I’ve been asked a number of times for recommendations for Montessori baby rooms and floor beds.
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:
Photo from A Montessori Musing Place
- a baby-proofed space that is safe for the baby to move and explore
- a floor bed
- a mobile above the floor bed
- a mirror attached to the wall or a horizontal mirror
- 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
Photo from One Baby’s Montessori Room from a Montessori Musing Place. (Blog is no longer available.)
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
Infant Space (Photo from Life in the Pink Tower)
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
Montessori Baby Room from Vibrant Wanderings
Annabelle’s Nursery from Vibrant Wanderings (blog is no longer availble)
Montessori Baby Shelves from Wildflower Ramblings
Our Montessori Baby Room from Wildflower Ramblings
Montessori-Inspired Baby Room from Mama’s Happy Hive
Montessori Baby Room with DIY Dancer Mobile (Photo from The Kavanaugh Report)
Montessori Infant Mobiles – Visual Series (and Montessori baby category) from The Kavanaugh Report
Montessori Room at 8 Months from Belle & Beau
How I Accidentally Set Up a Montessori Bedroom from Jojoebi
More helpful posts about Montessori baby rooms:
Montessori Infant Room – Birth to 3 Months (Image from How We Montessori)
Montessori Infant Room Newborn (Birth to Three Months) and Montessori Infant Room Newborn (Birth to Three Months) from How We Montessori
To Crib or Not to Crib From MariaMontessori.com
THE FIRST YEAR—Unique Development & The Child’s Self-Respect from Michael Olaf
Montessori Baby Ed at 1 Month and Montessori Baby Ed at 2 Months from Magical Movement Company
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
What’s on Baby Bells Shelves at 10 Months from Natural Beach Living
The Floor Bed: Merging AP and Montessorian Principles from A Secure Base
Baby Play Space for 6-18 Months Olds Inspired by Montessori & Reggio from The Imagination Tree
You’ll see some great Montessori baby rooms and resources in the baby ed articles from Magical Movement Company
Preparing a Montessori Baby Space in Your Living Room (This post is about the space in my home for my granddaughter, Zoey. My baby space includes a floor bed.)
Update: Here’s the Montessori newborn baby space I prepared when Zoey’s sister, Sophia, was born four years later:
Preparing a Montessori Newborn Baby Space at Home
Update: Here’s the Montessori newborn baby space in my daughter and son-in-law’s home for my grandson, Caleb (born 3 months after Sophia):
We Love the Montessori Newborn Baby Space in Our Living Room from ChristinaChitwood.com
Update: Here’s the Montessori baby space Sophia and Caleb shared at my house:
Preparing a Montessori Baby Space with Shelves at Home
I have many more posts with Montessori baby resources.
See more examples of lovely Montessori baby rooms and Montessori-friendly homes on my Montessori-Friendly Home Pinterest Board.
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Have fun with your baby! 🙂
Preparing Montessori Spaces in Your Home
See “How to Create a Montessori-Friendly Home” for ideas for a number of levels. Here are some of my main home environment posts:
- How to Prepare a Montessori Baby Room at Home (roundup post)
- How to Prepare a Montessori Toddler Environment at Home (roundup post)
- Preparing a Montessori Newborn Baby Space at Home
- How to Use Montessori Mobiles to Encourage a Newborn Baby’s Development and Delight
- Preparing a Montessori Baby Space with Shelves at Home
- Preparing a Montessori Baby Space in Your Living Room
- Preparing a Montessori Baby-Toddler Space at Home
- Preparing Montessori Toddler Spaces at Home
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 2 Year Old
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 2½ Year Old
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 3 Year Old
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 3½ Year Old
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 4 Year Old
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 4½ Year Old
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 5 Year Old
- How to Prepare Themed Montessori Shelves
- How to Prepare a Montessori Home Environment for Afterschooling
- Create an Attractive Home Environment from Montessori at Home!
- How to Set Up a Montessori Homeschool Classroom
- How to Prepare Montessori Homeschool Spaces for Babies through First Graders
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What a great variety of ideas! I love these highlighted blogs. Thanks, Deb!
Thanks, Jessie! I just had so much fun visiting all the wonderful Montessori baby rooms online!
Fantastic!!!!!!!
Thanks so much, Andrea! 🙂
I really enjoyed visiting you site.
I only know a little bit about Montessori but the little I do know has always impressed me.
I’m visiting from Mom Loop!
Thanks, Liz! I really appreciate you visiting and leaving a kind comment! 🙂
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.
Thanks! I’m excited that all these links are online for when my grown-up kids have babies! 🙂
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!
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! 🙂
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! 🙂
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: https://livingmontessorinow.com/2010/10/05/how-to-set-up-your-home-for-an-infant-using-montessori-principles/.
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.
Thanks, Kirsty! I had fun doing it! 🙂
This is unbelievable! I have now found the most comprehensive resource on the Montessori floor-bed issue!
I love your website! I could probably spend hours on it! The problem is I can’t seem to commit to Montessori method or implement it because I’m so inconsistent, unstructured, and procrastinate like crazy. I’ll set up some activities but not keep up wit it. How do I get myself together enough to implement Montessori and stick with it so my kids can grow up with the structure I never had.?
I want a mirror like space for my almost 11 month old. We just put up some decorative mirror pieces above the floor bed. They are flower designs with cutouts. I’m wondering if the cutout design would be as beneficial as if we had full circles.
Thank you for all the great resources! Do you have any good suggestions for babyproofing things likeep lamps, humidifiers, etc in a baby’s Montessori nursery with a floor bed? Thanks!
Oh, this is really so lovely! Wish I had thought of that when I did my son’s and he was 9 months old…. Those prints were a mess!
Another awesome round-up post! Thanks for sharing this, Deb!