Decorating - best floor for children ( first time mum)

[Cheshirehello79]

I'm soon starting to decorate the nursery and thinking of maybe getting new floor ( thinking forward ) that's best for baby when they start crawling etc - I know thinking well ahead of myself but mig as well do it now whilst no responsibilities yet.

I currently have light carpets and bright furniture very contemporary but not child friendly and thinking of chaining the floor.

Any recommendations?

I would go for carpet over laminate. We got rid of laminate in our living room when DD was 8 months as she couldn't crawl on it (slipping everywhere) and it was hard if she fell. Carpet is so much softer and she crawled as soon as we put it down. It's a relatively light colour but seems to have survived so far.

carpet is softer but laminate more practical. we have laminate and non of our children have had a problem crawling/walking on it. dd wanted carpet in her bedroom until i reminded her of that time 2 years ago when she leaned over the side of her bed and projectile vomitied everywhere....... would not be happy scrubbing that up! quick towel and mop and it was gone! there was also been the time that ds dropped my nail polish and the bottle smashed. bright orange streaks everywhere. In out old home we did have carpet, and dd decided to turn her playdough into a 'muddy puddle' and put it on the carpet and jumped up and down on it. stick with hard floors until they move out. if you are not keen on laminate then how about vinyl? slightly softer and more cushioned but still easy to keep clean x

Laminate in our house. So much more practical what with the amount of bodily fluids they can deposit on it!

We've never had trouble with them learning to crawl or walk on it (just make sure you don't spray furniture polish on it by accident because blow me that makes it super dooper slippy!)

Laminate. I was glad we went for laminate rather than carpet after ds vomited spaghetti Bolognese over me, himself and the floor at about 9 months old! If you find that dc is struggling to crawl or walk when the time comes (neither of mine have) you can get trousers and tights with grippy feet and knees.

Get laminate that's textured / with grooves in.

We have original floorboards in our house which are lovely, although laminate is slightly easier to clean. When my son was leaning to crawl we bought some foam play tile things to put down which he seemed to find a bit easier, but we could take them up once he was walking steadily. It seems crazy to choose w floor you don't like for a phase that lasts such a short time.

We have wood downstairs and carpets upstairs. We also bought foam tiles from softfloor.co.uk for once DD was sitting up and then crawling (and soft on your bum, I spent a lot of time sat on the floor with her!). We got black ones for downstairs so it looked a bit less like a child's space once she went to bed.

We had the colourful letter and numbers ones in her room to protect the carpet when she was really little. I would go with whatever type of floor you prefer and then protect/use grippy socks as required. We have just moved into a new house which has wooden floors upstairs which look lovely and I know are more practical but I prefer carpets in bedrooms so those are being fitted once we're a bit further through potty training...

Wood. Laminate if you must.

I do not understand carpets. It must be a British thing (I am British) but in every other country I've lived in, carpets are a source of horrified fascination. Unhygienic, terrible for allergies and impossible to keep truly clean. Gross.