By : Yulia Yunus

When buying baby bedding, it is more ideal to just buy complete crib bedding sets to cut on costs of additional sheets and accessories. Moreover, complete baby crib bedding set will be most ideal when you are creating a specific theme for your little boy or little girl’s bedroom.

crib bedding set

The crib bedding sets that you will choose should match the curtains and other accessories in the room. This will boost the ambience and appearance of the room, and will harmonize and balance the room to make it feel lighter.

The popular bedding set today is character-themed such as fairytale, cartoon or jungle themed. Below are some ideas for nursery crib bedding sets that can be readily used in everyone’s bedrooms.

Fairytale-themed crib bedding sets

There are parents who would use fairytale characters to complete the look of their baby’s room. For these parents, it is ideal to choose the feminine look by incorporating princess accessories and designs to the baby bedding.  Most of these designs would be famous Disney characters and princesses, with drawings of castles, tiaras, and princes.

Jungle-themed crib bedding sets

The jungle theme is ideal for the room of a baby boy. It is playful, fun, and gives the room a kind of adventurous and bold aura.  Most parents would choose this jungle crib bedding along with other stuffed animals, particularly dinosaurs, giraffe, bear, and other wild animals.

Cartoon character-themed

Character-themed crib bedding sets are the most ideal to put in any baby’s room regardless of the baby’s gender.  Cartoon characters have various colours, so they can either look feminine or masculine depending on the colour that you pick. This theme can make the room look more cheery and vibrant, and will give a positive vibe.

You can read my other guide on Newborn Clothing and Cheap Baby Funiture

By : Yulia Yunus

Personalized baby blankets is one of choices you can give for a newborn because blankets is quite important in baby’s life. Baby love blankets for cuddle, sometime it can make him feel secure and can be treasured for a long time.

personalized baby blanket

There are so many type and style of personalized baby blankets available in the market with various purpose, design, pattern, texture, colors, size, material and price from different brands.  Since blanket will be use for a long time, it is essential to choose a good quality blanket and embroidery with easy to wash material to prevent tear and worn out after few time washings

Type and Style

A swaddling blanket is most suitable for newborn baby because it can recreate womb-like feeling.  It is also has neck support and some even have velcro straps for security.  This type of blanket usually made of flannels which is washing machine-friendly and very effective to calming colic baby. Ask for detail instruction on how to use it correctly if you choose this blanket as your personalized baby blankets.

Taggy blanket is a blanket with a lot of colorful tag around the edge so your baby can rub and explore it with their little finger which is also perfect for tactile stimulation. The size of taggy blanket is smaller than conventional blanket.

Another type of personalized embroidered baby blanket is conventional baby blankets with hood or without hood and also have satin trim or lace trim.

Personalized baby blankets made from wool or fleece are best choice If you live in a cold climate, because it can keep the baby  warm and comfortable.

How to personalized a baby blanket ?

Baby blanket can be personalized by adding personal value to the blanket such as printed baby’s name, date of birth, embroidered monograms, heartfelt quotes or even nursery rhymes.

If you want to give the personalized fleece baby blanket at baby shower before the baby comes, it may be safer to knit or embroidered cute saying or famous quotes only since we didn’t know when the baby will be born and parents might change the name at the last moment.

Where to get personalized baby blankets ?

There are online or local store that offer personalized services like embroidery with minimal fee or even free if you buy the blanket from them. Since it takes time to make personalized baby blanket then it’s wise if you order 2 or 3 week in advance. Or if you know how to knit, it is best if you do it yourself because handmade blanket will be more appreciated by the parents.

I wrote another guide you may be interested in reading:  Cheap Baby Cribs and Quinny Stroller

By : Yulia Yunus

Cheap baby cribs are better alternative than used baby crib for parents on budget. Why? Security is a major factor in choosing a cheap baby cribs for your baby because they will spend much time there, to sleep or play. While buying used baby crib can be dangerous for your baby since it might not meet today safety standard.

Cheap Baby Crib

Currently a lot of retailers offering various brands of baby crib with affordable price without sacrificing the minimum safety standard. One of the benefit of buying new baby cribs, even the cheap one is its warranty. So if there is something wrong with your cheap baby cribs, the manufacturer will repair or even replace it with a new one.

Before buying cheap baby cribs, make a list of features that you need from the crib and set your budget. This will help you to determining the choice. Seek as much information as you can about cheap baby cribs from internet, parenting magazines or your friend and family who has experiance in this matter.

One of good way to find cheap baby crib are by looking for discontinued models. When manufacture releasing new model, usually they will give great discount for the older model to clearance the stock. It is wise if you choose a simple and classic model as it can be a timeless design.

Buying convertible baby crib is a good investment and great saving on a long run. There are two types of convertible crib : lifetime and 3 in 1. The 3 in 1 type can be convert from crib to toddler bed and day bed. While lifetime type can also converted to full size bed beside toddler bed and day bed. Make sure the converting proces is easy and don’t need to use a special tool.