Photo from A Montessori Musing Place
I’ve been asked a number of times for recommendations for Montessori rooms and floor beds for babies. Here’s a post I wrote about what we did in our own home:
How to Set Up Your Home for an Infant by Using Montessori Principles
I’ve done some research online to see what other parents have done to create a Montessori home environment for their babies. Each family needs to decide what is best for their unique situation. Babies might have their own room or a place in the family’s living room. The family might use co-sleeping for part or all of the night with the baby using the Montessori room or space mainly during the daytime.
Common attributes of Montessori baby rooms:
- a baby-proofed space that is safe for the baby to move and explore
Photo from A Montessori Musing Place
- a floor bed
- a mobile above the floor bed
- a mirror attached to the wall beside the bed or a horizontal mirror next to the floor bed
- low pictures on the walls
- low shelves
- child-sized furniture
- natural materials wherever possible
- gate at the doorway so the door can be left open
The photos are from One Baby’s Montessori Room from a Montessori Musing Place.
Here are some other lovely examples of Montessori rooms parents have created for their babies:
Baby’s room from Sew Liberated, Playroom for a baby and a toddler from Sew Liberated, Ideas for Mobiles from Sew Liberated, and Ideas for Artwork for a Baby’s Room from Sew Liberated
Montessori Infant Space from Life in the Pink Tower and Montessori Weaning Table from Life in the Pink Tower
Montessori Floor Bed Articles from The Montessori Child at Home
More helpful posts about Montessori baby rooms:
To Crib or Not to Crib From MariaMontessori.com
THE FIRST YEAR—Unique Development & The Child’s Self-Respect from Michael Olaf
Oh, Baby! Preparing a Montessori Environment for the Littlest Ones from Montessori for Everyone
Montessori Environment 0-6 months and Montessori Environment 6-12 months from Daily Montessori
The Prepared Environment: The Montessori Step Every Parent Should Do from Escaping To My Happy Place
UPDATE: The Floor Bed: Merging AP and Montessorian Principles from A Secure Base
Have fun preparing a happy, safe environment for your baby!
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What a great variety of ideas! I love these highlighted blogs. Thanks, Deb!
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Thanks, Jessie! I just had so much fun visiting all the wonderful Montessori baby rooms online!
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Fantastic!!!!!!!
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Thanks so much, Andrea!
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I really enjoyed visiting you site.
I only know a little bit about Montessori but the little I do know has always impressed me.
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Thanks, Liz! I really appreciate you visiting and leaving a kind comment!
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Thank you so much for this post and all of the great links. I didn’t know about infant Montessori until it was too late for my daughter but if I have another one this info will be so helpful.
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Thanks! I’m excited that all these links are online for when my grown-up kids have babies!
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Thanks so much for the link/mention. You bring up the very important point in that each family’s needs/decision about this will be different, which is so true. Great post!
Thank you for your kind comment, Michelle! And thanks for sharing your experiences at your blog. So many parents have wanted to know about others’ experiences with floor beds, and it was great to be able to link to insightful posts from parents!
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Oh this is an excellent roundup! I thought I had seen most of the montessori rooms posted online but there were some new ones here.
I have also posted about our setup with a montessori baby room here: http://louiseallana.com/tag/roos-room/
Thanks so much, Louise Allana! I appreciate your link … I love what you’ve done with your Montessori baby room! I added your link to my post!
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I know I’m really late to the comment party, but just stumbled across this post and have a great floor bed recommendation: we’ve used a twin size Sultan Tafjord from Ikea since birth. It’s large (and comfy!) enough that I’ve spent many hours sleeping on it too, and it’s super-low to the ground (~2″). Hope that helps some new moms looking for a recommendation!
Thanks so much for your comment and recommendation, Jen! I LOVE hearing what works for other parents!
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My husband and I are TTC and our now-14-month-old is in a Montessori-type room. I am concerned with how it will work with floor beds and a baby and toddler in the same room. We had some difficulty since we introduced the floor bed to Gabriel at 10 months and I wanted to avoid that by starting earlier with our second. Any suggestions as to how we can accomplish this safely? Separate rooms are not an option.
We will probably co-sleep initially, but with Gabriel it was only for 6-7 weeks until he slept through the night. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I cannot seem to find any resources online!
Thanks for your comment, Kelsey! It’s great to hear that you’re using a floor bed with your toddler! I haven’t talked with anyone about a situation similar to yours, although it could work very well to have a baby and toddler in the same room. It all depends on how your children handle the situation, so you’ll probably have to play it by ear a bit.
I did have a large portion of the room where my baby’s floor bed was partitioned off to create a safe space for the baby. I don’t know if something like that would be helpful for you. Here’s another post with a bit about it: http://livingmontessorinow.com/2010/10/05/how-to-set-up-your-home-for-an-infant-using-montessori-principles/.
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Nice to find a great resource of Montessori inspired bedrooms. Thanks for your hard work for finding all these rooms to get some inspiration from.
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Thanks, Kirsty! I had fun doing it!
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I just love pink and brown nursery bedding and I have found such beautiful animal print bedding sets and accessories I think that together with the Montessori principles any parent will be extremely proud and satisfied with their baby’s nursery.
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This is unbelievable! I have now found the most comprehensive resource on the Montessori floor-bed issue!