When it comes to content, our aim is simple: every parent should have access to information they can trust. Great Size Verified Reviewer I looked everywhere for this size pillows, and I am happy you sell them. To keep your baby as safe as possible in their cot, check that it conforms to British Safety Standards BS EN 716:2008.

We create our articles with NCT antenatal teachers, postnatal leaders and breastfeeding counsellors, as well as academics and representatives from relevant organisations and charities. Don't co-sleep with your baby if you or your partner has been drinking, is a smoker, has been taking drugs (including medication which makes them sleepy) or is extremely tired. Or use a mattress protector so that if (well, when…) your baby dribbles or their nappy leaks, the mattress won’t get wet (Which, 2021b; Lullaby Trust, no date). Tests have also found that mattresses can lose their firmness after a few years and may not be suitable for a newborn (Which, 2021b). However, the main reason for that is because of a possible small increased risk of SIDS in mattresses brought in from another home (Lullaby Trust, 2018).The safest place for your baby to sleep for the first six months, day or night, is in a cot in the same room as you (NHS, 2021).

Since IKEA doesn’t want to contribute to more virgin oil being used, we are now gradually switching to recycled and traceable polyester from sources like PET bottles.We are accelerating this movement for polyester in our range and aim to replace all virgin polyester in our textile products with recycled.

The mattress needs to be kept clean and dry so get one with a wipe-clean covering or a removable top panel that you can wash at a high temperature. So long as you follow other safer sleep guidance you can decide to have your twins in separate sleeping areas from birth, or have them sleeping together (The Lullaby Trust, no date). Originally, all polyester was made from oil-based raw materials which are not renewable but we are switching to only using recycled polyester. Nearby blind cords should be secured safely away from your baby, and curtains and baby monitor cables need to be out of reach too (Lullaby Trust, no date).If your cot has a solid head and footboard with shapes cut out, check that your baby’s limbs can’t get caught in them. We would like to keep in touch with you about our services, support, events, campaigns, and fundraising. What’s nice is that polyester can be recycled over and over, without changing or losing its great qualities. We want to change that by working to make recycled polyester products more affordable and accessible to the many people.

These volumes make us a leader in converting to recycled polyester and we hope that our decisions can inspire and motivate whole industries to change. We work with our partners and textile organisations such as Textile Exchange to further improve standards on recycled materials, including traceability of material beyond the recycling units. Whatever sort of mattress you choose, it should conform to safety standards BS 1877-10:1997 (Which, 2021b). When we make products from recycled polyester, we give a second life to material that is not biodegradable and reduce the amount that may otherwise end up in landfill or the ocean.

In volume, this means we converted 130,000 metric tonnes of recycled polyester, and saved 200,000 tonnes of virign polyester. Babies should sleep on their back with their feet at the foot of the cot to stop them wriggling down under the covers (NHS, 2021). The amount we convert, is equal to the amount of virgin fossil fuel we eliminate from our polyester raw material (this excludes potential dyeing and other post recycled polyester production treatments).