Jo Jo Designs: One Good Bet For A Single Mom Decorating On Her Own

By Fenella McPherson

Are you a single mother-to-be embarking on the most wondrous and challenging responsibility of your life? Over the past two decades, there has been a dramatic shift in American child-rearing; more and more babies are being born to single moms every year. A small number are recent ex-wives or widows and some are young girls with unplanned pregnancies; but the majority are simply unmarried women unwilling to forgo the unique experience of having a child. Similarly, there is an increasing number of women who have decided to undertake adoption on their own.

Preparing for a newborn, while exciting, can be daunting under the most ideal circumstances, even where there are two parents to carry the load of all those decisions to make and tasks to be performed. Happily, today’s manufacturers and vendors, particularly those offering their wares on the internet, are making it easier and easier for anyone – even a first-time, single mom – to set up a beautiful nursery and equip it with everything her baby will need, from decorations to crib bedding.

Here are some tips that will help you keep the “fun” in “fundamental” as you go about acquiring the basic items you need to beautify your little one’s space using baby girl or baby boy bedding. Once you have decided on the furniture you require, your second and third steps will be to come up with a style or theme and then determine the colors you want or need to use.

Perhaps you already have strong feelings about the sort of graphics you want in the new bedroom or perhaps you will just want to browse through the products of one of the reputable and affordable bedding makers. Using items from one of the well-known companies makes it simpler to follow step four, which is to select only those linens and accessories that follow the safety guidelines for a baby’s room.

All crib sheets (and you will need several) should fit snugly around their mattress, which means that only fitted sheets are appropriate here. They should also have no loose stitches, and their ingredients list should contain no chemicals which might be harmful to baby’s health. Decorative hangings and throw pillows should be firm rather than squishy, and should be kept away from the crib to avoid the danger of suffocation.

When you are ready to shop, you will find various websites which will let you to check out the properly designed merchandise in the lines of JoJo Designs baby bedding. These lovely solids and prints come in a wide assortment of complete, coordinated linens-and-accessories ensembles packaged together so that even decorating on your own will be a breeze.

When searching for the right decorative accents for your daughter or son’s bedroom, use these unique tips and tricks to make her glamorous room shine with bedding in a style all her own, or enhance his whimsical space with baby boy sports bedding. Creatively thinking about the theme and colors that goes with your interior design are the last two steps, the first step should be deciding on what furniture you will need.

Even when both parents are involved in preparing for the arrival of a newborn baby, although it is exciting, it can still be quite a frightening experience making all the right decisions about the work involved. Fortunately both designers and retailers today, especially those that can be found online, are making sure that it’s simple for all, even those on limited budgets like single moms, to create a lovely nursery space and put in whatever her new little one will require, from accent pieces to baby bedding.

About the Author: Fenella McPherson is a writer for Baby Bedding Zone, an online retailer of baby bedding, including a wide selection of

baby boy bedding

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Jojo Designs baby bedding

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