How to decorate a room for a newborn

Waiting for a happy event - the birth of a child - parents try to prepare everything they can to make their child comfortable. Most of all, they care about what the room should be for a newborn. There is nothing complicated in the design, but there are certain features.

Room requirements

All decoration materials in the newborn's room must be safe. The walls are painted with safe paints (mineral water emulsion, for example) or covered with paper-based wallpaper. Ceilings - bleached or painted with the same water-based paint, lined with wooden clapboard. The floor can be wooden - painted or varnished, you can lay laminate or safe linoleum (there are some).

It is better to cover the walls in the newborn's room with paper-based wallpaper or paint with water-based paint

What is discouraged are carpets. Until the child begins to crawl, this is an unambiguous requirement, and then it will be possible to lay the carpet on the floor, but you will only have to vacuum and wash it regularly. If you are afraid that the child will be cold on the floor, you can install a floor heating system. It fits quickly under the laminate. Paired with a thermostat, this type of heating will allow you to maintain the temperature required for a child - about 20 ° C.

You can control the temperature with a conventional thermometer, but you also need to monitor the humidity of the air. It should be within 70-55%. In a too dry atmosphere, the child's mucous membranes dry out, and crusts may form in the nose. This prevents him from breathing and he is capricious. Therefore, for the heating season, you will either need to get a humidifier or regularly hang a wet terry towel in the room.

One of the humidifier models

Another requirement concerns lighting. It is desirable that the windows of the room for the newborn face south or east. Sunlight is necessary for the normal development of the baby, and is also needed for his good mood. In this case, the windows should not have cracks, and should not blow from underneath. But blind doors are not needed either: daily ventilation is required.

What furniture should be in a room for a newborn

Not many things are required for a small child. If there is no possibility or desire to settle it separately, everything can be placed in the parents' room. It must be said right away that the room for the newborn should be freed from all unnecessary items, including flowers, carpets and numerous draperies. All of them only collect dust, which is highly undesirable. The list of necessary furniture is small:

• Crib;
• chest of drawers-changing table (it is possible separately, but it is more practical in this version);
• wardrobe for children's clothes;
• sofa or chair for adults.
  

  Basic set of furniture for a newborn's room

This is all that is needed until the child turns one year old. Then you will need additional shelves / boxes for toys and other "dowry". Let's talk about each subject in more detail.

Crib

For some young parents, a separate bed for a child is an irreplaceable thing, for others it is superfluous. The main question is whether your child will sleep peacefully in his bed or will he be more comfortable with his mother. In principle, if the baby is calm, you will better get enough sleep when he sleeps separately: you do not have to constantly remember that there is a little man next to you.In order not to get up again at night, when the child is twisting, the crib can be moved closer at night so that you can reach the child with your hand. Feeling your touch, he will sooner calm down. Over time, children get used to sleeping on their own. All this is for the case if the nursery is combined with your bedroom. If the baby has a personal room allocated to him, a crib is a must there.

Convenient compromise: both the baby and the mother do not need to get up in their crib

If you bought a ready-made bed, the bottom in it is exposed in several positions in height. It's comfortable. In the first months of life, while the baby is still inactive, the bottom is placed in the highest position. This makes it easier and more convenient to place and lift newborns. As they grow up and increase mobility, the bottom is lowered lower so that its matured owner does not accidentally fall out.

There are rocking beds. In them, of course, it is more convenient to rock children. But they quickly get used to it and then it may happen that you have to push the crib all night - this is the only way the children agree to sleep. So you have to be careful with this.

If you really want a canopy and ruffles, they will need to be washed often

Now about the canopies and capes. No doubt they look cute, but doctors unanimously advise against doing them. They interfere with normal air exchange, trap the sun's rays necessary for the child, and even collect dust. All this is true, but if mom really wants to, you can buy a canopy bed, only you will have to wash it regularly (every two weeks for sure).

It is also important to choose the right place for the crib. It should be placed so that the sun can look into it, but not under a window, not near a radiator, and also not in a place where drafts can walk.

Chest of drawers / changing table

In principle, these can be two separate items, but it is much more practical in this particular version: a lid in the form of a changing table is made on the chest of drawers. It is convenient for childcare: everything you need is at hand.

Great combination: a bed with an attached chest of drawers / changing table

If you are still wondering whether you need a diaper at all, because the diapers remained mainly as baby clothes, then it is completely in vain. You will often need to change your baby's clothes. It is more convenient to stand erect, rather than bending over or sitting on the bed / sofa. Standing much faster and more comfortable, which is what changing tables allow. Also, the sidewalls, nailed from three sides around the perimeter, will not allow the child to fall over.

Children's wardrobe

A room for a newborn up to 6 months can do without a closet - everything is included in the chest of drawers. But after six months, the cabinet is already needed. They can consist of two sections - in the upper shelf for clothes (it is necessary with doors so that things do not get dusty), at the bottom there can be drawers for toys.

Functional wardrobe model for the nursery

Since this type of furniture will continue to serve you, pay attention to its corners. It is desirable that they are rounded. The grown-up child should not be able to seriously injure himself during the games. Well, the structure must be strong and stable, and the materials (including paint) must be safe and designed specifically for children's rooms. Any children's furniture must have safety certificates separately for the material from which the furniture is made, separately for finishing materials (glue, paints, etc.).

Sofa or armchair

This piece of furniture is necessary for adults, and, first of all, for mom. The exact choice - a sofa or a chair - depends on how you prefer to feed your baby - sitting or lying down. Although you can sit on the couch and sit. For this, armrests should be high and preferably soft. There are not many furniture nowadays that satisfy such requirements and do not be discouraged if you do not find anything suitable. Take the most suitable option, and pillows will provide you with comfort.They should be of different sizes, shapes and thicknesses so that they can be placed under the back or elbow, providing the most comfortable position.

Sofa - for mom

There are also rocking chairs and some of the designs are really comfortable. But they take up a lot of space, so not even every room can fit. And keep in mind that when the child learns to crawl, the chair will need to be removed. Its unstable design can be dangerous for your baby.

We develop design

When decorating a room for a newborn, first of all, you need to focus on what the baby's mother likes. He is very sensitive to her moods and will feel good if mom is happy. Therefore, in terms of colors and style, all questions are for mothers. There are, however, a few tips from psychologists, which are worth listening to. This primarily concerns color. When decorating a room for a newborn, choose soft, delicate pastel shades of any of your desired colors. Too saturated colors put pressure on the psyche of both mom and baby. Because only such a scale.

Colors are dim, delicate

Often the walls in rooms for small children are made monochromatic, and this is no coincidence. Psychologists believe that a large clear drawing can scare a child, because the walls are either monochromatic or with a small, mild, pronounced pattern. Leave the cartoon plots for the time when the baby is a little older. In the meantime, he feels better in such an environment.

A light design does not at all mean a complete absence of bright spots. They can and should be, but only in small quantities. It can be a beautiful picture, a bright bedspread or a pillow. But there shouldn't be many such bright things.

Some bright colors won't hurt

There is still more to talk about lighting. It must be multi-zone. In addition to a bright overhead light, a dim light is needed, as well as a night light that only slightly disperses the darkness and does not interfere with the child's sleep. To conveniently control the light, you can turn on the lighting through pass-through switches. They make it possible to turn on / off the lamp from several points. In the nursery, it will be convenient to have one control point near the door, and the second near an armchair or sofa on which the mother will feed the child.

How to decorate a meeting room for a newborn

It is necessary to decorate the children's room so that mom would like it. The main task is to bring joy to her. As much as you would like, but many colors are not a good idea. They are certainly beautiful and young mothers will definitely like them, but they can cause allergies. Therefore, it is better to refuse this idea. The bouquets should be, but not in the newborn's room. And to decorate this particular room, you can fill a certain amount of balloons of the corresponding color with helium, tie ribbons to them and draw up a congratulatory poster.

To meet the newborn, you can launch gel balloons into the room

You can arrange it this way

Photo examples of design

Room for a newborn girl in a classic style

An ottoman for legs or an inflatable chair is a useful addition

Room for a newborn in the attic - a lot of light is great

We remove the excess, leave the necessary

In the first months of life, a chest of drawers is very useful.

Room for a newborn boy in soft blue tones

On the walls, the drawing is small and dim

Unusual design of a room for a newborn

Classic interiors are always in fashion