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• The Nook Pebble Pure crib and toddler mattress is constructed entirely out of organic materials and is hypoallergenic and 100% chemical-free.
• The Pebble Pure mattress has a highly breathable core that promotes airflow for infant safety and comfort.
• The mattress was designed to be used without a pad or sheets; its removable, washable exterior layer provides all the comfort a child needs.

Newborn babies spend a lot of their time sleeping. In fact, they require an average of 16 to 17 hours of sleep per night. And that's precisely the case with our newborn daughter Scarlett, who at just shy of two months is more often asleep than awake. Up until she is about a year old, Scarlett will still require about 14 total hours of sleep per day, ideally with at least a seven- or eight-hour stretch coinciding with her mom and dad's bedtime. Kids well into their toddler years will sleep as much as 12 hours per night, or sometimes slightly less if they are good nappers.

Here's the takeaway point: Your infant will spend some 6,000-plus hours asleep during her first 8,760 hours (aka one year) alive. So go ahead and invest in a great crib mattress, because that thing is going to see plenty of use.

And believe me, the Nook Pebble Pure is a great crib mattress.

You can feel the quality the first time you lift this solid, sturdy 25-pound mattress out of its box. You can feel the excellence of design when you press a palm down into the supportive core or run your fingers over the soft, textured surface. And when your kid falls asleep faster and stays asleep longer than she did with the mattress it replaced? Well, if that's not the ultimate endorsement, I don't know what would be.

Let's talk about a few things that the Pebble Pure mattress isn't.

It's not synthetic; not one part of it. This mattress is constructed entirely out of organic materials, including a core made from coir (that's the fibrous husk of a coconut), a padded layer made from Talalay latex (sourced from rubber tree sap), organic wool, which creates a fire-retardant barrier, and a zip-off cover that's fabricated from organic cotton and eucalyptus and infused with naturally antimicrobial zinc.

It's also not cheap, let's just get that out of the way. At just under $400, this mattress costs more than four times as much as many perfectly decent crib mattresses.

So why the added expense? And why is it fully worth the price?

Two words: Safety and safety.

Alright, that was one word said twice, you got me. But seriously, folks, because baby safety is serious stuff. I'm sure you know the whole "Back To Sleep" mantra designed to remind parents that babies need to sleep on their backs to help them avoid SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), but at some point your little one will be able to flip himself or herself from back to belly, and that may happen before they have the wherewithal to turn back over. Should an infant end up face down on the Nook Pebble Pure mattress, the coir core is so breathable that some air can actually permeate the mattress, ensuring the child is not cut off from oxygen. And that is not only worth a few hundred bucks — it's priceless.

Do note that you still need to check on your baby regularly once he or she can roll, and always return the baby to their back if they flip; even highly breathable mattress can present a risk when a baby is facedown, as after extended respiration in the prone position, carbon dioxide can build up in the mattress, preventing oxygen from flowing through.

Also, such a breathable mattress helps keep babies (and toddlers) cool and sweat-free, and just like with your big grownup body, baby bodies rest better with steady temperature regulation.

Partially to maintain that breathability we just talked about, but also simply due to design excellence, this mattress is intended to be used as-is, without a pad or sheets. Its surface is more than soft enough for newborn skin, and the zip-off outer layer can be machine washed time and time again as needed. Those pebble shapes for which the Pebble Pure is named are soft and stylish, but they also help keep air circulating, both for comfort and to promote oxygen-rich respiration.

Finally, as you rightly expect from any top-notch crib mattress, the Nook Pebble Pure can be flipped over once your child is well into the toddler years, revealing a slightly softer, more supple side that your bigger kid will appreciate.

Keep in mind that kids can use toddler mattresses up to and even past their fourth birthdays, so that long working lifespan also helps justify the spend.

Oh, and one very last note: The Pebble Pure comes in 11 different colors, from muted Sea Glass like ours to pink to blue to bright orange. You'll find one you love, I just know it.

Get that baby a Nook Pebble Pure Mattress from Amazon for $395

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