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If you are among those expecting parents who spent a lot of time finding the right crib bedding set for your baby, but in vain, you might want to consider investing in a custom-made one. Before you do so, you need to have a serious plan and the intention to stick to it. Following is a practical step-by-step guide to help you have a successful experience in investing in your custom-made nursery bedding.

1. Do not wait until the last month of your pregnancy to start looking: treat yourself right and make sure you have plenty of time to find the right material, the right person or company to make your bedding and enough time for them to finish your bedding set.
2. Set up a budget: having a budget set up will save you from spending more that you initially thought you would. Consider the following expenses: material, labor, gas, shipping and tax if applicable. It is OK to revise your budget later, make few changes here and there. What you want to avoid is going into this project without tracking your spending. This will result in a certain overspending.
3. Know what you want: you will save yourself a lot of time and energy if you know at least the main color, the theme, and the elements of your crib set. If you already have your nursery set up, make sure you choose a main color that coordinates well with your wall color. To help you choose the elements of your crib bedding set, find listed below the most common pieces of nursery bedding and accessories:

   Nursery bedding:

   • Crib fitted sheet
   • Baby quilt, blanket or comforter
   • Bumper pads
   • Dust ruffle

   Nursery accessories:

   • Nursing pillows
   • Nursing pillow covers
   • Decorative pillows
   • Diaper stacker
   • Window valence
   • Hamper
   • Changing pad cover
   • Toy bag
   • Stuffed animal holder
   • Rocker cushion covers
4. Make sure your husband agrees: most of the time the wife is the one who chooses the nursery furnishing and decoration. It is a good idea to share what you have in mind with your husband and ask his opinion at the beginning of your nursery bedding project. The last thing you want is to have your husband pick on your nursery theme when you already have everything made and set up.
5. Find a supplier: if you are to provide your own fabric and even if you do not plan on buying your material right away, locate the store who carries it and make sure they have plenty of material in stock. If they only have a small amount left at the time of your visit, you might want to ask if they expect more supplies in the near future or you might want to choose another similar material.
6. Decide who is going to make your custom nursery bedding: seek recommendations from relatives and friends, especially the ones who are also parents. If you do not know families who had their crib bedding custom made, your only alternative is to make some online searches. Find out who makes custom crib sets in your area or even outside your area. Before taking your final decision, make sure you have done some comparisons and have learned the price ranges, the amount of material needed as well as the amount of time needed to finish your bedding set.
7. Stay within your budget as much as you can: this is not always easy to achieve but is totally feasible.
8. Communicate well with your custom crib bedding person or company: keep in mind that the reason you went for a custom-made bedding is the lack of adequate offers. The option of having your crib bedding custom-made gives you the opportunity to have your bedding made exactly as you want. Take full advantage of this opportunity and find ways to communicate what you are looking for: use pictures, a link to a website, measurements of your crib… to support your request. In other words, be clear and specific.
9. Ask to be updated as the work on your custom bedding progresses: So far you have been working hard to make the whole experience successful. Make sure the other party joins
   your effort so you will have in the end the nursery bedding of your dream made right and delivered on time.
10. Consider the administrative side of your choice: Make sure you understand and agree on the terms of service.

These simple steps will help you have a successful experience when you decide to have your baby bedding set custom-made. You may also check these inspiring ideas to get you started on your custom-made baby bedding.

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About the author:

Sara Mahen is the owner of Oh Petit Bebe, an online boutique featuring her unique, handmade baby bedding and nursery accessories, where custom orders are always welcome. She makes bedding for regular, mini, Stokke, and round cribs.

When you begin your baby’s bath, there are quite a few things you will want to have handy. Before you undress the baby and put him or her in the tub, you will want to have these things within reach. If you do not, you will need to do without some essentials, or take a wet baby with you to fetch them. You cannot leave a baby alone in a bath.

A handy thing to have is a basket with all your bath essentials. Some things you will want to have at your changing and dressing station part of the time. You can fetch them before you run the bath water or have an extra one just for your bath basket.

Some of the things you want to have nearby for your baby’s bath are a towel, a wash cloth, and baby shampoo. Many baby shampoos can also double as a body wash, so that makes it a bit easier to deal with. While any mild shampoo or liquid castile soap is fine for babies, a baby’s shampoo will be tear-free, or in other words, it will not sting if it gets in the eyes.

You should have a bath thermometer to test the water. You could make do with your wrist or elbow to test water temperature, but many bath thermometers for babies double as a rubber ducky or some other kind of bath toy, so why not have one? It is also nice to have a collection of bath toys. These can be left near the bath tub. There are net bags you can buy to hold the toys as they air dry over the tub.

If your baby needs to take some kind of medicine, such as acetaminophen or an antibiotic, bring their medicine to the tub. A baby will almost always drip or drool their medicine. By giving them their medicine at the tub, it is super easy to clean up the sticky mess afterwards.

You need to decide where you will be undressing and dressing your baby relative to the tub. If you want to do it right by the tub, you can quarter fold an adult towel to make a nice soft pad to go underneath your baby, and undress or dress him or her on the floor by the bathtub. If this is what you will be doing you will need to remember to bring a clean diaper, diaper ointment, clothes and baby comb with you to the bathroom.

Another approach is to undress your baby at their usual changing station, wrap him or her in a towel, and bring them to the tub. After the bath, you wrap the baby again and go back to your changing station. With this approach you can minimize baby urine getting on you or a clean towel if you merely loosen the tapes on the diaper and keep the diaper on the baby until you get to the tub. If you must deal with a soiled diaper immediately before a bath, you can clean up the baby as you usually would after a soiled diaper and possibly use two baby towels — one for before bath and one for after the bath.

With a little forethought you can have everything you need for you baby’s bath in a convenient place. Under no circumstances should a baby or young child be left alone in the bathtub, even for a moment. Being organized will lessen aggravation and give you more freedom to play and have fun at your baby’s bath time.

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