3 Reasons Why Carpet is a Good Choice for Children
If you are having your home built or doing a renovation, flooring is one of the essential components to decide about. What kind of flooring do you like best that will suit your budget and your lifestyle? And don’t forget to think about your future needs. For instance, a young working couple may think their life will go on as it is for many years and before long the removalists are called. It may well do so, but usually couples have children sooner or later and what suits your lifestyle now may not suit it then. Here are 3 reasons why carpet is a good choice for children.
It is safer
Hardwood, vinyl and tiles may seem like a great flooring choice for children, but if you’ve never had any there are some things you may not realise. Sure, babies and children are messy little creatures and likely to throw up on the floor at any given time. Hard floors are much easier to clean than carpet, but they can do damage to your child that carpet never would. How?
Toddlers and little children fall over all the time. Toddlers especially love to climb up on things and often fall off them if you turn your back for two seconds. A fall onto hard tile or even timber can give them concussion or break a limb. Many children break an arm or split a lip from falling off the settee onto a hard floor.
Babies can roll over while you are reaching for the powder after changing their diaper. If they are on a change table, it is a long way down to that hard floor. Carpets don’t break; children do.