child's teeth constantly are affected with sugar. Besides, if the child is accustomed to falling asleep with a bottle, it will be hard to fall asleep again if baby wake up during the night and he can`t find the bottle or it is empty.

Be flexible.

If baby is sick or he is going through a difficult phase in his life, little changes in his bedtime ritual would be absolutely normal. Just do not immediately change the entire ritual. You can, for example, read your baby a story more, but he should not be allowed to fall asleep while watching TV.
Pay unhistrionic attention to baby`s bedtime ritual.

Baby`s bedtime ritual should be a special time both - for you and the baby. Do not lie to your baby and don’t do other things during bedtime ritual. Pay him all your attention when you caring he, washing, or reading a book, and for both of you it would expose more and more joy.

Cares for safe baby sleep

Safe baby sleep

Do you know the feeling, shortly after the baby has arrive, you woke up and went to
baby's bed, to listen whether he breathes? Or at middle of night you caress the baby to make sure that with him everything is okay? It's only normal, because every parent is heard about sudden baby deaths at sleep during the first year. In order to make optimal conditions and to protect the baby at sleep, parents should follow a few simple steps.

Infant sudden death incidence and causes.

Fact that the baby one morning simply can unopen his eyes makes parents' hearts shrink and cold chills run over their backs. Unfortunately, still many families experience these tragic events.


The exact reasons why baby`s just don’t wake up, doctors still have not found. Scientists around the world rack one`s brains to decipher the mystery of this tragic incident. They discuss about different hypotheses, but none of them have been proven. However, there is one consolation - Scientists have agreed that there are simple preventative measures to help your baby.

How to make your baby sleep safe?

There is identified a number of risk factors that may provoke Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Parents must eliminate those factors or reduced to a minimum.

1) Do not smoke!

Baby even before birth, should reside on non-smoking people company. Approximately 40% baby`s who had died from sudden death, one or both parents were smokers. New Zealand scientists have figured out that infant mortality from sudden death would be reduced by 26% if the mother's –smokers does not bed baby next to themselves. Smoking mothers baby`s airways are often overstrained, and their immune systems are weaker.

2) Bed baby on back

It turns out that the posture - lying on back, is the healthiest for baby. Most parents whose little children died from Sudden death, have found their babies lying on the belly.


3) Instead of blankets use sleeping bag.

Sudden deaths causes often are that baby drag blanket or soft playthings on their faces. That why there should not be such thing in baby crib. Sleeping bag is an ideal alternative to blankets, because such a sleeping bags cannot be pulled on the face, and it’s more difficult to turn around on belly in it.


4) Baby Crib on parents bedroom.

Parents protect their baby`s from sudden deaths if the first year of baby`s life, they allow baby to sleep in their bedroom, with condition that the baby still has his own crib. That’s how you r baby always is next to you. Remember to do not dress and tuck up your baby too warm.

Crib Mattress

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 husks

Foam, 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.

Top Rated Baby Cribs

1. This Argington's Sahara Crib is the perfect match with the Delphi Changing Table, as the platform of the Crib meshes with a recess in the changing Dresser making a very compact and ergonomic configuration. The Sahara Crib is the central focus of Argington's nursery line. It is a sleek, modern Crib at an affordable price

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3.The beauty and practicality of the Aspen Convertible Crib by StorkCraft, along with its stunning Cognac finish, makes it easy to see why this is one of our most popular pieces of children's bedroom furniture. The tapered crib rails and thick center slat modernize the traditional sleigh-style that's based on American and European furniture designs of the early 1800's. Wainscoting on the side panels adds texture. All of these cherished design essentials will endure in your decor long after your child has outgrown a crib because with the included conversion kit, you can transform the crib into a toddler bed. You can also use the headboard and footboard with any standard full-size bed frame, too. Beautiful design combined with the convenience of an included rolling underbed storage drawer, a safe static side design, and a mattress spring system that adjusts to three levels as your child grows: that's why you'll always be glad you chose the Aspen.