If you use a fan to keep the air circulating/reduce SIDS risk

BeachTeach26 · October 2010

how long will you keep using it? It's getting cold here at night and I haven't turned my heat on yet. DS sleeps in fleece when it's super cold but I still have the fan going. It seems like the fan is making the room twice as cold! WDYT?

kellialayne · October 2010

I made DH put one in her room. When she was a week old we asked the pedi about it and he said there was no solid research that proved it reduces SIDS so we never even turn it on.

He said it is good for the noise it makes.

lynsey851 · October 2010

We use a fan still, but it's just a little one, and I don't face it directly at her crib. We live in So Cal so it doesn't get too cold here, so I plan on keepin it on for a while longer. Guess that didn't help much...maybe just get a smaller fan, so you still have circulation, but not so much air blowing around?

DrinknDerive · October 2010

I intend to always leave one in her room for the noise. I just point it at the wall.

I still have a fan in my own room.

Edited twice because I can't type when I'm tired.

robinsokj · October 2010

Isn't the risk of SIDS pretty much nonexistent after 6 months?

BonnieG79 · October 2010

We use a ceiling fan on low. It's getting cold here at night, but we close the door to Jack's room which keeps in heat. When you turn your heat on you can reverse the direction of the fan and it will force the warm air down and still provide some circulation.

bakedlaurabean · October 2010

We use a fan for the noise. I intend to keep using it. I think it's fine if his room is on the cooler side.

jmrussell03 · October 2010

Our house tends to be colder in the summer than winter. The fan will stay on all year long. We will reverse the direction of the fans in the winter. We have electric heat and we need the circulation.

mommyboots · October 2010

kellialayne:
I made DH put one in her room. When she was a week old we asked the pedi about it and he said there was no solid research that proved it reduces SIDS so we never even turn it on.

He said it is good for the noise it makes.

This; I keep the fan running in Nellie's room now b/c we live in an apartment complex and the parking lot gets loud w/ cars and engines and whatnot.. So it's good for the white noise effect it has. She's almost 9 months old.

snicksnack · October 2010

if you have a ceiling fan just reverse the direction that way it is not blowing on your LO. We use fans all year to help circulate the air around our house.

sleepingbeauty825 · October 2010

We've been turning it off- I didn't know about the direction thing.

BeachTeach26 · October 2010

sleepingbeauty825:
We've been turning it off- I didn't know about the direction thing.

Same with us. Plus, ours isn't a ceiling fan and the lowest setting is still super fast.

BeachTeach26 · October 2010

robinsokj:
Isn't the risk of SIDS pretty much nonexistent after 6 months?

I thought it began to drop at this time and was close to nonexistent closer to 1 year.

starryeyeddreamer · October 2010

snicksnack:
if you have a ceiling fan just reverse the direction that way it is not blowing on your LO. We use fans all year to help circulate the air around our house.

This. We keep it on for the noise and to keep the air circulating. We will have to look into switching the direction. He sleeps in footed sleepers and a blanket and he hasn't been cold yet. MH likes to keep the pellet stove on super high during the winter also - so we will need the circulation.

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