Room temperature in the nursery

Autumn is coming, and we are looking forward to the start of the heating season. In an apartment without heating in the dank autumn days it becomes uncomfortable. Sometimes it seems that the temperature in the street is higher than at home. And if there is a small child, the unpleasant coolness becomes a real problem for parents.

What do doctors think?

I would like to know what temperature should be in the children's room, where the newborn is the whole day. Pediatricians believe that a comfortable room temperature for a child is 22 ° C. Some doctors recommend not raising a baby in greenhouse conditions, but tempering it at a temperature of 19 ° C. For an adult, these are not very comfortable conditions, but the baby is triggered by protective natural mechanisms, and he adapts to the environment more quickly than adults.

It is interesting, but the fact is: the more persistently parents try to create greenhouse conditions for the baby, the more he gets sick. It is noticed that in unfavorable families the situation is opposite: the room temperature in the room where the child sleeps, does not bother anyone, and the children grow up almost without getting sick.

What happens to the newborn with excess heat?

The room temperature in the nursery is higher, the less the body loses heat. Thus, the baby sweats, which is a bad sign. It is not for nothing that pediatricians believe that it is better for a child to be a little bit cold than he will overheat.

Sweating, the baby loses water and salt, it develops diaper rash or redness on those parts of the skin where the knobs and legs are bent, on the back of the head and back. The child suffers pain in the tummy due to poor digestion of food due to loss of water, dry crusts appear in the nose. It is desirable that the room temperature in the nursery is measured by a working thermometer, and not by the sensations of the parents. The thermometer can be hung closer to the newborn's crib.

Not cold and not hot

It happens that the level of the temperature regime does not change to an optimal state. Do not be afraid that in a cool room the child will fall ill. The newborn has such an active metabolism that the normal room temperature for it can be about 18 ° C, and it will sleep sweetly and feel comfortable. Wrap the baby, if the room is 20 ° C, is not recommended.

When water procedures do not specifically heat the room, otherwise after heating the child with his sensitive nose "catches" the temperature difference in the bathroom and in another room and can catch a cold.

Humidity in the room

Great value for the baby room has air humidity. Dry air leads to the fact that the children's body loses fluid, the mucous membrane and skin dry out. Comfortable humidity should be 50%, not less. To increase it, you can put a container with water or a humidifier near the baby's crib.

Purity

Do not forget that the baby's room should be ventilated several times a day and the optimum room temperature should be maintained in it. Which one? Not more than 22 ° С. Wet cleaning is also of great importance, but only with a minimal amount of detergents. If you follow all the recommendations, the baby will sleep peacefully and please parents with their healthy appearance.