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.hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Nursery_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Nursery (disambiguation)">Nursery</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Baby_nursery_room.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Baby_nursery_room.jpg/220px-Baby_nursery_room.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Baby_nursery_room.jpg/330px-Baby_nursery_room.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Baby_nursery_room.jpg/440px-Baby_nursery_room.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="590" /></a><figcaption>Nursery</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Barnkammare_-_Nordiska_museet_-_NMA.0097400.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Barnkammare_-_Nordiska_museet_-_NMA.0097400.jpg/220px-Barnkammare_-_Nordiska_museet_-_NMA.0097400.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Barnkammare_-_Nordiska_museet_-_NMA.0097400.jpg/330px-Barnkammare_-_Nordiska_museet_-_NMA.0097400.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Barnkammare_-_Nordiska_museet_-_NMA.0097400.jpg/440px-Barnkammare_-_Nordiska_museet_-_NMA.0097400.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4418" /></a><figcaption>A Swedish 1930s store display of a nursery</figcaption></figure> <p>A <b>nursery</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Bedroom" title="Bedroom">bedroom</a> within a <a href="/wiki/House" title="House">house</a> or other dwelling set aside for an <a href="/wiki/Infant" title="Infant">infant</a> or <a href="/wiki/Toddler" title="Toddler">toddler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdwards2023451_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdwards2023451-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, European nurseries had little decorations and were away from visitors' sight.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdwards2023451_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdwards2023451-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An article in the 1842 British <i>Cyclopedia of Domestic Medicine and Surgery</i> instructed the readers to never use a shaded room for a nursery and stressed the importance of ventilation.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAndrew1842402-405_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAndrew1842402-405-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The author, Thomas Andrew, also suggested using two rooms for the nursery to move between them during the cleaning.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAndrew1842403_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAndrew1842403-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He neither encourages nor warns against adding colourful objects into the nursery, simply mentioning that they catch children's attention.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAndrew1842403_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAndrew1842403-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Starting from 1870s, authors such as <a href="/wiki/Mary_Eliza_Haweis" title="Mary Eliza Haweis">Mary Eliza Haweis</a> started advocating for a more interactive approach: they stressed the importance of visual stimulation for children's development.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdwards2023451_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdwards2023451-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, colourful patterned wallpapers appeared on the market.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdwards2023451_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdwards2023451-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The author of a 1900 article on nursery décor was concerned with the idea that spartan conditions with little ornamentation have a positive impact on children's development, suggesting putting colourful pictures on the walls instead.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenn1900_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenn1900-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, he warned against the excessive use of very bright colours in the night nursery where the child slept.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBenn1900_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBenn1900-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Hermann_Muthesius" title="Hermann Muthesius">Hermann Muthesius</a> suggested covering the nursery walls with wood panels or washable paint, for hygienic reasons.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdwards2023451_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdwards2023451-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Edwardian" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwardian">Edwardian</a> times, for the wealthy and mid-tier classes, a nursery was a suite of rooms at the top of a house, including the night nursery, where the children slept, and a day nursery, where they ate and played, or a combination thereof. The nursery suite would include some bathroom facilities and possibly a small kitchen. The <a href="/wiki/Nanny" title="Nanny">nurse</a> (nanny) and <a href="/wiki/Nursemaid" title="Nursemaid">nursemaid</a> (assistant) slept in the suite too, to be within earshot of the sleeping children. </p><p>A nursery is generally designated for the smallest bedroom in the house, as a <a href="/wiki/Infant" title="Infant">baby</a> requires very little space until at least walking age. In 1890, <a href="/wiki/Jane_Ellen_Panton" title="Jane Ellen Panton">Jane Ellen Panton</a> discouraged organising a nursery in "any small and out-of-the-way chamber", proposing instead to prioritise children's comfort and health by selecting a spacious and well-sunlit room.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPanton1890115_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPanton1890115-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She highlighted the importance of decorations, suggesting a blue colour palette, simpler furniture and pictures.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPanton1890116-118,_126_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPanton1890116-118,_126-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Patton also wrote that a nursery should contain some medical supplies so that the nurse can tend to the child's ailment before the doctor arrives.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPanton1890128-129_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPanton1890128-129-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The nursery can remain the bedroom of the child into their <a href="/wiki/Teenage" class="mw-redirect" title="Teenage">teenage</a> years, or until a younger sibling is born, and the parents decide to move the older child into another larger bedroom. </p><p>A typical modern nursery contains a <a href="/wiki/Bassinet" title="Bassinet">cradle</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Infant_bed" title="Infant bed">crib</a> (or similar type of bed), a table or platform for the purpose of changing <a href="/wiki/Diaper" title="Diaper">diapers</a> (also known as a <a href="/wiki/Changing_table" title="Changing table">changing table</a>), a <a href="/wiki/Rocking_chair" title="Rocking chair">rocking chair</a>, as well as various items required for the care of the child (such as <a href="/wiki/Baby_powder" title="Baby powder">baby powder</a> and <a href="/wiki/Medicine" title="Medicine">medicine</a>). </p><p>Fictional portrayals of nurseries abound, for example in the writings of <a href="/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling" title="Rudyard Kipling">Kipling</a> and <a href="/wiki/E._Nesbit" title="E. 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