How to choose a baby comforter.

Tips for choosing your baby's comforter. (Or the lessons of experience!)

1. Buy more than one! You never know when your baby's favourite toy may be lost, or simply need a wash!

2. Keep tags and labels. If you need to buy another comforter exactly the same, it will make it easier to track down!

3. If you've chosen a particular toy for your newborn baby's comforter, then for the first few months make sure this is the only toy in your baby's cot at bedtime. Otherwise he/she may choose something else, which may not be so easy to find if you need another!

4. Before introducing your baby to his/her new comforter, sleep with it in your bed or carry it around in your clothes to absorb all those comforting mummy/daddy smells. This will help to soothe your baby when he/she is alone in the cot.

5. Choose a different baby comforter for your second (and third and fourth!!) baby so that there is no confusion.

Original Article Written by Joanna Windsor, MA Lit., BA Hon., PGCE (mother, and partner of www.babysleepshop.com)

Copyright October  2005

Originally published at  www.baby-mates.com, November 2005