Paloma's Montessori Bedroom

This is what Paloma's bedroom looked like the morning before she was born; her dad and I worked for months in order to prepare what we thought would be the most appropriate environment to welcome her into the world; our world.

As Susan Mayclin Stephenson says in her book, "The Joyful Child. Montessori Global Wisdom from Birth to Three", when a baby is born she is emerging from a dark and muted environment. So it was logical to assume that it would take Paloma some time to adjust to the sights and sounds outside of my womb.

"When a child is visually overstimulated, he often closes his eyes and shuts out the world. It is better to inspire and invite the child to visually explore the environment by soft colors and limited objects than to overwhelm him."

-Susan Mayclin Stephenson 

As a result we paid very much attention to all of the sounds and sights she would be surrounded by, especially during the first few days and weeks after her birth. We protected her from loud sounds, too many visitors and too many colors! As you can see we prepared an environment with extremely soft colors and with very few objects visible.

The environment should, of course, evolve as she grows.