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.
One of the very first thing parents to be do is clear out a room and start preparing it for the little one. Among things that are chosen paint colors are one of them, however there should be more to consider when choosing a paint. It has been proven that exposing your child to the Volatile Organic Compounds or VOC, in paints could result in eye irritations, asthma and respiratory problems as well as nausea and dizziness. Longer exposure could potentially cause kidney and liver diseases or possibly cancer.
One thing to remember when you are setting up your convertible crib natural woods should be used. A plastic based crib can lead to peeling paints and other safety hazards. If you are using a crib that was painted, check that it was not painted with a lead based paint. Safety standards for cribs require the slats to be a maximum 2 3/8 inches apart, anything further than that should not be used for your infant.
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.
Many a bedding collection for cribs come with bumper pads. If you decide to use the bumper pads, you will need to ensure that they will run the full perimeter of the crib. Make sure there is no extra fabric and have no little than six ties spaced to place one at each corner and one on each side. Ensure that there is no crinkling plastic on the bumper pads and that all the materials used is fabrics.
Often designer baby bedding is created so that the sheets fit snug up against the mattress. Often people will put a large toy or pillows in with the baby, however this is not safe for the infant. Large toys can become climbing aids and result in falls, or like pillows it may become a suffocation hazard.
As your child ages you will want to remove the bumper pads, mobiles and crib gyms. Likewise lowering the height of this crib is a necessity to keep your baby from falling. Taking these safety precautions will keep your baby safe.