Baby Nursery Decoration What Style of Crib Should You Use For Your Baby Nursery Decoration

Congratulations! You have just learned that you are having a baby. Whether this is your first or not you need to look at cribs and decide on your baby nursery decoration theme. Do you have a crib already? Is it an antique? A used crib needs to be carefully looked at to ensure the safety of your new baby.

You need to make certain all of the screws, bolts, and any other fasteners are in place and secure. You will also want to be absolutely certain the mattress is secured so that it will hold up under the weight of your baby. You can test the strength and position of the mattress by taking something that weighs approximately the weight that your baby will be at around 6 months of age and dropping or bouncing it off the mattress. This test will ensure that your mattress will hold it's position when you place your baby into the crib. If the mattress doesn't hold it can cause serious injury or worse to your new baby.

When deciding on your baby nursery decoration, consider very carefully where you will place your baby crib. If you plan to place the crib near a window and you have Venetian blinds, either shorten the cords or anchor them somewhere that your baby can't reach and get a hold of them. If it all possible avoid placing the crib near the window. As your baby grows into a toddler and s/he attempts to climb out of the crib; s/he could possibly fall which could cause serious injury to your baby.

Blankets and your baby are not necessarily a good mix. With the incidents of SIDS today, you want to be sure to do everything that could possibly put your infant at risk. It is more advisable to put your baby to bed in a sleeper. If you absolutely have to have a blanket on the baby, tuck it tightly around and under the foot of the mattress with your baby's feet touching the footboard. Also you don't want to put the blanket any higher on the baby than up to his chest as that will help prevent him from slipping under the blankets and suffocating.

Bumper pads are a great addition to your baby nursery decoration but you need to make certain they are secured properly, to avoid the risk of your baby slipping between the mattress and the bumpers and possibly suffocating. You need to make sure the bumper pads are anchored in at least eight places one at each corner of the crib and at least two spaced evenly on each of the sides. There should be a total of 16 ties in all, for the top and bottom.

Mobiles are also a common addition to most baby nursery decoration and look adorable but... the caution here is that if you use a mobile as soon as your baby starts to sit up on his own the mobile should be taken down to prevent your baby from getting tangled in it. Also make sure that it has no small removable parts that your baby could choke on.

If your crib is second hand no matter whether you had for a previous child or you got it from someone else check out the mattress carefully. Make sure there are no cracks or holes in the mattress covering. Make sure too that the mattress properly fits in the crib. Here again, your child could slip between the mattress and the sidebars or the end boards and suffocate. The mattress should fit snugly in the crib. Now the sheets you use in your baby's crib should also fit properly and not slip and slide. Sheet anchors are available that hook on the sheet under the mattress and keep it in place.

The position of the mattress is imperative for your child's safety. Most parents put the mattress at the highest position when the baby first comes home because it is so much easier to change him in that position. As your baby becomes more active you will want to lower the mattress accordingly. Once your baby is able to pull up to a standing position put the mattress in the lowest possible position and to be sure your baby is safe, measure the distance between the top of the side bar and the mattress. In the lowest position the distance of the top of the side bar should be no more than 26 inches above the mattress. If your child's head is over the side bar or they climb out of the crib, it maybe time to move your child to a regular bed. Many baby cribs available today can be converted to a toddler bed or day bed. Today there are even cribs that can be converted into twin or full size beds, saving you money as your baby grows.

With the excitement of a new baby on the way you will want to look at all aspects of your baby nursery decoration and decide on whether to make the investment for baby furniture that will grow with your child sometimes into their teens. There are changing tables that can become dressers, cribs that can be converted into several different styles, etc.

Also, check to be certain that the slats of your baby crib are no more than 2 and 3/8 inches apart so as to prevent your baby from getting stuck between the slats.
For the safety of your new baby you will want to be certain all items used for your baby nursery decoration are safe and secure.

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