Finland is quickly making the news again and it's in reference to a BBC article: "Why Finnish Babies sleep in cardboard boxes".
I'm sure the concept of sticking your new baby that you waited MONTHS for into a cardboard box sounds absolutely dreadful but when you think about it - a crib is a type of box. Putting your baby in your own bed with you and surrounding them on all four sides so they don't fall off - is boxing them in...
Remember, you need the sleep and if you don't have a crib yet or haven't decided if Junior will sleep with you in your bed (pretty common in Europe) - this box is MEANT for being a bed!
And you're not shipping your kid in this box... :)
What are the other benefits of this box?
Well, everything that comes IN the box is pretty sweet.
I've already written a blog post about what comes in the Kela maternity box - which can be found here.
Every year the prints change a bit but the basics are all the same.
Yes, we did end up letting our newborn sleep in that box and it was fantastic. He slept soundly in it for about a month or so and it was handy because it didn't take up as much space as a traditional crib. Nor was he in our bed, which was nice too.
Oh and if we had to move rooms and worried about not being able to keep an eye on him or hearing him when he woke up - we just picked up the box and moved him easily.
And when he was too big for the box - we used it to hold A LOT of dishes when we moved to our current flat! It's a very tough box.
And you can apparently buy covers for the box to make it look nicer - about 35� from what I've seen online! (Or you could get all scrapbook/crafty on it and go to town decorating it yourself!)
What does the 2013 box look like? Check it out here - and wow is that box nice! It appears to have a Family Tree design on top....
I'm sure the concept of sticking your new baby that you waited MONTHS for into a cardboard box sounds absolutely dreadful but when you think about it - a crib is a type of box. Putting your baby in your own bed with you and surrounding them on all four sides so they don't fall off - is boxing them in...
Remember, you need the sleep and if you don't have a crib yet or haven't decided if Junior will sleep with you in your bed (pretty common in Europe) - this box is MEANT for being a bed!
And you're not shipping your kid in this box... :)
What are the other benefits of this box?
Well, everything that comes IN the box is pretty sweet.
I've already written a blog post about what comes in the Kela maternity box - which can be found here.
Every year the prints change a bit but the basics are all the same.
Yes, we did end up letting our newborn sleep in that box and it was fantastic. He slept soundly in it for about a month or so and it was handy because it didn't take up as much space as a traditional crib. Nor was he in our bed, which was nice too.
Oh and if we had to move rooms and worried about not being able to keep an eye on him or hearing him when he woke up - we just picked up the box and moved him easily.
And when he was too big for the box - we used it to hold A LOT of dishes when we moved to our current flat! It's a very tough box.
And you can apparently buy covers for the box to make it look nicer - about 35� from what I've seen online! (Or you could get all scrapbook/crafty on it and go to town decorating it yourself!)
What does the 2013 box look like? Check it out here - and wow is that box nice! It appears to have a Family Tree design on top....
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