Options for baby bedding sheets

With all the options out there in baby bedding, sheets made of cheap cotton just don’t cut it anymore. It practically feels like child abuse to lay your child down on a plastic mattress wrapped in thin cotton when you, yourself enjoy soft flannel, cozy fleece or comfy jersey.

I read once when I was doing some research about new ways to help me get my  baby sleeping through the night, that some babies are very sensitive to the cold of that plastic mattress and it would wake them up. Some mothers swore by putting down a fleece blanket or a receiving blanket before laying the baby down. These mothers all said that the baby would snuggle into the softness and the cold no longer bothered them.

I was up for trying anything at all that offered even the most remote chance of me getting that baby to sleep and stay asleep; warm baths, massage before bed, music that came on when the baby cried, hanging apple peelings in the windows (just checking to see if you’re paying attention) I was up for anything so I tried the fleece-blanket-in-the-crib trick.

It really did seem to help a bit, at least with setting the baby down and not having her pop right back up. I think our sleep problems are too big to solve entirely with fleece but it is an idea you might want to try.

Remember, your baby doesn’t get to have a pillow so their cute chubby little cheeks are spending a lot of time on the fabric your baby bedding’s made of.

Did you know you could get baby bedding sheets in fleece? It’s quite a step up from putting a fleece blanket under the baby. Imagine how cozy these would be on your baby’s sweet little face. (Note: Click on the pictures to see more details and pricing info)

Fleece isn’t the only snuggly material you can find baby bedding in, think of how soft a chenille crib sheet would be on baby’s skin:

Of course my favorite is jersey:

Kids Line Jersey Knit Fitted Crib Sheet - Ecru

Flannel bedding is nothing new, but you can even get it in organic now for your baby:

Naturepedic Organic Fitted Crib Sheet - Ivory Flannel

Babies have such amazing options these days. If you were a baby with your own credit card and you had the option to buy your own sheets, would you choose that cheap, thin cotton or some soft, snuggly fleece?

I think you know which you’d choose!