ABC Lamp

Choosing a child's name is easy compared to selecting The Perfect Lamp for the baby's first room. So here's a bit of advice, based on LampStore.com's years of selling nursery lamps. Overhead lighting's all very well and good for general room illumination, but the last thing you want, for a 2am feeding is a suddenly bright room, which is why we suggest a nursery have one, and preferably, two table lamps.

At the least, we recommend a small, sturdy lamp be placed near the changing table. The lamp should be tall enough, so that it spreads just enough light for you to see what you're doing, and placed far enough away so the light won't be shining in Baby's eyes. The lamp doesn't need to be more than an accent light and certainly doesn't need to take more than a 60watt bulb.

Though it's hard to believe while you're in the thick of it, Baby will soon be in a "Big Girl's Bed" and she'll probably want to have some say in her new digs...but that's the topic for another article!