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ashleyr409
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SIDS
ashleyr409
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I just read a post that sleeping with a fan reduced the risk of SIDS because it keeps the room cool and ventilated. Has anyone heard of this or done this?I keep my air on 72 degrees but I still find myself checking him to make sure he is not hot
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Re: SIDS
In the winter months we change our ceiling fans to circulate air upward instead of downward. So they still circulate air, just not directly at you. We have a ceiling fan going in our bedroom along with a cool mist humidifier...the furnace make our house dry. We will keep his room the same when we move him over there.
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We use a fan, I too have heard it helps keep the air circulating in the room which can help prevent SIDS but it's more because DH & I are both fromFlorida and have never been able to sleep without a fan.
ETA with the temperature - it's better for them to be a little cool than hot, we use a fan & the air is always on at like 68 degrees and she's never felt too cold.
Germs cause illness, not a fan.
Babies (or anyone else, for that matter) cannot catch a cold from a ceiling or oscillating fan. It also would not cause a cough, unless it dried out his respiratory system (which can be counteracted by a humidifer). This is the same principle of going outside with wet hair when it's cold and your mother scolding you that you'll catch a cold if you do - it's an old wives tale and not true. The only thing that causes a cold is germs.
We keep our house at 68 degrees because that's where we're comfortable. At night we have a ceiling fan going full blast (for air circulation) and an oscillating fan going medium blast (for white noise). DS sleeps comfortably in a swaddle sleep sack.
Um, whatever it takes? If you live in a hot climate, you'll need to cool to 68. If you live where it's cold, the heat will be on to reach that temp.
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This. Although, our apartment is the hardest thing EVER to get the temp to regulate in, so it's set at 70 at night and our bedroom is probably 67-68.
Any air circulation is good, so a ceiling fan is perfect.
I heard of this from a video the hospital showed me during recovery.
Since then I've heard that many things suspected to cause SIDS are created via guess work.