Baby bedding has become a huge market, with numerous options to choose from including even luxury brands–making a choice for a soon to be parent can be very difficult. To ensure your baby’s comfort, it is imperative to procure cozy crib bedding.

Safety is a major consideration, due to the amount of time your baby will be in the crib. Outfitting a nursery can be expensive if you don’t pay attention, so you want to write down a budget before you make plans and start your purchases.

Nursery bedding has become somewhat of a fashion statement, as renown designers are now starting their own lines. Keep your baby’s primary needs in mind when you choose a new crib bedding set: safety and comfort matter a lot, and how it looks, and the amount you spend, don’t matter much at all.

How necessary are Egyptian cotton sheets, down feather pillows, and fancy designs on the crib? Parents should watch out for the many websites that offer deeply discounted brand name baby bedding, because many of the sites are really selling inexpensive knockoffs made in China.

It’s also important to think about the number of crib sheets and other baby bedding items you plan to purchase, because you can expect to change bedding often, especially in your baby’s first months at home. Something you might want to think about (as parents) is to buy different bedding sets for the nursery so that you can ease the laundry burden as well as change the nursery decor from time to time. It is a good idea to buy gender neutral bedding when you are uncertain of your baby’s gender, since you want to avoid being stuck with pink hearts when what you really want is boy bedding sets.

When shopping for baby bedding, you can be a smart shopper and stay within your budget while still keeping your child’s safety important. No matter how much you wanted that $800 crib set, it can’t even begin to compare to the knowledge that your newborn is sleeping in safety and comfort.