Sweet dreams 10 ways to set your baby up for sleep success
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WRITTEN BY VANESSA MILNE ILLUSTRATIONS BY DELPHINE MEIER
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When you’re designing a nursery, it’s fun to focus on the aesthetics, scanning Instagram and Pinterest for just the right paint colours, decals and bedding. You’ve probably seen cribs draped with blankets and coordinating bumper sets, styled with cute stuffies and pillows. But did you know that that’s not, actually, what a safe sleep space should look like? You’ll also want to consider practical, decidedly less-cute items like blackout blinds. We can’t guarantee that the following tips will miraculously get your baby to sleep through the night—there’s a huge age range for that—but here’s how to make sure your baby’s bedroom is an ideal sleep environment. 26
todaysparent.com January+February 2021