When to start the baby's room?

Categories: Baby's Room

The birth of a baby turns the home and its occupants upside down. However, the upheavals arrive well before, as soon as the pregnancy is announced! From then on, you must think about their arrival for which everything must be ready, and especially their room where they will spend most of their time. Here is our advice on when to start your baby's room.

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Start with an assessment

Before knowing when to set up the nursery, you need to decide where and how! Indeed, if you have a room ready to be furnished, the question doesn't arise. However, if you need to review the organization of your home to create a baby's room, you must anticipate major work.

The "clean nest syndrome" affects many parents. They feel the need to completely renovate a room, in order to offer a pristine and healthy space to their baby, which is quite natural.

If the setup involves masonry, drywall, painting, and flooring installation, take the opportunity to check if you can optimize the space before redoing everything. It is sometimes possible to break down a removable partition, nibble space from the attic, set up a mezzanine for later, etc. It's also the ideal time to improve the thermal and sound insulation of the room. Your child will be more comfortable there and you will achieve energy savings. 

Where there's construction, there's delay! It's not systematic, but almost, which should encourage you to start the work from the first months of pregnancy.

In any case, you need to allow time for the masonry to dry, as well as the floors and wall coverings. Plan for the necessary time, giving yourself a comfortable margin to ensure that the room preparation work is completed by the fourth month of pregnancy.

Choice of colors and materials

Your choices should be dictated by two imperatives: your baby's safety and comfort. You should use the healthiest products possible, without solvents for paints in particular, to avoid toxic emissions.

For floors, as well as walls, it is preferable to select durable, resistant materials that are least receptive to various pollutants. Textured wallpapers, as well as carpets or floors made of natural fibers, are welcoming nests for dust and all impurities. Smoother paints and hardwood or linoleum floors prove to be much more hygienic. 

Avoid tiles which are cold and unpleasant to touch, in favor of wood which is much warmer and softer to the touch. The floor of the room constitutes the child's playground. They will soon be sitting on it and, as soon as they have the opportunity, they will crawl all over it.

As for colors, you don't have to wait to know the sex of the child to choose. The pink or blue divide has long been outdated, which allows you to prioritize your personal tastes. The only condition is to choose soft colors, preferably pastel, that do not affect the child's psyche. The ambiance generated by the color counts for a lot in the state of mind and colors that are too bright are disturbing. To give extreme examples, a black room saps morale, while a red room excites the mind! Stay moderate in the intensity of the shade and choose bright and cheerful colors. 

It's now time to tackle the furnishing of the baby's room.

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When to buy your first furniture for the baby's room?

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Many couples start buying furniture around 5 to 6 months of pregnancy. Some set the trigger as the moment when the doctor reveals the sex of the child. Nothing obliges you to imitate them, especially since some parents prefer to keep the surprise until the birth.


At this stage of pregnancy — between 5 and 6 months — the pregnant woman is generally in great shape to go prospecting in shops. The layouts in specialized stores can give you ideas, even if you then decide to buy online.


The important thing is that the room is ready by the eighth month of pregnancy, so that everything is prepared in case of premature delivery.

What furniture to buy for a baby's room?

For the first weeks of their existence, your newborn needs a cradle. Parents, on the other hand, need a storage dresser which is used to store their wardrobe, some of their toys, and accessories for changing them.

You must also have a space for changing. It must be spacious enough and at a good height.


If you lack space (and budget, these two elements often going hand in hand), select a compact piece of furniture that combines these three functions: bed, dresser, and changing table. It can even offer you an "armchair" space to sit when you breastfeed or bottle-feed.

Buying compact furniture allows you to save space that will be reserved for your child's play area.


Still in a practical spirit, you can find evolving rooms that accompany your child until adolescence. As soon as the cradle becomes too narrow, it transforms into a crib (sometimes with plexiglass walls instead of bars), then into a small bed, as soon as the child becomes autonomous.

The dresser grows or can be transformed into a bedside table, while the elements of the changing table are recycled for another use.

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Finalize your baby's cocoon by the eighth month of pregnancy

You're already well advanced in the composition of the baby's room, it's time to finalize the room's arrangements. The importance of lighting fixtures is crucial. Plan for several sources of light and various intensities.


• Your child needs a night light to avoid staying in the dark.
• When they are in their room, a dim light is sufficient.
• Later, they will need more powerful lighting to read or play.
• Parents need a soft but efficient light to change the child and tell them stories. For this, you can choose directional lights that adapt according to your activity.


You still have to decorate the room according to your desire and there is no agenda for that. You will find accessories, curtains, wall decorations, mobiles, etc., as you wander through shops, as well as on the Internet.