Do I Need To Install A Fan In My Baby’s Nursery?

Infants are little humans in themselves. Every factor that has an impact on adults, affects infants too. In fact, the gravity of the consequences will be a lot more on infants, considering how delicate they are. Rising temperatures, heat and humidity make you uncomfortable and these external factors impact your child too. Also, using a fan in your child’s nursery reduces or eliminates factors that contribute to Sudden Infant Death Syndromes (SIDS). These are caused due to poor ventilation, high levels of carbon dioxide and overheating. To ensure your child is comfortable, sleeps well and stays healthy, you need to ensure that your baby’s nursery has a fan in it.

What Is Better For The Baby’s Nursery – An Air Conditioner Or A Fan?

Hands down, a fan. Air conditioners can make the environment of the nursery cold and dry. This may pose to be a health risk to your infant, as they are already sensitive to temperature changes. Similarly, moving your baby from an AC to the non-AC environment can drastically affect and weaken their immune system too. With this all, your child will be prone to falling sick more often. Instead, opt for a fan that will ensure proper ventilation and circulation of fresh air throughout the baby’s room.

Do I Need To Clean The Fan Often?

Yes, you need to ensure the fan is kept clean at all times. If you don’t clean the fan often. It will lead to the accumulation of dust particles on the blades. These further lead to allergic reactions and respiratory infections in your child. You can dust the fan on an everyday basis. For intensive cleaning, take off the fan cover and wipe it clean with a wet cloth.

Do I Need To Put A Mesh On My Fan?

If the blades of the fan are wide apart and can cause injury to your baby, you need to get a dense net installed on your fan. Most fans these days are baby-proofed – they either have blades that are very close or they come with nets installed. However, if your fan does not have either of these, you need to ensure you get your fan affixed with a net or even better, buy a new one. Babies are curious and inquisitive by nature. Even when they are crawling around, they love to poke and explore things they find amusing. While you cannot completely stop your child from doing this, you need to ensure everything in your baby’s room is child-safe.

Aren’t Fans Noisy, Will They Not Disturb My Child’s Sleep?

Most brands these days are taking an extra effort to ensure that their fans are noiseless or at least, make minimal noise. Even if these fans do make a sound, it ranges between 20-40db. This is less than the sound you make when you flip pages in a book! So that barely counts for anything. Rest assured, your child can sleep peacefully throughout the night without getting disturbed by the fan.

What Speed Should I Put The Fan On?

Medium is the best speed. Your child wouldn’t have too less or too much air at this speed. Of course, if you feel the need you can lower or increase the speed as per the requirement of your child. But if you don’t want your child to get too cold, medium speed is the best. Lower speed also ensures lesser sound. Also, don’t place the fan directly facing your child. Too much exposure to airflow in the child’s direction isn’t good either. Place it away from your child and opt for rotation. This will ensure proper air circulation.

Shirley Gordon - Naturalchildworld