As a parent, one of your biggest responsibilities is ensuring that your kids get a good night’s sleep. Quality sleep keeps them ready for the day, keeps them healthy, and keeps those gold star stickers on the tops of their homework sheets.
But how can you guarantee that your child is getting the right amount of sleep they need? As it turns out, the type of bed sheets your child is sleeping on is a key determining factor.
Polyester sheets
Polyester is a great fabric for the winter because it’s incredibly soft, wrinkle-resistant, and it traps all of your body heat under the blanket. However, in other seasons this isn’t a particularly wonderful fabric, especially for children. It isn’t very breathable, which can be claustrophobic to kids who typically prefer to keep their sheet set over them at night to protect them from imagined monsters.
Cotton sheets
Cotton bed sheets are a more popular and kid-friendly option for newborns and smaller kids. The fabric is breathable and lightweight, which makes it great for both warmer and colder weather.
However, despite cotton’s comfortable thread count and quality, this type of fabric also has its downfalls. The cotton plant uses a high percentage of the nation’s pesticides in order to keep it growing for manufacturing purposes. What this means is that the chemicals used on the cotton plant are then transferred to the fabric of your bed sheets.
Your skin absorbs a lot from the outside world including water, lotion, and chemicals. Pesticides that are absorbed into your skin from contaminated bed sheets can cause health problems. This may be far more detrimental to your kids whose immune systems aren’t as advanced as an adult’s.
A newborn baby typically sleeps anywhere between 10.5 to 18 hours a day on average. That’s 18 hours on a pesticide-coated bed set.
Organic bedding sets
Organic bedding sets are one of your best options for bed sheets and bedding sets. Organic kids bedding is hypoallergenic and is free from the health issues that may come with pesticide and chemical-infused non-organic cotton sheets.
And what’s more is that with cotton organic bedding sets, you’ll have all the benefits of cotton sheets without the allergy and health issues. The next time you’re out shopping for a new bedding set for the kids or for new linens for yourself, consider shopping for organic bedding products. Your skin and immune system will thank you.
