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7 Top Tips for Choosing
Natural Baby Bedding

Not only does baby bedding have a high visual impact on the nursery decor, it also touches your baby's skin 12 to 16 hours a day (if you're lucky).

I purchased three different bedding patterns before deciding to keep one. I wanted the bedding to be for a girl, but not too girly, and for a baby, but not too babyish. If I had to do it over again, I would make the fabric and its fibers a higher priority.

Natural baby bedding is best for your baby's skin.

Here are some tips to help you choose your baby's bedding.

Choose cotton bedding over bedding made with other synthetic fabrics. As a natural fiber, cotton is warmer and allows baby's skin to breathe. It also reduces the chance of your baby overheating or dehydrating at night.
You can eliminate the pesticides that come with cotton linens by choosing organic cotton sheets and bedding.
Be cautious of natural baby bedding made from bamboo. While bamboo is eco-friendly. The process of turning it from grass to soft, plush fabric can involve the use of harsh chemicals.
You may also want to invest in an organic mattress and/or mattress pad cover to reduce exposure to chemicals, dirt, moisture, bacteria and toxic finishes. If you are co-sleeping, make the same assessments of your bedding.
Unless you don't mind taking luxurious, lacy pillows and ultra-thick bumpers in and out of the crib every night, you may want to skip them. Left in the crib they can be a suffocation hazard to the baby.

Depending on the materials used to manufacture them, these accessories can also be a source of off-gasing.
Accessories made from natural fibers can be used to add color in other areas of the room. For example, I couldn't resist the quilt that matched my baby's sheet set, so I hung it on a quilt rack on her wall. It's your (baby's) space, so be creative.
Two accessories that may come in handy with a newborn are an organic swaddling blanket and an organic sleep sac. Both of these items keep your baby's arms and legs secure while they are learning to control their own limbs during sleep.