As far as I'm concerned, Serena & Lily make the most beautiful and adorable crib bedding, but they cost an arm and a leg (we're talking at least $500 for a set which includes a fitted sheet, a bumper, a crib skirt, and maybe a blanket). Now, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends having nothing in the crib with a baby for the first two years of life. We're talking nothing here. Not a stuffed animal, not a blanket, and not a bumper. We personally chose to forgo the bumper, and I have not regretted it once. Everyone worries about their baby hitting themselves against the hard bars of the crib, but how about worrying about them smothering themselves against the bumper? Eventually the bumper has to go anyway because babies can learn to use the bumper as a step to try to climb out of the crib. Having said all of that, one way to cut crib bedding costs is to buy pieces individually from various places and to possibly skip the bumper altogether, as we did.
But I digress. I was asked for baby boy crib bedding suggestions, so here they are. JJ, this is for you and your friend!
From Serena & Lily:
Harrison (love the simple, crisp stripe of the fitted sheet)
Blake (love mixing polka dots of fitted sheet and stripes of bumper or skirt)
Carter (like the stripe of the fitted sheet and love the animals on the bumper! The Zeke design also has the animal bumper in blue and a polka dot fitted sheet)
From Nurseryworks:
Pinwheel in Pumpkin
From Baby Star:
Four Square (this collection comes with this fabric as the bumper and the Single File fabric as the fitted sheet and skirt)
Single File
I tried to stay in the modern but not too modern category, so how did I do? Oh, and to find all of these items I would suggest doing a Google search for the company and the name of the bedding because prices vary significantly on and some places sell the pieces individually (sheet, bumper, skirt, blanket) while others only sell them as sets.
P.S. Remember that you are going to need a few fitted sheets for when the little one has an accident and you can't do the laundry right away. I highly recommend getting some plain white jersey knit sheets (Buy Buy Baby sells great ones!) and saving yourself some money.
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