Written by Editorial Team
Are Ac’s or coolers safe for a baby? Well, pediatricians around the world are of the opinion that an airless, hot, and humid room environment is not safe for a newborn. Therefore, it is very much safe to use an air-conditioner or an air cooler – provided you take some precautions.
Experts suggest that a properly cooled, ventilated, and airy room helps the baby sleep comfortably and grow better. Unlike adults, babies cannot adjust to changes in temperature in their environment. Therefore, they can get overheated quickly and suffer from issues like skin allergies, rashes, prickly heat, dehydration, etc.
A comfortable sleep also largely nullifies your babies’ chances of getting SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). Moreover, babies are vulnerable to heat-related illnesses, since they cannot adjust their body temperatures as quickly as adults.
While an air conditioner circulates air within the baby’s room continuously, an air cooler pulls fresh air from outside, cools it, and then circulates it again. Moreover, an air cooler also does not dry out the air in your baby’s room like an air conditioner.
Thus, air coolers offer better air quality for your baby’s room. Last but not the least, a cooler definitely outperforms an AC in terms of value for money.
There are some safety measures to follow when it comes to using a cooler or AC in your baby’s room. Following are 16 tips to use an AC or cooler safely for babies.
Even if you use an AC or cooler, at least once a day, open all the doors and windows of the room. The circulation of fresh air makes the environment good for the baby. It is always better to be as natural as possible for a healthy lifestyle.
A temperature of 23-26 degrees Celsius is ideal for a newborn baby in summers in India. Most AC’s let you set the temperature and time frame you want to keep it running for, so there should not be much hassle. If you are using an air cooler, keep a small window open to allow air passage.
Coolers increase the humidity in the room as it evaporates the water, and if the air is not flowing, the humidity will ultimately stop the cooling. You may keep the fan on instead of the cooler in monsoons – when it gets all humid and sticky.
As wisely said, “excess of everything is bad”, and as such, too much cooling is bad for a baby. Keeping a newborn in a room with AC or cooler ON and running at all times is not safe for the baby.
The baby’s body temperature can come down, making the baby feel the chill. You will be able to keep your baby happy, cool, and comfortable while using these cooling devices if you start taking the above precautions.
If air-conditioning is not available, then at those times you can keep your baby comfortable by using alternate methods like:
When the day temperatures are cooler and the weather is not humid, you can maintain the room temperature by just using ceiling fans. At all times, it is required to tune in to your baby’s needs and accordingly make adjustments. The same is even more crucial when you have a premature baby.
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May 10, 2016
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Mar 21, 2016
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