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from:I f y o u k n o w a s p e c i a l s e t o f p a r e n t s w h o a r e e x p e c t i n g a n e w a r r i v a l , a b a b y b e d d i n g g i f t m a y b e s o m e t h i n g t h a t y o u a r e c o n s i d e r i n g s h o p p i n g f o r . I t s h a r d t o r e s i s t t h o s e a d o r a b l e s e t s i n t h e b a b y s t o r e t h a t c a n c o n v e r t a b a s i c c r i b i n t o a n i n f a n t - s i z e d p a r a d i s e . H o w e v e r , b e f o r e y o u i n d u l g e i n a b a b y b e d d i n g g i f t f o r t h a t s p e c i a l l i t t l e o n e o n y o u r g i f t - g i v i n g l i s t , t h e r e a r e a f e w s a f e t y c o n s i d e r a t i o n s t h a t y o u s h o u l d k e e p i n m i n d . I t i s a l s o h e l p f u l t o t h i n k p r a c t i c a l i t y w h e n y o u a r e s h o p p i n g f o r y o u r b a b y b e d d i n g g i f t , s i n c e a n i n f a n t w i l l s p e n d p l e n t y o f t i m e i n h i s c r i b d u r i n g t h o s e f i r s t f e w w e e k s o f l i f e , a n d n e e d s a s a f e a n d c l e a n a r e a t o s l e e p .
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T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t i t e m s t h a t w i l l g o i n t o a b a b y s c r i b a r e a m a t t r e s s p a d , p r e f e r a b l y w a t e r p r o o f s i n c e b a b i e s t e n d t o l e a k , a n d p l e n t y o f c r i b s h e e t s t o c u t d o w n o n t h e n e e d f o r a d d i t i o n a l l a u n d r y l o a d s f o r a t i r e d n e w m o m . C r i b s h e e t s c o m e i n a v a r i e t y o f m a t e r i a l s , s o i t i s a g o o d i d e a t o c o n s i d e r t h e t i m e o f y e a r w h e n y o u a r e s h o p p i n g f o r t h e s e . F o r e x a m p l e , a c o t t o n s h e e t w i l l h e l p t o k e e p a l i t t l e o n e c o o l i n t h e s u m m e r m o n t h s , w h i l e f l a n n e l w i l l f e e l m u c h t o a s t i e r o n t h o s e c o l d w i n t e r n i g h t s . A p e r f e c t b a b y b e d d i n g g i f t i s t o p u r c h a s e a n u m b e r o f c r i b s h e e t s f o r t h e e x p e c t a n t p a r e n t s i n a v a r i e t y o f c o l o r s a n d m a t e r i a l s t o c o o r d i n a t e w i t h t h e n u r s e r y .
A n o t h e r n e c e s s i t y i n t h e b a b y b e d d i n g g i f t d e p a r t m e n t i s t h e b a b y b l a n k e t . I n o r d e r t o r e d u c e t h e r i s k o f s u f f o c a t i o n , t h e s e b l a n k e t s s h o u l d b e l i g h t w e i g h t , m a k i n g t h e m a n y r e c e i v i n g b l a n k e t s o n t h e m a r k e t t o d a y t h e b e s t c h o i c e f o r c r i b u s e . A n o t h e r g o o d o p t i o n i n b a b y b l a n k e t s i s t o p u r c h a s e o n e l a r g e , h e a v i e r b l a n k e t t h a t c a n b e u s e d f o r p l a y t i m e o n t h e f l o o r o r t o k e e p b a b y w a r m w h e n h e i s i n h i s c a r s e a t . A g a i n , y o u c a n f i n d b a b y b l a n k e t s i n a v a r i e t y o f s h a p e s , c o l o r s a n d m a t e r i a l s , a n d f e w n e w p a r e n t s w i l l e v e r f i n d t h a t t h e y h a v e m o r e b l a n k e t s t h a n t h e y c a n u s e .
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T h e r e a r e a l s o s o m e d e f i n i t e n o - n o s w h e n i t c o m e s t o s h o p p i n g f o r b a b y b e d d i n g g i f t s . C r i b b u m p e r s c a n k e e p b a b y f r o m b u m p i n g h i s l i m b s a n d n o g g i n o n t h e s i d e s o f t h e c r i b w h i l e s l e e p i n g , b u t m a n y c h i l d a g e n c i e s h a v e d e t e r m i n e d t h a t t h e s e p a d s p o s e m o r e r i s k s t h a n b e n e f i t s t o a n i n f a n t . A n o t h e r i t e m t o a v o i d w h e n s h o p p i n g f o r a b a b y b e d d i n g g i f t i s t h e f l u f f y p i l l o w s a n d d u v e t s t h a t m a y l o o k c u t e i n t h e s t o r e , b u t b e c o m e a s u f f o c a t i o n h a z a r d a t h o m e . B y s t i c k i n g w i t h t h e b a s i c s w h e n y o u s h o p f o r y o u r b a b y b e d d i n g g i f t , y o u w i l l n o t o n l y f i n d a p r a c t i c a l p r e s e n t , b u t a s a f e o n e a s w e l l .
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