Cardboard Box Baby Bed Finland

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For example the cardboard baby bed promotes parents sleeping separately from the baby. Baby boxes are lightweight and sturdy cardboard boxes that expectant mothers in finland have been using as bassinets since the 1930s. New jersey is hoping to lower that number with help from a simple cardboard box that doubles as a crib. Since 1938 new mothers and fathers have received a cardboard box often used as the baby s first crib filled with a small mattress blankets infant clothes outerwear toiletries and more.

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. Professor panu pulma from the university of helsinki told the bbc. A recent survey found that just 37 percent of families there used the baby boxes as a sleeping place dr. We have partnered with reima to guarantee a superior quality for our customers.

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. 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. Most parents in finland don t even use the boxes as a baby bed.

In camden n j dolores petersen became one of the first people in the state to pick up a. For 75 years finland s expectant mothers have been given a box of baby clothes and bedding by the state. At a glance it seems a strange place to put a newborn. Features the gender neutral clouds stars design so it s great for either newborn boys or girls.

Even so that s the first place that many finnish infants lay. Some say it helped finland achieve one of the world s lowest infant mortality rates.