Some may call the new manner of designing nurseries as taking out the fantasy-riddled setting but it is also about applying practicality with style. Traditionally we see the usual cartoon-riddled design rooms but parents today go as far as looking forward such as redecoration once their little tykes start to come off age.

We can see modern enhancements that you may call a flexible and general design for a common room. Considering that the usual kid’s room today are chic and trendy, the need to redecorate or renovate for kids who are on their way to their teens saves a lot in cost.

These days, it is best to save money on unnecessary cost. If you can come up with great designs suitable for kids and teens, they why not?

“The room designs are more in the line of shabby chic,” said Bayer. “The pieces you choose do not have to match; they have to coordinate.”

Denim touches are a big trend for little boys’ rooms, along with charming (quietnoise) ceiling fans and sleigh cribs that turn into junior beds, Bayer said. In the girls’ rooms, you see chandeliers and pink-and-brown striped bedding accented with yellow.

(Source) Cleveland.com

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Turning to visual aids to help educate a child is one thing you will notice in any nursery. While we look at posters that make use of animals or objects that are easily associated to a certain letter, here is something that associates the alphabet with furniture images.

Ideally this may sound like a different way to teach children associating their ABC’s with the standard characters we know of today. But if it works, it can help a child easily distinguish the various furniture designs and images that they normally see in their homes from beds to sofas.

As you are well aware, we spend a lot of time looking for great nursery decor, especially when it comes to alphabet posters. I think that this one by Italian graphic designer Francesco Dondina makes an interesting addition. A father of two, Dondina is also a professor of visual communication at the Design Faculty of the Politecnico in Milan. At $13, this gem is quite a steal.

(Source) Baby Gadget

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If there is one thing any customer would hate, it is being caught in the middle of recalls due to some defects in the manufacturing of certain products such as baby crib. Last month, I had posted an article about cribs that were recalled due to potential entrapment and strangulation hazards for kids and to this day, the recall is in process. The problem is the crib buyers are encountering a lot of discomfort, something that they should not be experiencing.

Some reason out as to where they can put their babies. We all know that it has been widely announced to refrain sleeping with kids since it may lead to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). That is practically the reason why they were advised to place kids in cribs. But with this recall on hand, where do they place kids?

Maybe the adults can sleep on the floor for the meantime. Now that is a discomfort they do not deserve. And if you happen to be one of them, it makes you wonder if you would even consider endorsing their other line of products.

The recall notice directed owners of the cribs to the Jardine Web site, which spells out details on getting a voucher for a replacement crib. Many parents who wrote us were surprised to see that they had to dismantle the crib and follow a multi-step process to get the voucher. Here’s what they’re directed to do after they request a recall kit:

Remove mattress support hardware and identification label using the kit’s instructions and Allen key that is provided.

Place the bolts, mattress support plates, identification label and signed acknowledgment form in the prepaid shipping envelope provided.

Send the envelope to Jardine via UPS.

(Source) Consumer Reports

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Stanley Furniture has reportedly recalled 1,200 made cribs due to entrapment issues for babies due to their design. The crib manufactured from Slovenia was reportedly offered for sale in various department stores since March 2006. The cribs are said to fail the federal safety standards along with the mattress support being in the middle is said to be too wide and may cause infant injuries.

The U.S. Consumer and Product Safety Commission said no incidents or injuries have been reported for the cribs.

The cribs were manufactured in Slovenia and were sold at department and furniture stores from March 2006 through December 2007 for about $1,100. They have the model number 353-14-220.

The CPSC said consumers should immediately stop using the crib in the middle

(Source) Reuters

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While it would be best to think like a baby, this is something that has surely been eliminated these days as far as nursery designing is concerned. Babies have certain preference on what colors and shapes they want to see and this includes the cribs and baby furniture you would normally see in the usual nurseries in homes today.

But parents have changed this trait a notch, going for modern design and showing their babies indirectly the buzz and trends as far as new designs are concerned. In a manner of speaking you may say that baby rooms are now dictated by what parents feel on what they should be. No questions asked!

Parents buy what they themselves like rather than thinking what colour their baby will like. And if their master bedroom is done in java, they’ll choose the same colour for a baby room off that bedroom, says Candace Boyd of Kids’ Furniture Gallery in south Edmonton. “They want it to compliment each other. They want that same eclectic look throughout their house.”

(Source) Canada.com

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Babies in their tender years need to be carefully monitored and such is the intent as far as the SleepaRoo system is concerned. Acknowledging the need to provide babies with safer and convenient sleeping options, this acclaimed all-in-one infant sleeping system is a hit developed by Stacey Battersby as a means of providing an alternative to traditional crib bedding.

“It promotes peace of mind for parents,” said the city woman, whose SleepaRoo system is being sold at speciality stores across Ontario, as well as online.

It’s also captured media attention, including CBC televison’s The Dragons’ Den, which has invited her to pitch her idea on a future show.

Described as an “all-in-one infant sleep system,” SleepaRoo combines a fitted sheet and a lightweight blanket that zips off for easy washing. But, the secret is a built-in sleep support that keeps babies in the centre of the crib and on their backs to sleep.

Battersby developed the system “out of desperation” when her daughter, Kate, was just two months old. Concerned by Health Canada safety warnings, she removed the bumper pads from Kate’s crib. But, once her daughter started to move around, Battersby worried about Kate rolling into the crib rails or pulling the blanket over her head.

(Source) The Expositor

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For parents who want to provide a unique and new design as far as cribs are concerned, the Sparrow crib is definitely worth the time. Boasting of an easy to assemble design as well as a safe place to let sleeping babies lie on, this crib with safety rails around is surely something that any parent will want to consider buying for their toddlers today.

Price: $185.00-690.00

Oeuf Classic Changing Station shown sold separately. Crib mattress not included.

Standard full-size crib dimensions

3-position mattress support

Ships flat-packed

Easy to assemble

Meets or exceeds all US and Canadian safety standards

(Source) Design Public

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Babies are known to have their share of wetting their bed. These are normal occurrences since they usually have to be trained prior to understanding how to control these personal qualms. But this study relates it with loud snoring, something that will surely be an issue for infants that has to be addressed. It is not plainly an issue about snoring but rather about looking at the whole picture for our kids’ sakes.

“Our findings were really an eye-opener,” said study co-author Dr. David Gozal, director of the division of pediatric sleep medicine at the University of Louisville, in Kentucky. “Why children with bed-wetting have high levels of this hormone; that will require a bit more research.”

About 9 percent of boys and 6 percent of girls at age 7 have trouble sleeping through the night without wetting the bed, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. The problem — which affects about 5 million American children — runs strongly in families. Nighttime bed-wetting, which is also called enuresis, is not the fault of the child or parent. For some reason, the child’s brain isn’t responding to normal cues to wake up and empty the bladder.

(Source) Washingtonpost.com

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Health and medical services never had it so bad when it comes to providing beds for their incoming patients. While many people never foresaw the large volume that we see in most hospitals and medical institutions today, the need to expand and provide more beds has been a continuing issue for some years now.

Apparently, a lot of people are getting sick and babies being born. Unlike in the early years, hospital beds were seen to be sufficient until the sudden boom in health-related problems that has a lot of people trooping to the hospital today.

We see long queues for patients who need attention in hospitals. But look a little bit closer and you may find yourself in a line for available hospital bed accommodations as well.

“There’s simply not enough beds for the number of women having the babies they must do something about building another facility for the well women and that they don’t seem to be able to grasp,” says Karen Guilliland of the College of Midwives.

(Source) One news

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We all want our babies to be by our side but if you are wise, it would be best to leave them to their cribs for the time being that they are in their infancy stage. This is apparently because more people today fail to realize the danger of possibly lacking in attention as far as baby safety is concerned.

Such problems can be categorized under the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) cases where the rate of babies dying because they are left sleeping beside their parents. Such an issue has been in Lucas County to which they have put together a program for babies where the “Beds for Babies Program” will provide cribs for babies and protect them from being SIDS victims.

“We believe that it is much safer for all babies that are newborns to be properly placed in a crib, because we know that’s the safest place to sleep,” explains Lucas County Board of Commissioners Tina Skeldon Wozniak.

(Source) ABC 13

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