It has been recognised for some time that the first couple of years of a baby’s life are significant in terms of their overall development. This is now reflected in Ofsted’s framework with a strong focus on how practitioners are working with babies. This means that within daycare, practice in the baby room will be considered. While every baby room will be different, this is a good time to look at every element of practice, including resources, routines and layout.
Baby rooms are interesting and at times joyful spaces. They are perhaps one of the most demanding rooms to work in within daycare. Within a baby room, there are likely to be some mobile babies intent on exploration as well as some babies who are literally starting to find their feet. Combine that with sleeps, feeds and chuck in a few nappy changes and we can start to see that putting together a baby room is like a complex jigsaw. Every piece matters.
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