Best products for a calming bedtime routine and restful nights for infants and toddlers

This is the list of baby sleep products that I use and highly recommend for creating a calming bedtime routine and ensuring restful nights for your little one. Whether you’re establishing a calming bedtime routine, ensuring a safe crib setup, or looking for the best baby bedtime products like soothers and sleep aids, these items are designed to promote restful nights and happier mornings for both you and your little one.

1. Products for safe sleep environment

These products help establish a safe sleep environment.

Convertible Crib

Crib bedding

Inside the Crib

EMPTY CRIB!!! Due to risk of suffocation, keep the crib empty of pillows, blankets, plush, mobile, even mesh liners or any bumper pads up to at least 1 year old or more. Read more about sleep safety here.

After 18–24 months, you could add a pillow (organic and breathable—a great choice if you’re looking for organic baby products), blanket, or lovey inside the crib.

Sleep clothes

Dress your baby accordingly to the temperature.

Baby PJs cotton or fleece

Swaddles (up to 3-4 months)

After baby rolls over, you need to stop swaddling, usually at 3-4 months. Read more on when to stop swaddling.

Sleep Sacks

After baby rolls over, you need to stop swaddling. Hence you need a sleep sack. Read when different thickness: 0 TOG, 1 TOG, 1.5 TOG etc.

Nursery room

2. Products for bedtime routine

These products help with a consistent and calming bedtime routine. First read how to establish an ongoing calming bedtime routine: how to put your LO to sleep?

Bathing

Grooming

Books

3. Products for better sleep

Soothers

Help with sleep schedule

For toddlers who are transitioning into more structured sleep routines, these are some of the best products for toddler sleep to ease bedtime and reduce night wakings.