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Eight Essential Items to Set up Your Baby’s Nursery

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For expecting couples, one important thing to prepare is a baby room or a nursery that is safe and comfortable for the baby. Early preparation is encouraged to reduce the stress after the delivery.

Besides the design, there are essential nursery items that should be selected. Besides a baby crib, there are a lot of other items that need to be prepared from the beginning. What are the essential items for a nursery? Check them out in the following article!

Baby box and bedding

Eight Essential Items to Set up Your Baby’s Nursery

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Babies should sleep in their own beds. It is not advisable to let babies sleep in the same bed with their parents as there could be a safety risk when parents accidentally roll over onto them. Baby boxes are specially designed for safety with bed rail safety guard to prevent babies falling off their bed. Make sure that you choose a decent baby box made of high-quality, strong, and safe material.

Wardrobe

Eight Essential Items to Set up Your Baby’s Nursery

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To ensure their comfort and health, babies should have their clothes changed regularly. For that reason, a wardrobe will be necessary to keep your baby’s clothes. With the wide variety of wardrobes available in the market these days, choose one that suits your needs and design preference. Keep in mind to also choose a wardrobe that can be used for a long time.

Night light

Eight Essential Items to Set up Your Baby’s Nursery

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A research found that babies fall asleep more easily in a dark or a dim room. Good lighting for the night time, however is still necessary for changing diapers, breastfeeding, disposing trashes and other activities. Installing a night light is, therefore, recommended. With this, parents won’t have to turn on the main light because this may wake the baby up.

Changing table

Eight Essential Items to Set up Your Baby’s Nursery

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This is actually an optional item. If you have a limited budget and space, you can change the baby’s clothes and diapers in the baby box. But if you worry about back problems, having a changing table will save you from hassle and pain. Also, it may come with drawers for diapers and other baby items storage.

Baby monitor

Eight Essential Items to Set up Your Baby’s Nursery

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Baby monitor is a device that monitors the situation in a nursery. A baby monitor operates full time and records the audio and visual of its surrounding area. This device is suitable for parents who do most activities in other rooms.

Air conditioning

Eight Essential Items to Set up Your Baby’s Nursery

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Babies generally have sensitive skins. The air in the baby room should be kept in optimum condition at between 23 and 26 degrees Celsius. However, pay attention to the position of the air conditioner. Make sure that it doesn’t blow directly to your baby.

Carpet

Eight Essential Items to Set up Your Baby’s Nursery

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To keep your baby safe from injury while playing on the hard floor, you can cover it with a soft carpet or play mats. This soft carpet will also be useful when babies start to crawl and walk.

Room decoration items

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Your baby will be delighted to have decorative items in its room, like hanging toys that can also help them fall asleep more quickly. Moreover, accessories and wall decorations can make a nursery appear more adorable.

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