When it comes to the best flooring for your nursery, there are
many different factors to take into consideration. After all, this floor has
very different requirements to the other rooms in your house – mainly the
fact that soon enough a little person will be crawling all over
it!
So which is better for your baby? Well there are
advantages and disadvantages to both flooring and carpets, so let’s take a
look at both:
Carpets
Carpets
are often a popular choice due to their forgiving nature – when your baby
starts taking their first tentative steps and doesn’t quite have their
balance yet, falling on a cushioned surface is obviously more appealing than
hardwood. This type of flooring is also much less slippery, helping both you
and baby from having unnecessary accidents. This makes carpets a great choice
for the nursery.
That being said, carpets are known for
being breeding grounds for unsavory visitors like dust mites, holding mold
and mildew, and being difficult to clean. This is certainly a concern if your
little one has allergies or suffers from asthma.
If you
choose to carpet the nursery, opt for natural materials or similar low –VOC
synthetic carpeting and ensure to clean it regularly. You should also get it
fitted well in advance of baby’s arrival, so it has a chance to air out and
you can vacuum any excess fibers.
Flooring
There’s a huge number of different types of
non-carpet available:
- Wooden flooring is
durable, long-lasting, and easy to clean. - Bamboo is more
eco-friendly than wood and is a lot more affordable. - Cork is another option that’s a little warmer and softer
than traditional wood, and is naturally antimicrobial. - Laminates are easy on the pocket, but you should check
what it’s treated as some contain chemicals that can irritate both you and
your little one.
All of these types of flooring
are of course harder than carpet, so you should invest in an area rug to
place over to protect your baby (and the floor!) This also helps to create
different areas in the nursery (for example one rug for the crib, one rug to
play on). Area rugs come in pretty much any shape, size, style, and color,
and can be replaced when needed and as your baby grows.
