Cardboard Box Baby Bed Finland

A recent survey found that just 37 percent of families there used the baby boxes as a sleeping place dr.

Cardboard box baby bed finland. For over 75 years the finnish baby box has helped parents adjust to life with a newborn. A bit of bedding and a miniature sleeping bag arranged in a cardboard box. New jersey is hoping to lower that number with help from a simple cardboard box that doubles as a crib. Finnish baby box was founded by three dads living in finland who wanted to give families around the world a possibility to get the same starter kit to parenthood finns get.

Features the gender neutral clouds stars design so it s great for either newborn boys or girls. Some say it helped finland achieve one of the world s lowest infant mortality rates. We have partnered with reima to guarantee a superior quality for our customers. Most parents in finland don t even use the boxes as a baby bed.

For 75 years finland s expectant mothers have been given a box of baby clothes and bedding by the state. Even so that s the first place that many finnish infants lay. For example the cardboard baby bed promotes parents sleeping separately from the baby. This baby box bassinet infant sleeper is inspired by the baby boxes of finland and is the perfect baby shower or expecting parent gift.

Guaranteed finnish quality by. Baby boxes are lightweight and sturdy cardboard boxes that expectant mothers in finland have been using as bassinets since the 1930s. In camden n j dolores petersen became one of the first people in the state to pick up a. Weighing less than 5 pounds they offer growing families a portable and safe place for their newborn baby to sleep from birth until roughly 6 months of age and have been known to reduce bed sharing a leading cause of sids.

Each kela baby box comes with around 60 products including seasonally appropriate indoor and outdoor clothing personal care items and even a safe and simple cardboard crib. Babies used to sleep in the same bed as their parents and it was recommended that they stop including the box as a bed meant people started to let their babies sleep separately from them he added.