Creating a nursery for your newborn is a mixture of excitement and nervousness. Excitement because you have got your first mini-you coming along. Then you have the nerves because you want to make sure everything is right and you have everything that is required for the little one. The problem with that is the list seems to be never-ending and there is no perfect list however, there are the essentials that you need to ensure you have. So, if you are unsure what to put in your baby’s nursery then here is your list of essentials.
Pick A Theme For The Room
If you haven’t already, picking a theme is essential for your newborn’s room. This decides what you will put in the room for example, you have a jungle theme, space theme, rainbows, nature or celestial. All of these are common themes to have in a nursery but feel free to choose something else that can help with your newborn learning and development.
Pick Textiles First
Once you have the theme, it would be good to choose your textiles/ soft furnishings first before your colour. It can be quite difficult to find the right textiles to fit the correct colour so you need to ensure you get this right.
Colour Palette
Now that you have a theme, you can easily decide on the colour palette. If a jungle theme is something that you chose, this will tend to be a variation of green colours whereas a space theme will be a variation of blue colours. Choosing your theme first helps with choosing colours but picking a colour can also help with the theme.
Consider Functionality
Functionality is a common mistake that many parents make. For example, they will tend to buy something that can’t be used for their next child or can’t be used later on in the child’s life. Parents tend to buy a baby cot that they will then have to throw away after the baby has outgrown the cot. However, there are baby cots out there that can be transformed into a larger bed later on, ensuring that you are getting your money’s worth for longer.
Something else that you need to consider is that you want to use this room for a long period before making any changes. This is why choosing the theme is essential to get right because you don’t want them to outgrow their room when they are still young.
Furniture For Feeding
Something else that you will need to consider is feeding time. Will the newborn be breastfed? If so then you need a comfortable chair for when they are being breastfed. Remember, you want to consider comfort over anything else because you will be spending a lot of time in this chair, whether that is with the bottle or breastfeeding. Something else to consider is that choosing a rocking chair can also be good because this can your baby get to sleep.
Something else that you will need is a side table of some sort that comes with a draw. There will be a lot of items that you will need during sleep time, feeding time, and even just snacks. Plus, you will need a glass of water or a drink bottle.
Sleeping
Although your newborn will sleep very little, there will be a time when your child does sleep. Additionally, it needs to be the perfect environment for a child to sleep or else it will really struggle to sleep.
- Temperature is important so you need to ensure you have a radiator or some form of heating in this room. You could even have a fan that helps regulate the temperature a lot better during summer. To ensure you have the right temperature, place a thermometer in the room to ensure you are between 16-20 degrees.
- Lighting is something else that you will have to ensure you get right because babies can be light sleepers at times. Here you will need to purchase curtains or blinds that are blackout.
- Purchase a very dim night lamp because when you wake up in the middle of the night feeds, you need to be able to see and navigate yourself around the room. Just a small light will do the trick because you don’t want it to be too bright when your baby struggles to get to sleep.
- Bed placement is essential for your baby to sleep through the night. Firstly, the baby needs to be next to a wall that isn’t an outside wall. This is so the child remains in a more comfortable temperature compared to the outside wall. Additionally, the child needs to be far away from the window so the daylight doesn’t keep the baby awake.
- Ensure your child is safe to sleep alone at night as well.
Summary
Creating the perfect environment for your newborn child is essential for the baby but you also need to make sure it has longevity. Plus, you need to ensure that it has all of the necessary storage units for your child to help with feeding and changing. Even a storage box for their toys from a baby shop.