Baby's Room Color May Affect Baby's Sleeping

Author: Robin Ariola

Whether you are expecting for the first time, or the 5th time,
the excitement is so wonderful. You think about what the baby
will be? Then your mind kicks into gear about how to make the
babies room. If you already know the , then the decisions are
much narrower. But if you don't know what the is, your ideas are
broader.

As you are looking for the perfect paint, curtain, crib set,
etc.. Don't forget to think about how a baby sees. Newborns and
infants mainly concentrate on things they hear, like your voice,
or music. But according to Dr. Penny Glass, you can stimulate
your baby's vision early by using black/white/red patterns or
objects.

You don't have to have black/white/red to stimulate a baby.
Whatever you like, will work in your baby's room. But black and
white is very attractive to them. Dr. Russell D Hammer
recommends that you "explore more subtle and important objects
(like your face and eyes, or his/her own hands and feet)."

There is still a lot of discussion about what babies actually
see. Dr. Sears says that pastels don't do anything for the baby
visually. "Black and white register powerfully on the baby's
retina and send the strongest signals to the baby's brain.
Stronger signals mean more brain growth and faster visual
development. Surround a baby with soft pastel colors, and you
might as well be blindfolding him. Surround your baby with black
and white or light and dark pictures, and watch your baby's eyes
light up The best way you as a parent can stimulate baby's
vision is using black and white stripes or light and dark
contrasting colors. So what about those nice soft pastels that
used to be so popular in baby toys and nurseries? While these
may look pretty to you, they do nothing visually for your baby.
Research has proven that black and white contrasts register
powerfully on baby's retina and send the strongest visual
signals to baby's brain.

15 years ago, I didn't know about how black and white stimulated
the baby's brain. I decorated my son's room in the old black,
white and red Mickey Mouse. Those were the primary colors of his
room. I made a black and white checkered fabric bumper pad, crib
blanket and crib skirt. I had black and white Mickey all over
the room. When it was nap time during the day, I would lay him
in his crib during his zoning out stage, and immediately he
would wake back up when he saw his bumper pad. The black and
white check would stimulate his brain, and he would be wide
awake, playing in his crib. At first I thought he wasn't tired.
But then I would lay him down for his nap in another room, and
he would go right to sleep. To test the theory out even further,
I would drape cloth diapers over his bumper pad, just before I
would put him in his crib and sure enough, he would fall right
to sleep.

So if you are teaching your baby so put himself to sleep, you
might want to think about what would stimulate his brain in the
crib.

Congratulations on your new baby. I pray this will be one of the
first steps you take in raising a healthy and rested baby.

About the author:
Robin loves to help new moms during their first three months.
She learned a lot from her own experience, and loves sharing her
knowledge with new moms. If you would like more information on
how to help your baby sleep through the night, visit her website
http://www.babysleeptonight.com.