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If you've successfully made it through the newborn stage with your twins, you deserve a round of applause—and a solid night of uninterrupted sleep!
Now that your babies are a little bit older, you might be toying with the idea of moving them into their own cribs in their nursery.
The sheer idea of having your little ones more than a foot or two away during the overnights may fill you with exhilaration and fear.
Knowing you've set up your babies' nursery as an optimal sleep environment will allow you to breathe easy.
It's normal to feel worried. Your babies have likely been right by your side, day and night, since the day they were born.
But fear not. Knowing you've set up your babies' nursery as an optimal sleep environment will allow you to breathe easy.
Create a comfort zone
Humidifiers add hydration to the air, which can help soothe the tissue in your nose and throat and relieve a dry, itchy throat or runny nose.
The Frida Baby Cool Mist 3-in-1 Humidifier is an ultrasonic, multifunctional device that converts water into a refreshing, cool mist to increase the humidity in the air. You can control the amount of vapor released with an easy-to-turn dial.
Preventing stuffy noses during drier seasons, like our winters, can help little ones sleep more soundly through the night.
This additional vapor helps keep things comfortable and hydrated so that your babies can breathe easier. Preventing stuffy noses during drier seasons, like our winters, can help little ones sleep more soundly through the night.
It's important to note that you should never use warm-mist humidifiers or steam vaporizers in a nursery or child's room; they can cause burns if a little one gets too close or if the unit tips over and spills.
Amp up the ambiance in your nursery
When setting up the nursery for your twins, you want to strike a gentle balance of serenity and functionality.
Consider how factors, like if the nursery is on a side of the house that gets several hours of direct sunlight for a huge chunk of the day, can impact how much that particular room warms up during daytime naps.
Depending on how much the temperature in the nursery rises throughout the day, you might want to consider putting a cool mist humidifier along with a fan in the nursery. Make sure it's not blowing directly on the cribs but is just circulating the air.
Adding a cool-mist humidifier and fan to work in conjunction can help bring the temperature down a few degrees, if needed, during those hot afternoon naps.
Pick proper placement
Make sure the humidifier is placed in an appropriate spot…off the floor, up and away from where pets or interested toddler hands can reach with wriggling fingers for it. You don't want it to be anywhere near electrical sockets or any items that could be damaged by the cool mist vapors.
The unit is corded, so will need to be relatively near an outlet. At only 2.64 pounds, it's very lightweight and is easy to lift up onto a shelf out of your babies' reach, even when filled with water.
Keep bacteria at bay
This cool mist humidifier encourages optimal moisture levels, promoting comfortable breathing and better sleep.
Be sure to keep an eye on the humidity level in the nursery, though, so you can strike the perfect balance. A room that is too humid can cause problems you don't want to deal with, like dust mites and mold. You'll want to aim for a humidity level between 30 and 50 percent to keep bacteria and viruses at bay.
Ideally, you'd want to use distilled or purified water to make sure your humidifier functions efficiently. Be sure to regularly clean the unit to prevent bacteria from building up and misting itself throughout your sweethearts' sleeping sanctuary.
The Frida Baby Cool Mist 3-in-1 Humidifier is filter-free and easy to clean—factors that are clearly part of a well-thought-out design.
Dreamy design
Engineered with babies and toddlers in mind, the Frida Baby Cool Mist 3-in-1 Humidifier is virtually silent when it's running, which is such a relief when you're putting this in your babies' bedroom and you don't want anything—even the faintest sound—to remotely have the opportunity to wake them up.
For enhanced safety, the humidifier is equipped with an automatic shut-off feature. When the unit runs out of water or the tank is removed to be refilled, it automatically turns itself off.
For enhanced safety, the humidifier is equipped with an automatic shut-off feature.
The sleek design with its soft, circular edges offers a stroke of style to any nursery decor, and its subdued vibe helps it blend into the palette you've so carefully procured.
With a 0.5-gallon BPA-free water tank capacity, this humidifier covers a floor area of up to 320 square-feet and can run for up to 24 hours.
A mist adjuster found at the top of the unit can be turned with a twist of the knob, allowing you to customize the direction the mist flows.
Makes perfect scents
In addition to its humidifying abilities, this versatile unit allows you to bring your babies' comfort to the next level by making it possible to incorporate calming essential oils into the sleep environment.
An aromatherapy diffuser allows you to transform your babies' nursery into a soothing oasis that can help ease congestion and bring comfort
Mystical nightlights
With the touch of a button, you can control the dreamy atmosphere in your babies' nursery by opting to use the built-in nightlight, which softly flows through the cooler colors of the rainbow. It really does look cool as it fades through the hues.
While it's a nice feature, we keep the nightlight turned off, so it's not a distraction at bedtime. You can read more about this feature and how it relates to the overall sleep environment in our deep dive on how to successfully sleep train your twins.
Frida Baby Cool Mist 3-in-1 Humidifier
This is the Frida Baby Cool Mist 3-in-1 Humidifier. It helps babies breathe easier by preventing stuffy noses, so they can sleep more soundly through the night.
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Humidifiers are one of a handful of tools you can use to help keep things comfortable in your nursery. The Frida Baby Cool Mist 3-in-1 Humidifier adds cool mist hydration to the air to help your babies breathe easier, so they can sleep more soundly through the night.
What do you use to contribute to a positive sleep environment for your babies? Let us know in the Comments section below.
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