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Preferring to use an animal motif in your child's nursery room is considered as a wise decision, since these designs always guarantee a cozy and cute nursery certain to nurture baby's imagination as he grows and develops.

Puppy dog baby bedding has been used in the nursery for several generations now, but it would be a mistake to assume that choosing a puppy motif for your son's room will necessarily restrict you to more traditional styles and colors, since an abundance of very contemporary designs put their own fresh spin on this much-loved decorative scheme.

Puppy themed bedding is also noteworthy for its clever use of an array of rich fabrics like luxuriously soft micro suede, which draws the eye and adds depth to any baby boy bedding.

Zeroing in on the bedding you deem best for your little boy is a thoroughly enjoyable although somewhat challenging experience, but you may find yourself plagued throughout by persistent worries about cost.

Crib sets have surged in popularity in recent years for very good reason, and they are offered in an array of styles, so you are certain to find the right puppy dog bedding for your beloved little boy.

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A good sleep can help enhance children's mental and physical growth.

The trick, however, is to train your baby at an early age to sleep at regular times. The challenge is also to help them sleep fitfully through the night.

Here are bedtime routine tips, based on a workshop by Johnson & Johnson and the Integrated Midwives Association of the Philippines Inc.

BATH TIME. According to physician Dr. Susan Echiverri, it is good practice to bathe babies twice or thrice a week.

•Prepare all the bathtime materials for your child like a hooded towel, “tabo” or water scopper, face towel and a small bathtub filled with 2 to 3 inches of lukewarm water (90 degrees Fahrenheit/ 32 degrees Celsius).

•Test the water's temperature with your elbow, not your palm, for a more accurate feel of whether the water is too hot or too cold for your baby.

•Wipe your baby's face with a damp face towel or cotton from the inner part of the face, going outwards to push dirt away from the nose, eyes, and mouth. Do not use the same cotton ball or towel surface twice.

•If a warm bath is not available, or if your baby is younger than 1 month, you may opt to just wipe the baby clean with a damp towel.

•Gently slip your baby into the bathtub. If your child is still too small (below 6 months old) to sit up inside the bathtub, hold your baby with one hand firmly below the small of his or her back. Make sure your baby's head is also firmly supported. Even when the baby is seated in the tub, support his or her back. Slowly pour water over the crown of your child's head.

•Avoid pouring water onto the child's face. Use soap or baby wash sparingly. Place a small amount on a damp face towel or on your palm and gently lather against the baby's skin, hair and genitals. If you want to put soap on the baby's back, you may flip them over gently and place a firm hold on their stomach and head. Pour water over parts of their body to rinse out the soap.

•If your baby still has an umbilical cord stump attached to the belly button, it is safe to wet it. Expose the cord in the air to avoid infections, and wait until it falls off within 2 to 3 weeks.

•Pat the baby's skin dry with a towel quickly so they won't feel cold. Wrap them in a hooded towel.

MASSAGE TIME. When they are massaged in the first 2 to 7 months after birth, touch therapy can help babies improve their weight gain by 12%–especially among premature babies.

It can also be a great bonding system for parents and babies.

According to IMAP experts, it is ideal to start touch therapy when your baby is around a month old. This can be done daily, once in the morning and once before the baby goes to sleep.

Make sure that the room is quiet (or underscored by relaxing music) and the atmosphere is relaxed when giving your child massage therapy.

Make sure that your hands are not too cold or your nails too long so as not to startle your baby.

Apply gentle pressure: not too hard to hurt your baby but not too soft to tickle them. The baby does not need to be completely unclothed when you do your massage.

Here are 3 major massage techniques you can try:

I LOVE YOU MASSAGE. This massage, believed to prevent colic and digestive ailments, is focused on the baby's chest and stomach.

MILKING TECHNIQUE. This massage uses long strokes, much like the motions used in milking a cow, on the baby's arms and legs.

BUTTERFLY TECHNIQUE. This massage reportedly tones the heart and muscles. It can also help relieve colds.

SLEEPING TIME. The best time to start the bedtime routine is at least an hour before 9 p.m. every night, and when your child is 3 months old to 6 months old.

Help your baby relax through “sleeping aids” like relaxing bedtime stories (with characters or themes that do not overexcite them), lullabies, preparing a comfortable crib bedding or making their surroundings quiet and conducive to sleep.

Pediatrician Bea Dalma suggests that parents should establish a consistent bedtime routine to “train” their babies to sleep at regular intervals.

Since babies sleep longer over a day but in shorter bursts compared to adults who sleep in one fell swoop, they need short naps during the daytime and afternoon before preparing for a relatively longer sleeping time at night.

“Before the bathing happens, you should already condition your baby that it's sleeping time. They learn through routines. Little things like toning down the lights, making sure that the TV isn't noisy anymore playing soft music [can help],” Dalma said.

“They recognize that these are signals that when this happens, it means sleep is about to happen,” she said.

Though bedtime routines and child care techniques seem complicated at first, parenting expert and TV personality Tintin Bersola-Babao said parents should not be scared of trying.

“You might think you don't have it in you. But trust me, the instinct of a mother [and parent] is so powerful. Don't think you're not well-equipped with skills and knowledge,” she said.

“There's an innate skill and it becomes natural to do everything in order to raise your child the best way you can,” she added.

Sleep. The holy grail of early parenthood.

So when an Omamas reader asked for some suggestions on helping her 3-month old develop healthy sleep behaviors, we sympathized. Then we sought out OHSU sleep expert Dr. Holger Link for some ideas for establishing good habits from the start.

But this is a good age to start thinking strategically about sleep. At 3 to 4 months of age, he said, infants start to transition to longer sleep periods during the night and are awake for longer stretches during the day. They also may take one to four naps a day — with some lasting as little as 20 minutes or as long as three or four hours.

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Here's where you come in. “Most babies learn a set of sleep onset associations during their first few months of life,” Link said. These are the signals that help them transition into sleep. The problem is that if they wake up during the night, they will need those same associations to fall back asleep.

That means if you nurse and rock your child to sleep every night, then she'll expect you to nurse and rock her to sleep when she wakes up in the middle of the night. The advice? Keep those sleep associations to a minimum. As Link said, “Keep it boring.”

Here are some tips:

Maintain a constant and relaxing bedtime routine. Keep it simple and boring.

Make sure that the baby is not hungry but also don't nurse or bottle-feed right before or while falling asleep. Instead of nursing, you can try giving your child a pacifier, which has been shown to reduce the likelihood of SIDS. At this age, a pacifier shouldn't interfere with nursing.

Put your child to bed when he or she is drowsy but not asleep. Try to read baby's readiness for falling asleep (irritability, yawning, tired eyes) and avoid putting him or her to bed when he or she is not ready.

Link also reminds parents to make sure the sleep environment is safe from a SIDS standpoint as well.

Place baby to sleep on his or her back.

Put only the baby and a blanket (if you use one) in the crib. Don't put toys or stuffed animals in the crib.

Feet to foot: Place babies so that their feet touch the foot of the crib and tuck them in with the blanket, leaving the head clear.

1020 Glass Art & Décor announced that it is expanding from its current Barton Creek Square store with the opening of a second location in The Domain –one of Austin's premier shopping destinations.

Located at 11401 Century Oaks Terrace, the 1020 Glass Art Design Center features 1,700 square feet of retail space dedicated to exhibiting affordable blown glass art. The spacious new location permits 1020 Glass Art to serve its growing base of residential clients and commercial interior designers by expanding its inventory to over 1,000 unique works of art.

Copartner, Ryan Ramirez notes “Our new Domain Design Center builds on the steady growth of our Barton Creek location, that growth led to our decision to add a second location, in an effort to better serve both the customary gift-giving and more sophisticated interior design needs of our customers.

“As with every niche product, blending various types of glass art and a client’s vision isn't for the novice,” adds Ramirez. “It requires first-hand experience, focus and a true love of blown glass artistic expression in order to meet each client's unique design goals.”

With over 50 global artists, studios, and suppliers, 1020 Glass Art offers several distinct product categories. These include the traditional vases, sculptures and centerpieces, to distinctive and customized hand-blown glass art chandeliers and glass wall art plates. In addition, the company has designed and owns proprietary rights to such art original pieces as its Classic Longhorn Steer Sculpture, which has quickly become one of the company’s “signature products”, with strong sales nationwide. 1020 Glass Art continues to broaden its brand to include additional designs aside similar Texas-themed art.