The linens available for cribs today are so lively and appealing that they can easily serve as the foundation for a nursery’s decor. In fact, many companies offer everything from lamp shades to height-measuring sticks to stencil patterns that coordinate with their bedding lines. The trick is to rein yourself in and be sure your choices are safe and sensible.
The basics
What exactly do you need, and what should you look for? On the minimalist end, you will need three or four crib sheets and a few light crib blankets. A bumper isn’t really necessary, and should be taken out of the crib as soon as the baby is sitting or pulling up, usually by around five or six months. Sheets should be generously cut to allow for shrinkage, as too-small sheets can slip off the mattress and entangle the baby. For the same reason, they should have good-quality elastic all around, not just on the corners. Make sure the sheet fits snugly and remains tucked under at all times. Cotton, knit, or flannel—it’s up to you, but put baby’s safety and comfort first.
The best crib blankets aren’t the fluffy comforters sold in many bedding sets. In fact, because of the more than 1,000 crib deaths per year associated with suffocation which is why it is recommended you keep fluffy bedding, pillows, and stuffed animals, out of the crib altogether for the first year. (Comforters often end up being used on the floor or hung on the wall as decoration.) Temperature-appropriate pyjamas or sleepers are the best covering, but if you must use a blanket, choose one that is lightweight and loosely woven, and tuck it under the mattress so that it covers only up to the infant’s chest. Make sure your baby’s head remains uncovered while sleeping.
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 | Pram/Moses Basket Cotton Cellular Blanket – White , baby, basket, baskets, bedding, blanket, cellular, cotton, crib, moses, pram, prams, toysrus, usemachine, washable100%, white... Shop: ToysRus | £5.99 |
 | Pram Fleece Blanket - Blue , 100%, baby, basket, bedding, blanket, blue, crib, dried, fleece, fleecy, machine, moses, polyester, pram, prams, pramssoft, soft, spun, toysrus, tumble, washable... Shop: ToysRus | £5.99 |
 | Pram/Moses Basket Cotton Cellular Blanket – Blue , baby, basket, baskets, bedding, blanket, blue, cellular, cotton, crib, moses, pram, prams, toysrus, usemachine, washable100%... Shop: ToysRus | £5.99 |
 | Pram/Moses Basket Cotton Cellular Blanket – Pink , baby, basket, baskets, bedding, blanket, cellular, cotton, crib, moses, pink, pram, prams, toysrus, usemachine, washable100%... Shop: ToysRus | £5.99 |
 | Pram/Moses Basket Acrylic Blanket - White , 23%, 77%, acrylic, baby, basket, baskets, basketsquick, bedding, blanket, bound, crib, drying, endsmachine, moses, polyester, pram, prams, ribbon, toysrus, washable, white... Shop: ToysRus | £5.99 |
 | 2 Pack Pram Jersey Fitted Sheets - Pink , baby, basket, bedding, crib, feelnon, fit, fitted, iron100%, jersey, moses, pack, pink, pram, pramseasy, pramspack, sheets, soft, stretchy, toysrus... Shop: ToysRus | £6.99 |
 | 2 Pack Pram Terry Fitted Sheets - White , 20%, baby, basket, bedding, comfort, cotton, crib, dried100%, facing80%, fit, fitted, moses, pack, polyester, pram, prams, pramspack, rich, sheets, sheetscotton, spun, terry, toysrus, tumble, washable, white... Shop: ToysRus | £6.99 |
 | 2 Pack Pram Jersey Fitted Sheets - Blue , baby, basket, bedding, blue, crib, feelnon, fit, fitted, iron100%, jersey, moses, pack, pram, pramseasy, pramspack, sheets, soft, stretchy, toysrus... Shop: ToysRus | £6.99 |
 | 2 Pack Pram Jersey Fitted Sheets - Cream , baby, basket, bedding, cream, crib, feelnon, fit, fitted, iron100%, jersey, moses, pack, pram, pramseasy, pramspack, sheets, soft, stretchy, toysrus... Shop: ToysRus | £6.99 |
 | 2 Pack Pram Jersey Fitted Sheets - Lemon , baby, basket, bedding, crib, feelnon, fit, fitted, iron100%, jersey, lemon, moses, pack, pram, pramseasy, pramspack, sheets, soft, stretchy, toysrus... Shop: ToysRus | £6.99 |
 | 2 Pack Pram Terry Fitted Sheets - Cream , 20%, baby, basket, bedding, comfort, cotton, cream, crib, dried100%, facing80%, fit, fitted, moses, pack, polyester, pram, prams, pramspack, rich, sheets, sheetscotton, spun, terry, toysrus, tumble, washable... Shop: ToysRus | £6.99 |
 | 2 Pack Pram Jersey Fitted Sheets - White , baby, basket, bedding, crib, feelnon, fit, fitted, iron100%, jersey, moses, pack, pram, pramseasy, pramspack, sheets, soft, stretchy, toysrus, white... Shop: ToysRus | £6.99 |
 | 2 Pack Crib Terry Fitted Sheets - Lemon , 20%, baby, basket, bedding, comfort, cotton, crib, cribs, cribspack, dried100%, facing80%, fit, fitted, lemon, machine, moses, pack, polyester, pram, rich, sheets, sheetscotton, spun, terry, toysrus, tumble, washable... Shop: ToysRus | £7.99 |
 | 2 Pack Terry fitted Crib Sheets - White , 20%, baby, basket, bedding, comfort, cotton, crib, cribs, cribspack, dried100%, facing80%, fit, fitted, machine, moses, pack, polyester, pram, rich, sheets, sheetscotton, spun, terry, toysrus, tumble, washable, white... Shop: ToysRus | £7.99 |
 | 2 Pack Crib Terry Fitted Sheets - Cream , 20%, baby, basket, bedding, comfort, cotton, cream, crib, cribs, cribspack, dried100%, facing80%, fit, fitted, machine, moses, pack, polyester, pram, rich, sheets, sheetscotton, spun, terry, toysrus, tumble, washable... Shop: ToysRus | £7.99 |
 | 2 Pack Crib Jersey Fitted Sheets - White , baby, basket, bedding, crib, cribs, cribspack, feelnon, fit, fitted, iron100%, jersey, moses, pack, pram, sheets, soft, stretchy, toysrus, white... Shop: ToysRus | £7.99 |
 | 2 Pack Crib Jersey Fitted Sheets - Blue , baby, basket, bedding, blue, crib, cribs, cribspack, feelnon, fit, fitted, iron100%, jersey, moses, pack, pram, sheets, soft, stretchy, toysrus... Shop: ToysRus | £7.99 |
 | Pram/Moses Basket Fleece Blanket - Cream , baby, basket, baskets, basketssoft, bedding, blanket, cream, crib, dried100%, fleece, moses, pram, prams, soft, spun, toysrus, tumble, washable... Shop: ToysRus | £7.99 |
 | 2 Pack Crib Jersey Fitted Sheet - Pink , baby, basket, bedding, crib, cribseasy, cribspack, feelnon, fit, fitted, iron100%, jersey, moses, pack, pink, pram, sheets, soft, stretchy, toysrus... Shop: ToysRus | £7.99 |
 | Pram/Moses Basket Brushed Cotton Blanket - Aqua , 100%, baby, basket, baskets, bedding, blanket, brushed, checked, cotton, crib, machine, moses, pastel, pram, prams, soft, subtle, toysrus, washable... Shop: ToysRus | £7.99 |
 | Pram/Moses Basket Brushed Cotton Blanket - Lemon , 100%, baby, basket, baskets, bedding, blanket, brushed, checked, cotton, crib, machine, moses, pastel, pram, prams, soft, subtle, toysrus, washable... Shop: ToysRus | £7.99 |
 | Pram/Moses Basket Brushed Cotton Blanket - Blue , 100%, baby, basket, baskets, bedding, blanket, brushed, checked, cotton, crib, machine, moses, pastel, pram, prams, soft, subtle, toysrus, washable... Shop: ToysRus | £7.99 |
 | Pram/Moses Basket Fleece Blanket - White , baby, basket, baskets, basketssoft, bedding, blanket, crib, dried100%, fleece, machine, moses, polyester, pram, prams, soft, spun, toysrus, tumble, washable, white... Shop: ToysRus | £7.99 |
 | Pram/Moses Basket Scallop Edge Cotton Blanket – Blue , baby, basket, baskets, basketssoft, bedding, blanket, blue, cotton, crib, edge, moses, pram, prams, scallop, toysrus, washable100%... Shop: ToysRus | £7.99 |
 | Baby Weavers crib pack of 2 fitted sheets , bedding, care, kiddie, nursery... Shop: Kiddie Care | £8.99 |
 | Organic Cotton Pram Sheet - 2 Pack , 100%, babies, baby, basket, beautiful, bedding, chemicals, coloured, cotton, crib, environment, fitted, grown, it&rsquos, jersey, moses, natural, naturally, organically, pack, pram, processed, pure, sheets, skin, soft, toysrus... Shop: ToysRus | £8.99 |
 | 4 Pack Pram Jersey Fitted Sheets - White , baby, basket, bedding, crib, feelnon, fit, fitted, iron100%, jersey, moses, pack, pram, pramseasy, pramspack, sheets, soft, stretchy, toysrus, white... Shop: ToysRus | £9.98 |
 | Pram Plush Blanket - White , 23%, acrylic, baby, basket, bedding, blanket, bound, crib, endssuitable, moses, plush, polyester, pram, prams77%, pramsmachine, satin, toysrus, trim, white... Shop: ToysRus | £9.99 |
 | Pram Plush Blanket - Cream , 23%, acrylic, baby, basket, bedding, blanket, bound, cream, crib, endssuitable, moses, plush, polyester, pram, prams77%, pramsmachine, satin, toysrus, trim, washablesatin... Shop: ToysRus | £9.99 |
 | Pram Plush Blanket - Blue , 23%, acrylic, baby, basket, bedding, blanket, blue, bound, crib, endssuitable, moses, plush, polyester, pram, prams77%, pramsmachine, satin, toysrus, trim, washablesatin... Shop: ToysRus | £9.99 |
 | Pram Plush Blanket - Pink , 23%, acrylic, baby, basket, bedding, blanket, bound, crib, endssuitable, moses, pink, plush, polyester, pram, prams77%, pramsmachine, satin, toysrus, trim, washablesatin... Shop: ToysRus | £9.99 |
 | Amby Natures Nest Newborn Baby Snuggler , >, babies, babyworld, bedding, bedroom, called, cot, crib, hammock, mattresses, newborns, prams, rather, roomy, security, snuggler, surroundings... Shop: Babyworld | £13.75 |
 | New Baby - Mattress for Moses Basket, Pram or Crib , 10, 1996, 1997, 60dg, 7177, accept, affect, air, allergenic, anti, baby, bacterial, bedding, bs, bs1877, care, combustion, comply, cover, domestic, dust, exchange, feet, fibre, fitted, foam, foot, fungal, hazard, high, hypo, kiddie, machine, manufacture... Shop: Kiddie Care | £14.97 |
 | Glider crib bedding , baby, bedding, blanket, cellular, cotton, crib, fleece, glider, plain, printed, set, sheet, tesco, toddler... Shop: Tesco | £14.99 |
 | Winnie the Pooh Crib Drapes , babies, baby, baby's, beautiful, bedding, chemicals, child, coloured, cotton, crib, drape, drapes, environment, finishing, grown, it&rsquos, natural, naturally, nursery, organically, pooh, pretty, processed, pure, remove, rod, sit, skin, touch, toysr... Shop: ToysRus | £16.99 |
 | The First Years Natures Lullaby Player , 15, aa, activation, attachment, batteries, bedding, button, care, child, clips, cover, crib, heartbeat, kiddie, light, lullaby, minute, months+, nursery, panel, plays, rail, rainfall, resistant, softglow, soothing, sounds, switched, timer, tunes, voice,... Shop: Kiddie Care | £19.97 |
 | Fisher Price Peek a Boo Waterfall Soother , 18, activate, baby, babys, bedding, birth, bobbling, bubbles, care, classical, coloured, company, control, crib, falls, fishand, friends, frog, fun, glowing, kiddie, leaves, lights, lull, lullabies, mesmerizing, minutes, monkey, motion, music, nursery,... Shop: Kiddie Care | £23.97 |
| | Sounder Sleep Cotton Cellular blanket - Single 180x230cm , 100%, adding, beauty, bedding, beds, blankets, boil, chemically, chemist, children's, control, cot, cotton, crib, customers, double, doublerinsed, eczema, enhance, express, fingers, fit, generously, health, impurities, iron, layers, mesh, natural, natur... Shop: Express Chemist | £27.50 |
 | Babyclub Broderie Anglaise 3 piece Swinging Crib Set-White + FREE Drape Bar , anglaise, bedding, broderie, bumper, crib, drape, kiddies, kingdom, piece, quilt, set, swinging, white... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £29.99 |
| | Babyclub Broderie Anglaise 3 piece Swinging Crib Set-Ivory + FREE Drape Bar , anglaise, bedding, broderie, bumper, cream, crib, drape, ivory, kiddies, kingdom, picture, piece, quilt, set, shows, similar, swinging, white... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £29.99 |
 | Babyclub Broderie Anglaise 3 piece Swinging Crib Set-Cream + FREE Drape Bar , anglaise, bedding, broderie, bumper, crib, drape, kiddies, kingdom, piece, quilt, set, swinging, white... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £29.99 |
 | Winnie the Pooh Cot Drapes , attractive, babies, baby's, beautiful, bedding, chemicals, child, coloured, cot, cotbed, cotton, crib, drape, drapes, environment, finishing, grown, helps, it&rsquos, leaves, natural, naturally, nursery, organically, pooh, processed, pure, remove, ro... Shop: ToysRus | £29.99 |
 | I Love My Bear Crib Set , baby, bear, bedding, bumper, check, child, crib, drape, drapes, ensure, lightweight, love, my, nursery, quilt, remove, rod, secure, set, sit, ties, toysrus, unaided... Shop: ToysRus | £34.99 |
 | Winnie the Pooh Crib Set , 100%, babies, baby, beautiful, bedding, bumper, check, chemicals, child, coloured, cotton, crib, drape, drapes, embroidery, ensure, environment, filling, fitted, grown, it&rsquos, lightweight, natural, naturally, nursery, organically, polyester, pooh, p... Shop: ToysRus | £34.99 |
 | Baby Weavers Basic Swing Crib - Natural , 38, 505, 6mths, 80, babies, baby, bedding, birth, care, classic, cm, crib, d28, dowelled, fixed, freestanding, kiddie, l83, mattress, natural, nursery, pine, pull, rock, sides, sleep, soothe, starts, swinging, themselves, uprigh... Shop: Kiddie Care | £35.97 |
 | Saplings Little Angels Swing Crib Antique , bedding, care, kiddie, nursery... Shop: Kiddie Care | £39.97 |
 | Saplings little angels Swing crib natural , bedding, care, kiddie, nursery... Shop: Kiddie Care | £39.97 |
 | Babyclub Little Angels Swinging Crib-Antique Pine + FREE Mattres , &bedding, 41, 43cm, 50cm, 85cm, 91cm, 95cm, baby, base, birth, classic, crib, cribs, dowels, drape, feet, fixed, freestanding, hardwood, illustration, internal, kiddies, kingdom, mattress84, ornate, pull, rocking, set, shaped, sides, sleep, solid, sooth... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £44.99 |
 | Babyclub Little Angels Swinging Crib-Natural + FREE Mattres , &bedding, 41, 43cm, 50cm, 85cm, 91cm, 95cm, baby, base, birth, classic, crib, cribs, dowels, drape, feet, fixed, freestanding, hardwood, illustration, internal, kiddies, kingdom, mattress84, ornate, pull, rocking, set, shaped, sides, sleep, solid, sooth... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £44.99 |
 | Babyclub Little Angels Swinging Crib-Mahogany + FREE Mattress , &bedding, 41, 43cm, 50cm, 85cm, 91cm, 95cm, baby, base, birth, classic, crib, cribs, dowels, drape, feet, fixed, freestanding, hardwood, illustration, internal, kiddies, kingdom, mattress84, ornate, pull, rocking, set, shaped, sides, sleep, solid, sooth... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £44.99 |
 | Babyclub Little Angels Swinging Crib-White + FREE Mattress , &bedding, 41, 43cm, 50cm, 85cm, 91cm, 95cm, baby, base, birth, classic, crib, cribs, dowels, drape, feet, fixed, freestanding, hardwood, illustration, internal, kiddies, kingdom, mattress84, ornate, pull, rocking, set, shaped, sides, sleep, solid, sooth... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £44.99 |
 | Anna Swinging Crib, Honey , &, 1130, 18°c, adopted, appreciate, assembly, babies, baby, bed, bedding, bill, birch, bs, complies, covers, cradle, en, environment, feet, fits, flat, foot, frame, furniture, garden, health, higher, honey, john, lewis, maintaining, newborn, nurse... Shop: John Lewis | £70.00 |
 | Anna Swinging Crib, White , &, 1130, 18°c, adopted, appreciate, assemblywhen, babies, baby, bed, bedding, bill, birch, bs, complies, covers, cradle, en, environment, feet, fits, flat, foot, frame, furniture, garden, health, higher, john, lewis, maintaining, newborn, nursery,... Shop: John Lewis | £70.00 |
 | The Natural Mat Company Crib Mattresses , >, 100%, 7177, babyworld, bedding, bedroom, bs, comfort, company, cotton, deliver, di, en597, fibres, finest, fire, forces, herringbone, joined, market, mat, mattresses, meet, mohair, natural, naturally, regulations, retardent, safety, spring, strict,... Shop: Babyworld | £80.00 |
 | Cosatto Oslo Gliding Crib Cream , 38, 89, attractive, baby, bedding, birth, care, crib, external, gentle, glider, gliding, gorgeous, h95cm, hazelnut, internal, kiddie, l194, l89, land, lily, little, lock, mattress, motion, nod, nursery, parent, peacefully, pine, position, proposition, r... Shop: Kiddie Care | £84.96 |
 | Vermont Crib - Cream Finish , &, 716, 1996, action, baby, baby's, baskets, bedding, bs, combines, complies, cream, crib, cribs, en, exclusively, furniture, glides, gliding, locked, mattress, moses, motion, originality, positionfits, separately, side, sleep, smooth, soothe, squ... Shop: ToysRus | £99.99 |
 | Vermont Crib - Country Pine Finish , &, 716, 1996, action, baby, baby's, baskets, bedding, bs, combines, complies, country, crib, cribs, en, exclusively, furniture, glides, gliding, locked, mattress, moses, motion, originality, pine, positionfits, separately, side, sleep, smooth, soo... Shop: ToysRus | £99.99 |
 | Dorchester Easy Glide Crib - Cream , &, action, baby, baby's, baskets, beautiful, bedding, combines, country, cream, crib, cribs, dorchester, furniture, glides, locked, mattress, moses, motion, originality, pine, positionmade, separately, side, sleep, sleepgliding, smooth, soothe, so... Shop: ToysRus | £99.99 |
 | Dorchester Easy Glide Crib - Country Pine , &, action, baby, baby's, baskets, beautiful, bedding, combines, country, cream, crib, cribs, dorchester, furniture, glides, locked, mattress, moses, motion, originality, pine, positionmade, separately, side, sleep, sleepgliding, smooth, soothe, so... Shop: ToysRus | £99.99 |
 | Cosatto Oslo Glider Crib and Bedding. , 100%, 18kg, 70cm, 75cm, 95, 1130, 1877, antimony, argos, assembly, bedding, birth, blanket, breathable, bs, cellular, child, complies, comprises, cotton, crib, en, flanelette, flat, fleece, h5cm, h95cm, l89, l94, limits, mattress, measure, measures, nur... Shop: Argos | £129.79 |
 | Cosatto Stork Swing Crib Cream with Oak Finish , 38, 89, attractive, bedding, bumper, care, coverlet, crib, drape, external, fitted, gentle, gliding, h160, h87cm, internal, kiddie, l117, l89, land, little, lock, mattress, motion, mummy, night, nod, nursery, parent, position, precious, proposition, roc... Shop: Kiddie Care | £177.97 |
 | Saplings Sleep System - Natural , /junior, 69, 70, 140, baby's, bed, bedding, big, birth, care, child, cm, coloured, cot, crib, growing, junior, kiddie, mattress, natural, nursery, pine, safe, saplings, sleep, started, system... Shop: Kiddie Care | £197.98 |
 | Cosatto Baby Bunting Swinging Crib-ALL Accessories + FREE Mattre , 39, 5cm, 89, absolutely, baby, bedding, bumper, bundle, completes, cosatto, coverlet, crib, cribs, cute, description, drape, endearing, fitted, floaty, flown, focal, folk, frames, gentle, iconic, kiddies, kingdom, little, lock, love, mattress, motion, n... Shop: Kiddies Kingdom | £199.87 |
 | Stork Crib in Cream and Oak Colour , &, baby's, babylockable, baskets, bed, bedding, birthgentle, bumper, coverlet, cream, crib, cribs, drapes, fitted, floaty, focal, mattress, modeincludes, moses, motion, nursery, oak, point, rocking, separately, set, setsuitable, sooth, static, sto... Shop: ToysRus | £199.99 |
 | Baby Bunting Stork Crib and Bedding Set , –, 39x89cm, active, babies, baby, bedding, birth, bs, bumper, bundle, completes, coverlet, cream, crib, cute, cutethe, d113cm, drape, effect, en, endearing, finishsolid, fitted, floaty, flown, focal, folk, frames, furniture123, h157cmplease, iconic... Shop: Furniture123 | £219.98 |
 | Boori Matilda Rocker Crib, Delivery and Assembly Direct Delivery , baby, bedding, care, gentler, glider, horizontal, kiddie, mattress, movement, nursery, position, purpose, rocker, safety, smoother, traditional... Shop: Kiddie Care | £229.00 |