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Transitioning from a crib to a bed

Transitioning from a crib to a bed

According to Kathleen Turner of the baby center; A child should be ready for transition to a bed when the little excerpt artist start finding way to climb out of the crib, or when he or she is three feet tall or more.

Many parents make the move when their babies start climbing out of the crib, but they really should not rush out and buy a toddler bed. You can buy yourself some time by lowering the crib mattress help keep that little Houdini imitator… more about Transitioning from a crib to a bed

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Bed Skirts Complete Your Kids Bed

Bed Skirts Complete Your Kids Bed

Leaving the box spring or base of your kids’ bed exposed or partially exposed can be an eye sore. A fashionable bed skirt completes the bottom of the bed.

A bed skirt is also a good way to hide what’s under your kids’ bed providing you with providing you with more space to store toys and other items. So, what do you look for when purchasing a bed skirt.

Size

When buying a bed skirt it is important that you choose the proper size, i.e. if your child has a full size bed skirt… more about Bed Skirts Complete Your Kids Bed

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Getting your kids proper sleep

Getting your kids proper sleep

The need for adequate sleep for school age children has been well established. Preschoolers need 10 - 12 hours of sleep. Elementary school kids ages 6 - 9 need 9 - 10 hours of sleep per night. Teens and pre teens need 8 to 9 ½ hours per night. Teenagers, especially, rarely get enough sleep due to their keeping late nights and very early school scheduling. Studies show that sleep deprivation and can severely impair both emotional and cognitive learning… more about Getting your kids proper sleep

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Quality Sleep and Learning – A Key to Proper Child Development

Quality Sleep and Learning – A Key to Proper Child Development

We all know what happens when children are overtired and it’s not pretty! Crying, screaming, moodiness and behavior problems galore have been associated with sleep deprivation in children. But did you know that lack of proper sleep could also adversely affect a child’s long-term ability to learn and function well in society?... more about Quality Sleep and Learning – A Key to Proper Child Development

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The Bassinet/Cradle

The Bassinet/Cradle

The website popular baby product newsletter featured the Burlington traditional cradle bassinet. The cradle rocking style baby bassinet feature in the newsletter is one of the products we carry at huggy kids bedding… more about The Bassinet/Cradle

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Getting kids to sleep on time

Getting kids to sleep on time

In a recent at the baby center centered around getting good sleep for your kids, the author Ziba Kashef emphasises the importance of getting kids to bed on time. In the article she cited findings that kids nowadays gets on average 2 hours of sleep less then they did a generation ago. Maybe it’s because there is a lot more for kids to do in this generation, talk about the advent of cable television, video games, the internet and all the other things that can occupy a kids time… more about Getting kids to sleep on time

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The Importance of colors, textures and patterns in infant development

The Importance of colors, textures and patterns in infant development

Colors textures and patterns in Kids bedding: Solutions to promote a restful night and early infant development.

Your infant may not be able to speak in a manner we readily understand but recent science has shown that their senses are busy learning all the time.  It has been proven that when child’s senses are regularly stimulated the faster that child will ... more about The Importance of colors, textures and patterns in infant development

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Why Kids Duvet Covers?

Why Kids Duvet Covers?

In French the word duvet means down. A duvet is a type of bag filled with feathers, polyester, or any other stuffing. Duvet covers also know as comforter covers, main use is to keep other bed linen clean by shielding them from dust and dirt.

Duvets are very simple… more about Why Kids Duvet Covers?

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Teaching your children to read a clock

Teaching your children to read a clock

Teaching your children to read the time at first may seem like a hectic task, but if the correct procedures are taken it can be quite a breeze!

Children normally learn this necessary skill at a certain stage of school, but you can facilitate and make the process much easier if you begin to point out the basic skills associated with ‘clock reading’ from as early as possible… more about Teaching your children to read a clock

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Some Facts About Moses Baskets

Some Facts About Moses Baskets

Named after the biblical story of Moses, who was hidden in a basket and sent adrift on the river Nile in order to be kept safe and to evade the Egyptians, the Moses basket is designed for the first months of infancy from newborn… more about moses baskets

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How to hang a growth chart

How to hang a growth chart

As you know our Olive Kids spectacular growth charts and personalized growth charts is ... more about How to hang a growth chart

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What CPSIA Compliance really means

What CPSIA  Compliance really means

CPSIA - The Consumer Product Safety Information Act was enacted in August 2008 after being signed into law by Then President George W. Bush. The act establishes safety requirements, guidelines and standards for products made for children.  This act was also intended to modernize and re-authorize The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).

The CPSIA mandates that all products such as bedding made for Kids under 12 years old meets… more about What CPSIA Compliance really means

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The importance of sleeping in style

The importance of sleeping in style

What our kids sleep on is just as important as the actual sleep they get. Have you ever slept on a very rough, scratchy and uncomfortable bed and all you did was toss and turn the entire night? From a personal experience not enticing at all! more about The importance of sleeping in style

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The difference between a comforter and duvet

The difference between a comforter and duvet

We have recently added Olive Kids fabulous kids duvet covers to our inventory. I’ve received a few questions about the difference between a duvet and a comforter, so I will take a little time to address. The difference has often confounded many people, but there is quite a stark contrast between the two.. more about The difference between a comforter and duvet

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Run for Cover, Duvet Cover

Run for Cover, Duvet Cover

Well, now we bring to you, our Olive Kids Brand Kids Duvet covers. It was quite surprise to me when this came about. I love them. They match perfectly with out Girls Kids bedding sets and Boys Kids Bedding.... more about Run for Cover, Duvet Cover

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Game on Kids!

Game on Kids!

Game on Boys Kids Bedding

For a rabid sports fan like myself, this is the best time of the year. At is at this time of the year that all the great possibilities for my favorite teams interesect. Let me explain; My favorite baseball team. The “yankees” are on the verge of making the… more about Game on Kids!

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Blast off to the stars and beyond!

Blast off to the stars and beyond!

Who’s going to be the first one on Mars? It could be that little one you read that bedtime story to and tuck in at nights. Yes, it could be your child. He could be next to conquer new frontiers in space.

Neil Armstrong’s mom certainly did not.. more about Blast off to the stars and beyond!

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Framed! Framed prints that is

Framed! Framed prints that is

Drumroll please;  moms, we bring to you our spectacular Framed Print sets by Olive Kids.. These supersize framed art prints for girls and boys are pretty BIG. They measure 18 . 5 inches by 24. 5 inches. Best of all, they are all… more about Framed! Framed prints that is

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Flowers for you cutie…

Flowers for you cutie…

I can picture the smile on her cute little face. “this is pretty.”  I believe that is the kind of reaction you will get when you spruce up the little girl’s bedroom with new bedding from Olive Kids Flowerland kids room bedding.  With all the sunshine that ... more about Flowers for you cutie…

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Oh My Safari

Oh My Safari

Is it any wonder that some of the most successful kids movies ever created featured wild animals. Kids love animals, Teddy Bears have been a long favorite of kids. Most cartoons, throughout time, has been about animals. Safari animals have always been a favorite of kids. They sometimes scream with delight with upon seeing pictures or videos of Lions, Tigers, Giraffes and other jungle friends,they just adore safari animals.

The zoo is among the all time favorite places that children wants to visit.  I’ve always wondered what the reason might be for little children’s fascination with animals. My suspicion is that kids think they are cute, they look like toys, something that would make a great playmates… more about Oh My Safari

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With these kids plates they will eat their vegetables!

With these kids plates they will eat their vegetables!

Yes, it’s true, your kids will actually look forward to eating their vegetables. No, they did not just suddenly get religion or develop and understanding about micro nutrients. They will eat it because they like the plates that it being served on.

Here is another nugget for you… more about With these kids plates they will eat their vegetables!

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Why Kids Love Dinosaurs

Why Kids Love Dinosaurs

Odds Bodkin, in pretty nice article at the Family Fun Education Website tries to take you into the mind of a child when he stated that.

...“Dinosaurs tower above our small imaginations, knocking down trees and sniffing their young with roaring nostrils. And if you’re a child, you can imagine yourself in their world, cowering under bushes and praying they don’t see you…”

Although I concur with his position completely, my theory is a bit more simplistic;They are just… more about Why Kids Love Dinosaurs

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Getting what you want by Design

Getting what you want by Design

Wouldn’t it be great if you could just shop for all the coordinating accessories and bedding on the same web page? Well, we are in the process of providing you with that opportunity. We are proud to bring you our Designs Portal.

So far, we have added the “Under Construction” kids bedding line “Wild Animals” kids bedding line, the “Trains, Planes & Trucks” bedding collection and the “Out of This World” kids bedding collection. Over the coming weeks we will be rearranging the store for more… more about Getting what you want by Design

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I was a hero…really, I was

Little boys are the ultimate hero worshipers. Olive Kids did not create their Hero Bedding for only this reason. It was created to honor our first responders; our Firemen, Policemen and all other forms of rescue workers. It’s a pretty neat boys bedding collection.

The top of the comforter features all your little boys favorite heroes’ rescue equipment such as flashlights, ladders, badges, fire extinguishers, fire hoses and a host of others — just so colorful and beautiful. What a neat and fun way to bring these larger than life figures into a kids bedroom. Kids adore ... more about I was a hero…really, I was

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“Special” is just a word

It's no secret that Huggy Kids Bedding carry special brands of kids bedding. No doubt that we can make your kids room a very, very special place. We are particularly proud of our Olive Kids Bedding line and it's unique set of coordinating decór, such as our floor pillows.

We use the word "special" and "unique" to describe our Olive Kids bedding line quite often, but what makes the bedding special and what makes them unique. Afterall, more about “Special” is just a word

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