Bedding for babies

When you're preparing for a new arrival, it's always exciting to shop for baby equipment and for ways to turn your nursery into a warm and charming place to be. Choosing the bedding for your nursery helps to create the right atmosphere.

Baby bedding

Baby bedding used to consist of straightforward sheets and blankets, but today's bedding for cots, Moses baskets and cribs comes in all sorts of designs and patterns, so that you can mix and match the bedding for your nursery with the rest of your decoration. When you're choosing bedding for babies, think about:

• Theme - many people choose a theme for their baby's nursery. Whether you're decorating using a farm animal theme, or fairies, or bunny rabbits, you can find bedding to match. In many cases, you can buy bedding that exactly matches the wallpaper and accessories that you're using, so that your whole room is themed. Buying more than one set of themed bedding allows you to change your bedding frequently without losing your theme.

• Layers - babies don't regulate their own body temperature at first, which is why you need to pay attention to how warm or cold they are when they are asleep. Buying baby bedding that allows you to add or remove layers lets you keep your baby at a safe temperature. Using sheets, blankets and thin, but warm quilts can help with this.

• Durability - you will be washing your baby's bedding all the time. Like clothing, bedding for babies needs to be durable so that it can be washed many times without losing its colour, shape or pattern. Make sure you wash your bedding with gentle detergents in order to make sure your baby is comfortable after every wash.

• Textiles - babies have sensitive skin so make sure you choose bedding that is made from textiles that are soft and gentle. You also want to choose textiles that minimise any breathing or allergy problems. 100% cotton bedding and bedding that doesn't lose fibres will help your baby to sleep safely.

Take the time to choose the right bedding for your baby so that you can be sure they are sleeping as snugly as possible every night. Don't forget to buy additional bedding for prams or carry cots so that you have enough baby bedding for all your needs. If you're on a budget, look for sales and discounts rather than buying second hand baby bedding, so that you know you're getting the best possible quality for your money.

Duncan Stewart Textiles Ltd has been trading online at www.towelsrus.co.uk for over 5 years. With 30 years of experience in the towel and home textiles market, we offer the very best in quality and service both to businesses and individual clients. We give you as much information nand advice as we can so that you can make an informed choice when it comes to buying bedding, towels and other textiles. Whether you're replenishing your linen cupboard or ordering personalised towels for a corporate events, we can help. Browse our website to order online, or call us on 0845 123 5880.