What is the ideal tempature of a baby nursery for a newborn?

Question

My wife and i just brought home our baby boy Aidan from the hospital. We argue about the tempature around the baby, the nursery and our bedroom. She thinks it should be warm which makes it very hard for me cause i can't sleep and when i'm feeding him in the nursery, i start to sweat even wearing just boxers. The thermostat is right between our bedroom and the nursery and it says 82. What is the ideal room tempature. Oh, she also like to swadle him and still place a blanket over him.

Answer 1

Actually keeping the temperature that high in the nursery and putting a blanket on your baby may not be such a good idea. Baby's like us maintain homeostasis very well. A good way to tell if the temperature is right in the room is by asking yourself, Am I comfortable. Dress your baby in the same amount of clothes you would to be comfortable. This should be the same for the room temperature, unless you plan on keeping the baby naked. As a matter of fact, keeping your baby's room temp that high could actually cause "prickly heat" which are small bumps where your baby's body is trying to sweat. I would keep the room temp around 72-76 and dress him/her like you would dress yourself to stay comfortable at night. After all they do have the same body temperature as you do, right?

This may not be true if you have a preemie. Consult your physician if you feel uncomfortable about any situation.

Answer 2

Ideal Temperature For Baby Room

Answer 3

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What is the ideal tempature of a baby nursery for a newborn?
My wife and i just brought home our baby boy Aidan from the hospital. We argue about the tempature around the baby, the nursery and our bedroom. She thinks it should be warm which makes it very hard for me cause i can't sleep and when i'm feeding him in the nursery, i start to sweat even...

Answer 4

Ideal Room Temperature For Baby

Answer 5

The truth is, that if you are warm, so is your baby! Keeping a room overly heated isn't good for the child or the parents. In the summer a good temp. is 76 F, and in the winter in the low 70's as well.
Your baby can have on a sleeper with long sleeves and feet and not have a cover on, summer or winter. I would tell our wife sir, to please talk to the Doctor about it, because first time mothers tend to take everything literally, and not use their common sense. Most of the time, it is because pediatricians generalize, and what is good for one child, may not be good for another.

Answer 6

When I had my daughter, I was told by medical experts that it was better to keep the room at normal room temperature, around 72 degrees. Apparently, young babies cannot regulate their body temperature the way that adults do. By placing a blanket over a baby in a room that is kept at 82 will just cause the baby to be overheated and very uncomfortable, in my opinion. My baby was born during the summer, and I kept her room nice a cool. She has been doing wonderfully! She's like her Mom, can't stand to be overheated. When she gets too warm, she cries like crazy!

Answer 7

The makers of the Skinner Air Crib in the seventies put a thermostat in the bed so the parent could determine what temperature the baby should maintain. I have always heard that if you are comfortable the baby is too warm. I am going to guess between sixty-eight and seventy.

Answer 8

good golly!! the babe will get a heat rash if it is that hot. We always kept the house at around 75 or even lower and had a fan to keep the air moving. didn't seem to hurt them any..now they are 19 and 18 yrs old and sleep with a fan on *LOL*

Answer 9

Between 20 to 24 degrees celcius.

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