Even in the womb, sleep takes up a large part of the unborn child's day. After birth, the duration of sleep is between 14 and 17 hours per day, depending on the child. The need for sleep decreases with increasing age. For infants, the optimum sleep duration is 12 to 15 hours, but should not be less than 10 hours. For children of kindergarten age, the optimum sleep duration is around 13 hours. As with adults, children's need for sleep is very individual. Some children need more or less sleep on average than recommended.

In addition to the right amount of sleep, the quality of sleep is crucial for children's development and growth. If your child suffers from sleep disorders, these factors can be significantly impaired.

Healthy sleep promotes children's growth

Important regeneration processes take place in our bodies during sleep. This is true even for the youngest among us. During the deep sleep phases, children release more growth hormone. While this stimulates the repair and regeneration of cells in adults, it promotes growth in children. As a result, the child's organs and body parts grow a little bit every night.

Healthy sleep strengthens the immune system

Our body's own defence system is always active. Even during the nightly rest phases. During sleep, especially in the deep sleep phases, the immune system is strengthened. Important information about pathogens is stored. Antibodies are formed in order to be armed against possible infections. Children who get sufficient and restful sleep are therefore less susceptible to infections.

Healthy sleep supports the processing of learning and impressions

A child experiences many new impressions during the day and is constantly learning. Healthy sleep supports the processing and consolidation of motor and cognitive skills and therefore has an influence on simple movement sequences and language development.

Healthy sleep supports the processing of learning and impressions

A child experiences many new impressions throughout the day and is constantly learning. Healthy sleep supports the processing and consolidation of motor and cognitive skills and therefore has an influence on simple movement sequences and language development.

Regular exercise supports restful sleep

Children have a natural urge to move. Don't restrict it and let your child run around enough. Exercise from an early age ensures a good mood, a better body feeling, helps to reduce stress, strengthens the muscles, the cardiovascular system and the immune system and thus protects against illness. Regular exercise also promotes restful sleep.

A regular sleep-wake rhythm ensures better sleep quality

In the first weeks and months of life, babies do not yet know the difference between day and night. As they do not yet have a stable day-night rhythm during this time, they also wake up more frequently at night. They first have to get used to regular sleeping and eating times. As they get older, children develop a regular sleep-wake rhythm. This means that they fall asleep at roughly the same time in the evening and wake up at roughly the same time in the morning. The use of light in the red spectrum, such as the natural light of a fire, has proved particularly effective. It has a calming effect and promotes the production of the sleep hormone melatonin.

Fresh air supply for the optimum room temperature

Make sure that the bedroom is aired regularly. The fresh air supply ensures an optimal room climate. This is made up of the ideal room temperature (16 to 20 degrees Celsius) and the ideal humidity (40 to 60 per cent).

Supporting sleep with the right materials

The bedding, but above all the materials used, have a decisive influence on a child's sleep. More and more parents are attaching importance to ensuring that their little one only gets the best. When it comes to food, organic quality is important. When it comes to clothing, the focus is on low-pollutant or pollutant-free materials. As a child spends many hours sleeping, the best possible materials should also be used for bedding: Starting with a wooden cot or cot through to natural bedding.

When it comes to bedding, SAMINA products for babies and children fulfil the highest demands. The individual products, such as the SAMINA slatted frame, the SAMINA natural rubber mattress, the SAMINA baby sheep's wool topper, the SAMINA baby flat pillow and the SAMINA baby and children's blankets are made from 100% natural materials. The individual materials, such as unglued ash wood slats, 100 % natural rubber, bio-active virgin sheep's wool and 100 % organic cotton fabrics, are lovingly handcrafted at the production and company site of the family business to create a product of the highest quality. By using SAMINA products, you enable your child to sleep soundly in a healthy environment.

Babies and toddlers sweat more

On the one hand, children have a great need for warmth, on the other hand they sweat more easily than adults. This is why you should pay particular attention to the bed climate when choosing bedding. A pleasant, dry and warm bed climate promotes healthy sleep for your child. The use of the right materials plays a particularly important role here. In addition to good thermal insulation, the materials should be breathable and moisture-regulating. Bedding made from biologically active virgin sheep's wool and 100% organic cotton are particularly suitable for this.

You should pay attention to moisture regulation not only with the bedding materials, but also with your child's sleepwear. Don't dress your child too thickly. A nappy, underwear and pyjamas are sufficient for babies. On warm summer nights, even less is enough. Ideally, your child's sleepwear should be made of breathable and moisture-regulating materials such as cotton.

Children's sensitive skin reacts sensitively to external influences

The skin of babies and children is thinner and more sensitive than that of adults. It does not yet have the self-protection mechanisms of healthy, mature skin. As children's sensitive skin comes into contact with the bed contents (pillows, blankets, mattress toppers) over a longer period of time during the night, the materials used should not only be climate-regulating but also skin-friendly. SAMINA products for babies and children fulfil these requirements 100 %. The natural virgin sheep's wool used for production and the fabric cover made of 100% organic cotton are not only moisture-regulating but also breathable, allowing the skin of babies and children to breathe sufficiently during sleep.

Advantages of SAMINA baby and children's blankets

The SAMINA product range of baby and children's duvets in various thicknesses and sizes offers the right duvet for every season. This ensures a cosy sleeping experience for your little one. The blankets are lovingly handmade in a family business. The hand cross-stitching used avoids cold bridges in contrast to machine-made and quilted products. The natural virgin sheep's wool filling can optimally develop its special properties without slipping.

Filled with bio-active virgin sheep's wool

SAMINA attaches great importance to quality when sourcing raw materials and manufacturing its products. Only selected materials such as 100% biologically active virgin sheep's wool and cotton fabrics made from 100% organic cotton are used in the processing of the duvets. The virgin sheep's wool from free-range sheep from the Allgäu region in southern Germany is completely free of harmful substances. After extraction, it is gently cleaned and combed by hand, which preserves the natural lanolin content.

Pure new sheep's wool is not only very hard-wearing, but also ensures a dry and warm bed climate. It can absorb up to a third of its own weight in moisture and release it back into the room air. In addition to its moisture-balancing properties, virgin sheep's wool can meet children's pronounced need for warmth thanks to its excellent heat retention capacity. Both the filling of the duvets and the 100 per cent organic cotton cover are breathable and therefore particularly gentle on children's sensitive skin.

Dirt and house dust

As children also like to use the duvet for playing, it must be particularly hard-wearing. The blanket has to be taken everywhere. It is often dragged across the floor into the living room and back into the children's room. This means it is constantly exposed to dirt, bacteria, dust and house dust mites. Pure new sheep's wool has a high self-cleaning power and neutralises metabolic toxins. It also has an antibacterial effect. The dry warmth deprives dust mites of their basis of life.

Duvet according to the season

SAMINA offers the right duvet for every season, even for the little ones. With the light and airy summer duvet, your little one is well bedded on warm nights. The SAMINA Junior spring/autumn duvet is suitable for the colder seasons. These can also be easily combined into a 4-season duvet for children. The seasonally adapted duvets enable optimum temperature equalisation. The result is a cosy, dry and warm bed climate that prevents heat build-up and therefore unpleasant sweating.

SAMINA baby and children's blankets

With a SAMINA baby and children's duvet, you get more than just a duvet. The cosy materials offer your child an incomparable sleeping experience. The cosy, dry and warm bed climate allows your child to have a restful and healthy sleep and thus promotes its development and growth.