Planning for the arrival of a new baby can be as exciting and rewarding as it can be nerve-wracking.
One element of the getting ready process is to kit out an existing room in your home and turn it from a second bedroom or office into a nursery. With this in mind, continue reading to discover a step-by-step guide to designing a nursery room.
1. Get Your Ideas Down on Paper
For all the merit of word documents on your computer and the notes application on your phone, when planning the design of a nursery, or any other room in your home, it always pays to sketch a simple guide to the basic layout of the new room.
The fundamental elements of a nursery room usually include the following:
- A bassinet or crib
- Swaddles and sheets
- Rocking glider or chair
- Nursing pillow
- Storage for diapers and baby clothes
- Changing pads
- Wipes and other sanitary products
2. Ensure Safety Throughout
Naturally, the safety of your newborn baby is obviously the only priority, and as such, great care should be taken to ensure that the entire room is baby-proofed.
Moreover, alongside your baby monitor, you should also seriously consider installing a smart thermostat in the room, so you can accurately monitor the temperature in the nursery to ensure your baby is safe and comfortable. At least look for more info surrounding smart thermostats and how they can benefit you and your family.
Ensure that your baby’s cot is not too close to any vents either in the ceiling or the walls, nor too near to a radiator, that there are no cords hanging down from light switches or window blinds, and all power sockets are covered at all times.
3. Install Various Lighting Styles
Just as adults tend to vary when it comes to their preference for levels of light when they are trying to rest or sleep, so too will your baby.
For this reason, you should consider installing different types of light depending on what you feel is working best at the moment. Sometimes, even the flick of a light switch can wake a sleeping baby, so motion sensor lights in the corridor outside the nursery may well be a good alternative, as too will a dim night light in the hallway.
4. Other Important Elements
Aside from the three points discussed in detail above, once each one of them is in place, it is then time to turn your attention to the other components of your new nursery.
Ensure that the nursery has a deep-threaded carpet instead of wooden and harder floors, which will have the dual purpose of making the area safer and minimizing the noise you and your partner make when you come in to check on your baby.
Other important components for the nursery include blackout blinds or adaptable coverings for the windows and oiling the hinges of the door to the nursery so that creaks and squeaks do not disturb your baby.
