Simplicity Bassinet

Last night Jeff put together the baby's bassinet. I must admit, I love the one I chose. It's beautiful and extremely functional. It does have a co-sleeper option, but according to my research it's not encouraged.

Before registering, I read up a lot on infant sleeping options before baby was ready for the crib. Here is some interesting information I found.

Be sure to buy a new crib or bassinet. If not buying new, be sure that the crib meets federal standards recently put out. These standards and approved features can be found on www. jpma.org. Many products you buy will also come with a stamp from JPMA and that is important to look for when buying.

Never sleep with baby in bed with you for many reasons. First, adult bedding and mattresses are way too soft. Firm mattresses in bassinets and cribs help fight the possibility of SIDS. Also, over tired parents have been known to roll over on baby. With "baby exhaustion", some people have trouble awakening. Just recently, we heard of this scenerio on Tv and both children died. Lastly, baby can get caught in between the mattress and headboard of an adult bed.

Keep babies warm but not too warm. A light blanket or sleeper zip up outfit is plenty. Toys and comforters can heat up the bassinet or crib. This also leads to dangerous sleeping situations for infants.

The best case scenerio is to have baby sleep in your room until about 6 months of age in a new or regulated crib or bassinet.

Safe sleep is nothing to fool around with, so do your SIDS reasearch and buy carefully.

Wipe Warmer vs Wipe Warmer

As you all know, my baby shower was last weekend. I received so many awesome gifts and I couldn't wait to get many of them set up in the nursery. I had registered for the Prince Lionheart Wipe Warmer, but now wish I had shopped online at my own store Little Baby Headquarters. We sell the DEX Space Saver Wipe Warmer. It stands vertically compared to the Prince Lionheart one which stands horizontally.

At first when I ordered the DEX warmers to sell in our store, I thought how it stood wasn't a huge deal, but it really is. We have a beautiful crib and changing table in the nursery, but we are trying to keep the furniture minimal. The mattress on the changing table is the contour three-sided mattress. Therefore, there isn't left over space for diapers, wipe warmers and so forth. When we went to set ours up next to the mattress, there was no room to be had. Jeff immediately asked me why we even registered for that wipe warmer when the one we sell on Little Baby Headquarters is ten times better. For that, I had no answer.

We went back downstairs and started to compare the two products, and I really am amazed how much better the DEX Space Saver Wipe Warmer is designed. The DEX has a low light for changing baby in the middle of the night and it turns off by itself. It has a window up top, so you can see when you are running low on wipes, and it has an easy to open front hatch for adding new wipes, but a pull seal so wipes don't dry out or brown. Many wipe warmers on the market do not have these features. The piece de residence... the DEX stands vertically.

Once again, I am quite proud of the products on Little Baby Headquarters. Please check out our YouTube video on the right for more insight on the Dex Warmer. Then go shopping on Little Baby Headquarters.