Baby Jar Cheetah Blanket is embroiderd on the bottom

There are several choices when it comes to personalizing a baby blanket. There are many places to embroider a baby’s monogram or name. None of them are wrong; it is a matter of personal preference.

Sometimes the pattern or the texture of the blanket can influence your decision.Most baby blankets can be monogrammed with the baby’s three letter monogram or personalized with a name and birthdate. The one rule that is almost never broken is that you never add a birthdate to a three letter monogram.

Unless a customer makes a special request, Namely Newborns usually embroiders the name or monogram at the bottom third of the blanket. Some baby quilts and custom blankets have the name embroidered on the border. Custom Butterscotch Blankees are usually personalized in the middle of the blanket. Quilts also are usually embroidred on the bottom border unless the customer requests that they be embroidered at the top.

Our organic giraffe blanket is embroidered on the border

Butterscotch Blankees weaves the name into the middle of the blanket

There are several other popular places to embroider names and birthdates on baby blankets. Embroidering a name at an angle in the corner is very popular. If a blanket has a nice satin border, the name can be embroidered on the satin border. There is usually not enough room to add the birthdate.

Embroidering a name on the satin border is also pretty

When there are three lines the most legible place to embroider a name, birthdate and pounds and ounces is still the bottom 1/3rd of the blanket. No matter where you choose to embroider your name, you have made your blanket extra special by adding personalization.

• New Sleep Measures for Infants have been issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics aimed at reducing sleep-related deaths in infants. We have heard the rumors for years that  bumper pads that were puffy were not recommended for cribs. Now the AAP has definitely ruled agains all types of bumper pads.”There is a potential risk of suffocation, strangulation or entrampment.” To comply with this, We have decided to remove all crib bedding from our website since most sets come with bumpers.

Since 1992, the pediatricians’ group has suggested that parents place babies to sleep on their backcs as a way to reduce the risk of SIDS.  Since June of 2011, federal standards for cribs make it illegal for traditional drop -sided cribs to be sold or resold. We caution all Mothers to check their old cribs for this feature and replace the crib if it has a drop side. Avoid hand me down cribs. Be careful when borrowing cribs from friends to check this feature. As a Grandmother, my friends and I have always shared old cribs for the vacation sleepover.  Now , we will have to look elsewhere for the vacation crib.

About 2,500 babies die annually from SIDS.  The number has declined from over 4,000 in the early 90′s ; hopefully because of new precautions. This is a matter to be taken seriously.

With all this said, new Mom’s still want to decorate their nursery. What will replace the baby bedding as the focus of the nursery

Baby bedding was always the most important decorative element in a nursery.

Mothers who want to be extra cautious will now have to look to other key elements to accent their nursery.

Here are our suggestions;

• Pretty sheets and dust ruffles are still a great way to introduce color and design.
• An area rug is another excellent choice , especially if it is placed beside the dressing table  to provide extra protection in case a rambuctious toddler rolls off the changing table.
• Wall paper and paint will have to be the primary decorating tools for the twenty-first century.
• Beautiful stuffed toys
• Stepstools
• Play tables
• Drapes and Shades
• Baby Quilts Can be Hung on the Wall
• Nursery Wipe Box in beautiful fabrics

Baby Quilts Can be a Feature in the Modern Nursery