One of the necessary gifts for a young family with a newborn child is a blanket or blanket. However, the choice of this thing is not so simple and it should be clearly understood what criteria and characteristics it should meet. Otherwise, the gift has every chance of not being useful.
Quality requirements
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Quality requirements
- Cover materials and filler
- Season selection
When buying a blanket for a newborn, in addition to external characteristics, it is necessary to pay attention to the quality of the product. A blanket for the baby or a blanket must be made of high quality materials. Drawing and painting of the product should be done with dyes that do not cause an allergic reaction. The thing should not have too much weight or dimensions, but be adapted to the average size of the newborn.
Particular attention should be paid to design. Despite the large selection of blankets for newborns, a variety of colors, it is worth taking a closer look at the neatly stained products of not the brightest colors.
Firstly, the thing is better restrained colors, it is easy to combine with furniture, crib, stroller.
And secondly, bright dyes require a more saturated color pigment and it is good if there is a guarantee about quality dye, which gives such a saturated color, otherwise there is a large share of risk that the bright fabric fades after washes.
The third practical property of neutral colors is that the thing is convenient to wash with children's costumes, underwear. It does not stain other things if it is made with high quality. But, of course, the choice of color is a matter of taste.
Cover materials and filler
A few decades ago, a baby blanket was made from woolen and half-woolen fabrics. Now in the children's goods stores a large selection of high-quality blankets for newborns from modern materials, such as:
- fleece;
- bike;
- wool;
- down products;
- cotton blankets.
Each of these materials has certain advantages. The bike is primarily the naturalness of the material and the absence of allergic reactions. In addition, such a fabric is pleasant to the body, soft and light. Duvets are one of the warmest. They allow you to create a special microclimate and the child feels warmth. But such products need care, cleaning, since ticks often get into fluff. Woolen products can be called a classic option, as the material combines lightness, hygiene, and heat.
REFERENCE: One of the most popular blankets is camel wool.
Fleece blankets are good for walking. They are easy to care for and practical. Despite the fact that fleece is a synthetic fiber, it is pleasant to the body, tolerates washing and drying well. The material is lightweight and at the same time quite warm.
Season selection
Warm blankets for down or made of natural wool, as well as cotton wool will suit all those babies who were born in the cool season. If the baby was born in hot weather, then you can get by with a fleece blanket, a light blanket on a bike or a thing made of thin wool fabric. It is best to have two types of blankets. One is very warm, which can be used in a crib in the winter season, and the second is easier for walking in the warm season.
REFERENCE. Most importantly, the material should be easy to wash and dry.
In this regard, the leading products are woolen products that can be washed in a delicate shampoo as they become soiled. A thick camel wool blanket is best left to dry clean. Fluff absorbs moisture, so care for such a thing should be more thorough. It is good to hang them in the sun for heating and disinfection, as well as clean them in dry cleaning. It is also possible to wash products, but there is a chance that it will fall off and will not have the previous shape.
In addition, often the fluff comes out after washing, which also does not have the best effect on its long-term use for children. A large number of colors are now available in stores. There are products that are ideally suited for design and coloring, both for the girl and the boy. You can buy sets in which the plaid and pillow are presented. We recommend choosing in favor of quality.
