nursery buying guide

Introducing & Using a Comforter

What is a comforter or blankie? A small blanket or soft toy specifically designed to be used for settling babies and providing comfort. "A cuddly stays with your baby like a pie … Read more

Introducing & Using a Comforter

Travel Cots and Beds

Find the portacot, travel bassinet or bed that suits you best We have a great range of travel cots, and we get asked "which is best?" an awful lot. The answer, in short, is it depends wha … Read more

Travel Cots and Beds

Find the Best Sleeping Bag for Your Baby

Baby Sleeping Bag Guide Size, fabric type, tog rating, warmth & sleepwear combinations, zip position and more are covered and linked to from this page about infant sleep bags. Use the lin … Read more

Find the Best Sleeping Bag for Your Baby

What’s the best fabric to use for babies and toddlers? Comparing Fibres & Knit Types

When it comes to babies, there’s a wealth of information to sift through and hundreds of choices to make. Too many decisions sometimes! From choosing your baby's first bed, to their first … Read more

What’s the best fabric to use for babies and toddlers? Comparing Fibres & Knit Types

Merino for Babies and Children - The Sleep Store Guide

What is Merino? Merino is a natural wool fibre that comes from Merino sheep. Known, for it's softness and versatility, merino is nature's wonder fibre. It's grown year round using susta … Read more

Merino for Babies and Children - The Sleep Store Guide

Choosing & Using a Sleep Trainer Clock

Children waking too early in the morning is a problem for the whole family. When children don’t get enough sleep overnight, they will be grumpy during the day. And when parents get woken … Read more

Choosing & Using a Sleep Trainer Clock

Muslin | The wonder fabric for babies

Babies and muslin go hand in hand, wherever you meet newborns and older babies you’re bound to spy some muslin lurking nearby. Renowned for its softness, lightness and breathability, musli … Read more

Muslin | The wonder fabric for babies

What Do I Need for my Newborn?

If you are expecting your first baby, the list of things to buy can seem overwhelming....and at a time when you're about to lose one income! The larg … Read more

What Do I Need for my Newborn?

For a Safe & Comfortable Sleep

Choosing a cot is a big decision for parents, and is often one of the first big purchases of baby gear, followed closely by the all-important nursery decor scheme! We hav … Read more

For a Safe & Comfortable Sleep

How Much Bedding Does my Baby Need?

To add or take off a blanket....to use blankets or a sleeping bag....just how much bedding should your baby have on their bed? And how do you tell if your baby is the rig … Read more

How Much Bedding Does my Baby Need?

Choosing the Weight of Your Sleeping Bag

Tog Rating A tog measurement is a European warmth rating: the higher the tog, the warmer the product. Cotton baby sleeping bags such as Love to Dream or Ergopouch or Purf … Read more

Choosing the Weight of Your Sleeping Bag

Making Your Baby's Cot

Suffocation from the baby having its face covered by bedding is one of the main SIDS risk factors. So if you are using blankets and sheets rather than a baby sleeping ba … Read more

Making Your Baby's Cot

Bassinet, Cot & Bed Mattress Sizes

Choosing linen for your baby's bed can be confusing, due to the number of differently sized baby beds available! Here's our quick guide to sizes and tips for helping you … Read more

Bassinet, Cot & Bed Mattress Sizes

Comparing Travel Cots

Compare our range of portacots with this easy to follow guide. We get lots of enquiries about which is the 'best'! In reality, which is best depends on what you'll us … Read more

Comparing Travel Cots

Sleep & Holidays

You've been looking forward to your holiday for ages and can't wait for the rest and relaxation! But if your baby doesn't sleep well while you are away, your holiday exp … Read more

Sleep & Holidays

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Introducing & Using a Comforter

Travel Cots and Beds

Find the Best Sleeping Bag for Your Baby

What’s the best fabric to use for babies and toddlers? Comparing Fibres & Knit Types

Merino for Babies and Children - The Sleep Store Guide

Choosing & Using a Sleep Trainer Clock

Muslin | The wonder fabric for babies

What Do I Need for my Newborn?

For a Safe & Comfortable Sleep

How Much Bedding Does my Baby Need?

Choosing the Weight of Your Sleeping Bag

Making Your Baby's Cot

Bassinet, Cot & Bed Mattress Sizes

Comparing Travel Cots

Sleep & Holidays

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