Soft and Stylish Children’s Bedding for Every Age and Stage

Preparing a safe and comfortable sleeping space for your little one is an important step in establishing consistent sleep. While there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to uninterrupted sleep, choosing quality bedding, like bamboo crib sheets and bassinet sheets, that is soft and soothing can go a long way toward helping your child (and you!) enjoy a peaceful slumber.

How Children’s Bedding Needs Change Over Time

As your little one grows, you may find that their sleep needs are best met with different sleep environments or bedtime routines. What works for a newborn baby may not be appropriate or effective for the same child at nine or 12 months old. Stocking your linen closet with bamboo crib sheets, bassinet sheets, and even bamboo twin sheets can help you create the perfect sleep environment for your little one as they grow and develop over their first few years. 

Considerations for Choosing Your Child’s Bedding

When selecting linens for your baby’s bed, whether their first bassinet sheets, bamboo crib sheets, or bamboo mini crib sheets, you first need to identify your priorities. It’s important to work within the boundaries of your bed system to ensure you create a safe and comfortable sleeping space that suits your style preferences. 

As you shop for bed linens, consider the following:

• Fabric type: Do you prefer natural textiles over synthetics?
• Mattress Size: Will you need bamboo crib sheets or bamboo mini crib sheets?
• Layers: Is your little one old enough for blankets or pillows? 
• Style: What colors or patterns complement your nursery?

Why Bamboo Sheets? 

While your mattress size will quickly change with your growing babe, you can count on the softness of bamboo bedding to keep them cozy from the newborn days into toddlerhood and beyond. Bamboo crib sheets offer surprising benefits, including hypoallergenic properties and unparalleled softness that’s soothing for sensitive and eczema-prone skin.

The unique hollow fibers of bamboo, which makes up 97% of our signature rayon fabric, make bamboo crib sheets incredibly breathable to support your baby’s developing temperature regulation. The moisture-wicking properties of bamboo bed linens keep your little one resting comfortably all night (or until their next feeding!) with a silky feel that’s cool to the touch. 

Polyester vs. Bamboo Crib Sheets

Polyester in the form of microfiber has grown in popularity for budget bed linens in recent years, but this material often turns out to be a poor investment. Polyester bedding, while widely available, often in prints of popular cartoon characters, offers an uncomfortable sleeping experience. 

Polyester is a synthetic fiber that, while durable, is not breathable and can leave your little one sweating through the night. On the other hand, breathable bamboo crib sheets and bamboo twin sheets are a wise and beautiful investment, providing moisture-wicking durability that will keep your little ones comfortable for years.

Cotton vs. Bamboo Crib Sheets

Cotton, a natural textile prized for its softness and status as a renewable resource, is another popular fabric choice for children’s bedding. While far superior to polyester, cotton bedding still comes in second behind bamboo crib sheets for breathability and softness. Bamboo crib sheets also have an edge over cotton sheets when it comes to sustainability since bamboo requires fewer pesticides and a whopping 30% less water to grow than conventional cotton. 

The Importance of OEKO-TEX® Certification in Children’s Bamboo Crib Sheets

Whatever fabric you choose for your little one’s bedding, make sure that it has been reviewed and certified by OEKO-TEX® to ensure that it’s safe for their delicate skin and lungs. OEKO-TEX® is a globally recognized textile certification system that reviews and certifies the safety of finished products, like our bamboo crib sheets and bamboo mini crib sheets. OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certification is the most widely recognized textile safety standard and the benchmark for clean fabrics worldwide. 

The Standard 100 certification tests every component of a finished product, from threads to zippers and buttons, against a list of over 1,000 harmful substances to ensure it’s safe for human health. At Kyte Baby, we’re proud that our bamboo crib sheets, as well as our children’s apparel and other home goods, are OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 certified, so you can know they’re truly as gentle as they feel. 

What is the Difference Between Baby Sheet Sizes?

Bamboo crib sheets, bamboo mini crib sheets, and bassinet sheets may look similar, but using the correct size sheets for your little one’s bed can be the difference between creating a safe and unsafe sleeping space. To ensure a safe sleep environment, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that you make your baby’s bed with a snug fitted sheet, without any other blankets or accessories. A bamboo crib sheet that is too large for your baby’s mattress can come loose, creating a suffocation risk. 

Know what size mattress your baby’s bed uses, and choose a fitted bamboo crib sheet, bamboo mini crib sheet, or bassinet sheet that is the right size to provide a secure fit. 

While there is some variability in crib mattress sizes, most fall within these three categories:

• Standard crib: approximately 28” by 52”
• Mini crib: approximately 24” by 38”
• Bassinet: varies widely, but approximately 15” by 30”

Bassinets for Young Babies

The smallest baby bed option, a bassinet, is a wonderful space-saving choice for your baby’s earliest months. A bassinet is portable and is easy to position near your bed to make nighttime care tasks simple. In fact, the AAP recommends room-sharing, but not bed-sharing, for at least the first six months of your little one’s life. 

A bassinet fitted with cozy bamboo bassinet sheets will generally serve your baby until they are between four and six months old. Follow your bassinet’s user manual to ensure that your child does not exceed the recommended height or weight limits, and discontinue use when they begin rolling over or attempting to sit up. 

Standard Cribs for Longer Term Use

If you’re looking to make just one furniture purchase for your infant’s sleep space, make it a standard-sized crib. Standard-sized cribs aren’t portable but can serve your little one from the day you bring them home from the hospital until they transition to a toddler or twin-sized bed. Top with snug-fitting, cozy bamboo crib sheets for a comforting sleep space that your little one will enjoy snoozing in every night. 

Find a Middle Ground with Bamboo Mini Crib Sheets

A mini crib topped with buttery soft bamboo mini crib sheets is the ideal space-saving sleep solution for some families. While not as portable as a bassinet, a mini crib can still typically fit through doorways, and some models even feature casters for easy moving. Bamboo mini crib sheets offer the added benefit of fitting many portable play yards, like the ever-popular Pack ‘N Play®, to make on-the-go naps as comfy as those at home!

Their smaller size makes it easier to add a mini crib to your master bedroom for baby’s early months and helps bypass a challenging transition from bassinet to crib when it’s time for your little one to move to their own room. Mini cribs vary in size, so consult your user manual to ensure you purchase the correct size mattress and bamboo mini crib sheets for a safe sleeping environment. 

Bamboo Twin Sheets for Their Big Kid Bed

When your little one isn’t so little anymore, they’ll begin to ask for a big kid bed. While it may be time to pack away the baby crib, they can keep the soothing comfort of their bamboo crib sheets with Kyte Baby’s bamboo twin sheets, available in many of the same colors and prints. 

Ease the Transition from Bassinet to Crib 

 When your baby begins to roll or pull up, or when they’ve met the weight limits of their bassinet, it’s time to transition from the bassinet to a crib for safety. While this transition can be difficult for babies, there are several strategies you can use to ease the disruption. 

First, make up their new mattress with silky bamboo crib sheets that match the bassinet sheets they’re already familiar with. Try settling your baby into their crib for naptime first, before attempting bedtime. Consistency is key, and maintaining their typical bedtime routine can help. 

Transitioning from a Crib to a Big Kid Bed with Bamboo Twin Sheets

Many toddlers look forward to their first big kid bed. Make the transition extra special with bamboo twin sheets in their favorite color. 

While it may be fun to prepare a new bed for your growing little one, don’t make this transition too quickly and risk disrupting a good sleep routine. Taking thoughtful steps to transition your toddler from their crib can help make the new sleeping arrangements enjoyable for everyone. We recommend: 

• Don’t rush—most little ones will make this transition easiest around age three
• Avoid making this transition during milestones or big family changes
• Examine your toddler’s room for safety hazards
• Minimize distractions by putting toys and books out of reach
• Involve your child by allowing them to choose their own new bamboo twin sheets
• Continue their regular bedtime routine
• Communicate clear expectations
• Have a plan to help your toddler stay in their bed

When is My Child Ready for a Blanket?

The AAP recommendations for safe sleep instruct to keep your baby’s sleeping surface completely empty except for a snug fitted sheet, like our stretchy bamboo crib sheets and bamboo mini crib sheets, until at least 12 months of age. At that point, assess your child’s development to determine if they are ready for a toddler-sized blanket to snuggle with. 

Our cuddly toddler blankets are perfectly sized for a toddler bed at 39” wide and 57” long. If your little one isn’t quite ready to move from a crib to a toddler bed, we recommend keeping them snuggled up in a wearable blanket, like our bamboo sleep bags, instead.  

When Can Babies Sleep with a Pillow?

While the AAP allows blankets for children beginning around age one, the academy recommends against providing pillows to children under the age of two. It’s safe for your toddler to use a pillow when your little one has passed the age of two and has transitioned from a crib to a toddler or twin bed. At this point, you can provide them with a small, thin, and firm toddler pillow covered with a snugly fitted pillowcase.

Building Your Child’s Bed Set with Bamboo Twin Sheets and Blankets

When your little one is ready to move to a twin-sized bed, complete with blankets and pillows, you can enjoy selecting fun bedding together. Celebrate their favorite things with the wide array of colors and prints available in our bamboo twin sheets, pillowcases, and blankets. 

Our Kyte Baby youth blankets are the perfect size to top a twin bed and are available in dozens of solid hues and fun prints to match their bamboo twin sheets. Available in two different thicknesses, you’ll find the perfect blanket for every season. 

Our blankets are rated using Thermal Overall Grade, or TOG, a rating of how warm a textile product is. The TOG ratings are:

• 2.5 TOG: Our warmest blanket, ideal for rooms between 61°F and 68°F
• 1.0 TOG: A middleweight, Goldilocks warmth, suitable for rooms between 69°F and 73°F
• 0.5 TOG: A lightweight blanket best for balmy nights in rooms between 74°F and 78°F.

Twin Bamboo Sheets and Bedding to Support Their Developing Personal Style

As your little one grows from the tiny baby resting on a bassinet sheet to an increasingly independent toddler clambering into bamboo twin sheets, you’ll love that you can count on the soothing, breathable comfort of buttery soft bedding from Kyte Baby. Help them express their developing personal style with bamboo twin sheets that reflect their imagination and interests with playful prints and coordinating solid colors, like:

• Blush Butterfly + Navy
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ and Friends + Cardinal
• Midnight Icon + Cloud
• Fishing + Aloe
• Yosemite + Mist
• Yellowstone + Dew
• Construction + Fog
• Hibiscus + Makai
• Humpback + Navy

Whether you’re looking for your newborn’s first bassinet sheets or helping your toddler select their new big kid bamboo twin sheets, you’ll rest easy knowing they’re safely snuggled up in the clean comfort of soft and gentle bedding. With quality sheets, you and your little ones will enjoy your best sleep at every age and stage.