What type of fan for nursery?

lbap · March 2009

What kind of fan are you putting in your nursery? I know this study just came out a few months ago saying that fans in nurseries prevent SIDS, so are you putting a fan in your nursery, and if so, have you heard anything about which type is best (ceiling, table, tower, etc.)? I try not to get hung up on this type of thing, but I want to make sure that I didn't miss any part of this announcement (perhaps if one type is better than the other for this purpose). Also, do you leave it running all night?

jkmccall22 · March 2009

I read that, too, from a few different sources. We have a ceiling fan in there. I was also curious if this was enough or if we needed something else....???

mrs.k 07 · March 2009

We have a ceiling fan.

scally · March 2009

I think it is any kind of fan that circulates the air in the room...ceiling, table, tower, etc.

abizzzle · March 2009

scally:
I think it is any kind of fan that circulates the air in the room...ceiling, table, tower, etc.

Ditto! But I would love to hear what people have (besides ceiling fans because I'm not about to attempt to install one at this point)

smismar · March 2009

I'm just going to use a desk fan. I think a box fan or one of those big oscillating fans is overkill.

Jason'swife · March 2009

scally:
I think it is any kind of fan that circulates the air in the room...ceiling, table, tower, etc.

Ditto. They're great for creating some white noise too.

Suparstarz714 · March 2009

Our ceilings are too low to put a ceiling fan up (plus we rent, so I don't really want to put up a permanant fan). I heard that any fan will do so we are probably just going to do either table or tower fan, which ever seems safer when we start putting the nursery together.