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Jan 4, 2012

The Right Material For Your Baby Clothes

It is all too easy to spend a lot of money on baby clothes – especially as there is a tendency for manufacturers at the cheaper end of the market to guarantee itself a profit by spending less themselves on making the clothes. Finding the right material for baby clothes is very important. Although human beings have made great advances in manufacturing over time, the fact is that synthetic fabrics – though cheaper than cotton – are not as kind to the human skin. If you want to be kind to your baby – who will, it is certain, have softer skin than yours – it is important to buy baby clothes made of cotton, or wool.
Synthetic fabrics are known to be harsh on the skin, and also have a tendency to be more allergenic than natural fabrics due to the chemicals used to make them. The processes used to turn natural ingredients into natural fabrics require a little bit more work, and less chemicals, so they will be more expensive. But set next to the medical bills which can result from a child’s reaction to cheaper fabrics, it could be said that the more natural fabrics you clothe them in are an investment.
The right mix to go for, then, is clothes in a natural fabric which are dyed in a relatively gentle way to be brightly colored. It is well known that children react well to bright colors as a visual stimulus, and consequently they will be happier in such clothes.
Also, it is proven that synthetic fabric is highly flammable as opposed to cotton. It is highly recommended by professionals that a child sleeps in cotton material as opposed to any other in case of a fire. Although all materials burn, it has been proven that materials other than cotton burn faster and therefore can be very harmful to a child.
Who would have thought that choosing the right material for your baby’s clothes could mean a matter of life or death or lesser degree of burns?