Can I talk about the baby bed again and about the baby's sleep?
This time we have two baby cots because we live now in a house and have two floors. So we have the bassinet (you know, it's from my own baby-time) or baby-basket, as it's in everyone's mouth, downstairs on the floor where we spend the day. I can then shove it nicely between the kitchen and the living room, as I need it right now. It is already ready, with new covers and fabrics and this time also oiled. He sometimes squeaked a lot at the last child and we simply could not oil him. This time, everything is better prepared, he is stuck and no longer squeaks.
And above? Directly in the bedroom, next to my bedside is now the baby bed. It is made of solid wood and untreated, only oiled. I have to say, I really care about it. Because, I know from experience, how the kids will eventually start rumzunuckeln at the edge of the bed or even bite around on it. Since then a painted cot is not that great. Our cot is from pigeon and you can get it at Kinderwagen.com. We have it without skies. Somehow I had the feeling that we do not need it, because our walls in the bedroom are quite dark and at night it is dark anyway. But we can still change that and buy it.
And what do you need at the beginning? There are not that many things actually. Most are just for us and actually decoration 😉
- A sleeping bag. You really need that. Baby should also sleep best in the sleeping bag so that the head is always nice and free and nothing on them. The baby sleeping bag is from Koeka and has no sleeves. But there are also sleeves for the winter months.
- A mobilé. This is of course not a must-have but the babies will eventually find it very nice if they have something to look at, as long as they are not asleep or awake. I only say contrasts. This mobile is from Wooden-Sweeties about Etsy.
- The wall behind the cot. As long as you do not have a children's room, you can of course also design the walls around the baby bed. With paint or with wallpaper. I loved the wallpaper of Little Capari about smallable.
- A bed-snake. In any case, I always needed them with my older children. In the beginning, especially with the big one, because he had a torticollis position and every few hours had to be moved from right to left. In addition, that's good, for the beautiful back of the head and - it is comfortable for the babies too. Later, they can play with it or you can use it as fallback protection. I am a total of bed-snakes. This bed-line is from Peppi Lotta to Dawanda.
- A night light. This is especially for the parents so that they do not fall over anything at night, in the dark, and later the baby may find it nice too. The night light Hasse Schlappohr is from Petit Monkey over Treasure Island.
- Whether you need a nest or not, you can argue about that. I always thought that was nice, because it looked somehow comfortable and I felt that the children are even better protected, especially when the bed is quite large in the beginning. Later, it is good against any distraction and helps the babies to fall asleep better. Nest Check by Sugarapple.
- What is beautiful for the wall always fits and when it comes from studio {hammel}, so much the better. You already know Andrea. We presented her in a portrait last week. And the wall hangings are just a dream.
- Even more wall hangings: The pastel pennant chain also fits in every nursery or every baby cot. This is from fablab via fourmonkeys.
- A nipple. When the babies take nipples or pacifiers, they always need a couple of them in bed so that they can be quickly reached when the baby becomes restless. I always like to start with the Goldi made of natural rubber. But you have to try that out, of course. The children are always very individual and picky.
- A good mattress. Of course, a mattress belongs to the cot. Our bed is 70 x 140 cm, meaning that the child can sleep in it until it gets to school. The mattress should, therefore, be chosen so that it will last at least as long. So you should not save. There is also a good selection of mattresses at Kinderwagen.com.
I think that would be something that you need in something. But I'll just try it again and see how the new baby behaves like that. You always do not know that before.