Making the Perfect Baby Sleep Pillow for Your Child
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A baby sleep pillow is not only essential to your childs comfort, it is also a prominent part of the decoration of your childs bed. If you want your childs bed to be a comfortable and soothing place to sleep, your child needs the right pillow. There are hundreds of baby sleep pillows on the market, including some really cute designs. Does your child like robots? Fairies? Giraffes? A favorite sports team? You can find a pillow decorated to suit him or her.
Its also easy to make a baby pillow especially for your child by decorating a blank baby sized pillowcase with iron on decals, applique, or embroidery. Just remember to leave one side of the pillowcase undecorated. Decorations like decals and applique are rough and uncomfortable to sleep on.
You can also make a pillowcase for your childs baby sleep pillow from scratch. Take the pillows measurements along its outermost seams. To find the dimensions of the fabric you need to make the pillowcase, add half an inch to all sides, plus two to four inches along the longest side so you can finish the open end of the pillowcase. For example, if your childs pillow is 10" by 10", each piece of cloth should be about 11" by 13". Wash the fabric before you cut it to wash out the sizing (a kind of starch) and to preshrink the fabric. Lay the pieces together so their "outside" sides face inside, and sew around three of the edges, leaving a half inch seam. Roll the open edge up like a pants cuff , then sew around the innermost seam, making sure the raw edge of the fabric is rolled under. once you turn the pillowcase right ride out, you are finished! You can let the fabrics pattern be the only decoration, or you can add more decorations. The best fabrics are flannel, jersey knits, and soft cotton, but you can also use velvet, plush, or silk if you plan to use the pillow only for decoration.
Remember not to give pillows to children under the age of two. Infants can suffocate if they sleep with pillows, so doctors advise parents not to give small babies pillows. Toddlers may also not need pillows, since their proportions are so different from adults. If you are not sure whether your child needs a pillow, let them try it for a few nights, and save it for later if they decide they do not like it.
With this advice, you should be able to find or make the perfect baby sleep pillow in no time. Let your child help you design or pick out the pillow, or make it a wonderful surprise. Good luck! Related Content Baby nursing pillow - Monogrammed baby pillows - Body pillow - Bedding pillow -
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