Bedroom for parents and baby: 8 useful tips for arrangement

A joyful event has happened in your life - you have a baby! And with it a lot of pleasant worries and exciting questions.

For example, one of the first problems that future parents usually face before the birth of a child is where to put the crib? It’s good when the house already has a renovated room reserved for the nursery. And if not? What should young families who live in one- and two-room apartments do? And even if there is a children's room, for the first couple of years of the child's life, every mother wants the baby to sleep next to her.

So, you decided to put a crib in the bedroom: now not two, but three people will live there! What do you need to remember?

Hang a fabric partition or canopy

Proper zoning of space is the key to the comfort of all inhabitants of the room. So that, at least visually, both the baby and the parents have their own bedrooms, you can put a small screen, hang a fabric curtain or canopy between the adult and child’s beds. When the room is divided into two parts, young parents will retain a sense of privacy, and the baby will sleep more peacefully in his favorite crib.

Returning to point three, remember: any fabric absorbs dust, which means you need to wash the curtain and canopy at least once a month.

It will be even more comfortable for your baby to sleep on bedding made of high-quality natural satin from the Perina Peroni bedding salon.

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Sleeping and resting area in a newborn's room

About the most important thing. Newborn babies sleep on average 16-20 hours a day. So for the first one or two months, this zone will be the most important for both him and you.

Remember that the sleep zone is a sleep zone and nothing more. There is no need to feed the baby in the crib, no need to turn it into a warehouse for toys and rattles. This is the only way you can “tell” your baby that he should fall asleep here right away.

An ideal crib should not have curtains or a canopy (this impedes air access). Avoid high “soft walls”: it is better for the child’s development if he can see the whole room. In addition, the upholstery absorbs dust.

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The crib is the most important thing in a newborn's room. Perhaps at first it is even worth moving it to the center of the room.

The crib for a newborn should be standing:

• in a dimly lit place;
• at the maximum distance from the front door and walls adjacent to “noisy” rooms in the house (kitchen, living room with TV);
• at a considerable distance from heating radiators (dry the baby’s skin);
• away from the cold external wall (may catch a cold);
• not in the place where the child eats or plays.

Decorate your baby's corner

Do you want the bedroom to not only have a crib, but also for the baby’s corner to stand out from the general background of the room? There is no point in making drastic changes to the bedroom design: in a couple of years the child will still sleep separately from mom and dad. Starting a renovation, re-pasting the wallpaper, converting an adult bedroom into a children's room (provided that you are not going to move anywhere) is irrational, right?

Use small and simple decorative elements that will be easy to remove later. For example, vinyl stickers in the form of trees, birds, animals, cartoon characters. You can hang a garland or a beautiful angel above the bed (but only so that a curious baby cannot reach them). Time will pass and you will simply remove the decorations, giving the bedroom its original appearance.

Where should the crib be?

It’s great that the living space allows you to allocate a room for a newborn, but you shouldn’t rush to renovate the nursery. Pediatricians and psychologists say that there is only one correct place for a baby crib.

In order for a child to develop successfully, in the first year of his life he must constantly be close to his parents.

The baby should sleep as close as possible to his mother - the newborn still has very strong bonds with her. Closeness to the mother determines how the child will develop mentally, physically, and psychologically.

The recommendations of specialists are clear, but for a young mother who is not yet very strong after childbirth, it is advisable to get quality rest. During the daytime, she can be with her daughter or son on the spacious marital bed. It will be convenient here to feed the baby, swaddle him, and play with him.

At night, mom should try to sleep more. Her sleep will not be deep if the child is at her side, she will be afraid of harming him. Obviously, at night the child should sleep separately, but while he is too small, he does not need a separate room; it is enough to have a sleeping place for him next to his parents.

It is necessary to organize a place for a crib next to the matrimonial bed. It should be located so that caring for the child is convenient, so that he feels the closeness of his mother, and so that he is truly safe in this place.

Don't bring all your baby's toys into the bedroom.

After all, the bedroom is a place to relax. It should not be littered with toys, walkers and rocking chairs. In this room the baby sleeps, and in the rest he is awake and plays. The bedroom should contain only everything necessary to care for the little person.

And if you are looking for the perfect crib for your baby, we recommend that you pay attention to transformable cribs from the Mebelion home goods store. The design allows you to install the chest of drawers on any side, and when the baby grows up, it can be transformed into a large bed.

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When a long-awaited baby appears in a family, you immediately ask the question: “Where is the best place to put a crib?” If shelves, bedside tables and cabinets with the child’s things are somehow arranged in the room, then with the crib the situation is much more complicated. The crib should not disturb anyone, but at the same time be in a place convenient for everyone.

Rules for placing a baby cot

When placing a crib, you must follow some simple rules:

1. The baby's crib should not be located near heating devices, radiators or heaters. Doctors say that overheating is more dangerous for a baby than hypothermia. The optimal temperature for a newborn to adhere to is 18-19°C.

2. The crib should be as close as possible to where the parents sleep. In this case, the mother will always hear her baby. This crib arrangement is especially convenient for breastfeeding at night.

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3. If there is a TV or computer in the room with the crib, then it is better to place the crib as far away from them as possible so that the baby is less exposed to harmful radiation (and it is best to protect the crib with a screen). You should also be sure to take into account that the child should not sleep with the sound of a working TV, even if he sleeps peacefully.

4. In any case, it will not be possible to completely protect the baby from noise, so gradually he needs to be accustomed to background noise, since this will be easier for the baby and his parents. After all, when a child falls asleep, life does not freeze, but, on the contrary, begins to boil, since the mother’s hands are freed and she can redo a bunch of things that she cannot do when the “little King” is not sleeping.

5. The room should be regularly ventilated. It is advisable to arrange drafts (the baby should not be in the room!!!). The crib should not be placed next to a door or window. In the summer, when the room is stuffy, you can keep the window slightly open, but again you need to make sure that the air does not blow on the child.

6. There should not be, so to speak, “dust collectors” near the crib - carpets, soft toys, etc. Even if the toys are beautiful, they will do more harm than good.

7. The room where the baby is located should have good lighting, but not too bright. Lighting devices should have varying degrees of illumination. When the baby is awake, there should be enough light for him to explore the world around him, but at the same time, when he is sleeping, the light should not disturb him. And when it’s close to bedtime, there should be a soft, slightly dim light in the room so as not to disturb the child, and it would be easier for parents to get him to sleep.

Is the baby cot in a separate room?

During the first months of life, it is vital for the baby to feel his mother nearby. Therefore, the crib cannot be placed, not only in another room, but even far from the parents’ sleeping place.

Later, when the child grows up, he can be placed in another room. But it is better to keep the doors to the nursery open in order to better hear the child. What if he has a terrible dream, but his mother won’t be there and she won’t hear him?!

Co-sleeping

Sleeping together is, of course, a good thing. Firstly, the baby is always next to his mother. Secondly, mom always feels and hears him. Thirdly, co-sleeping makes life easier for the mother if the baby is breastfed.

Mothers are more sensitive to babies, so it is advisable to protect dad from sleeping closely with the child. Mom can lie down in the middle and place the baby near the wall. Come on, you can protect dad from the baby sleeping in the middle with a roller. The safest option is to remove one side rail from the crib and place the crib close to the parents' bed. This way, no one will infringe on anyone’s territory.

If the baby is not alone

Sometimes it happens that the joy from the maternity hospital is double - at the birth of twins. In this case, everything is individual. You should take into account the characteristics of your living space. You can purchase one large spacious crib with a partition, or you can buy two small cribs.

But we should not forget about the rules for placing cribs in the room!

Crib placement and feng shui

Eastern science Feng Shui advises placing the crib on the western side of the room (sector of creativity and children) or on the eastern side (sector of origins and family). The room must have plants, for example, a citrus or coffee tree or geranium. Please note that some plants may cause an allergic reaction.

Depending on how the sleeping place is organized, the child’s health and mood may change. The crib should bring the child security and peace, because the baby will spend more of his time in it, especially in the first months of life.

How to zone a bedroom with a crib

The bedroom is a common room for parents and child. And often it is not divided into zones. But, if the room area is large, you can visually separate the children's area from the parent's.

Cardinal methods of zoning

• Different designs for walls: materials or colors.
• Another way is to separate the crib with a folding screen or partition (we already talked about how to use it in the article about zoning a room using a variety of partitions), a translucent curtain that is attached to the ceiling.

Small bedroom design and zoning using decor

What if the apartment is in a Khrushchev-era building and the bedroom is small? How to decorate a bedroom in a small room? You can no longer use radical techniques for zoning a room. There are other ways:

• Lighting is also a way of zoning a room. Near the parent's bed - table or floor lamps, on the wall near the crib - wall or ceiling spotlights, a night light with a lampshade.
• Hang a photo of mom and dad above the crib.
• Do stencil painting there in a children's theme.
• A canopy over the crib is also an option to separate the life of a newborn from what is happening in the bedroom (this means noise, light, and not just what you think about).

Your child might like something like the Lego lamp from designer Jung Kim Ah or the Babele lamp from Manifattura Italiana Design.

We present in the table modern ideas for zoning a parent’s bedroom, which will also contain a crib.

Many of them are also applicable for large bedrooms - from 30 square meters. m and above, and for small ones.