How Does Bedroom Temperature Affect Your Child’s Sleep?

Last Updated on April 26, 2022 by Andrew

Amongst all the detailed recommendations that families with babies get from their pediatricians, there is one piece of advice that is particularly important. If you want near-instant improvement regarding the quality of the baby’s health, safety, and sleeping habits you should consider making adjustments in their bedroom temperature. As a matter of fact, there are plenty of benefits of lowering the temperature in their bedroom or any other sleep environment.  Let us see how bedroom temperatures affect our children’s overall sleep patterns:

Medical research has concluded that on average a temperature hovering between 68 to 72 degrees F is deemed ideal for most babies. In fact, medical experts insist that the lower end of this temperature spectrum is ideal not just for their immune systems, but also for the safety of babies and very young children.

If their nursery or bedroom room is a bit too warm, the babies will have to struggle to regulate their core body temperatures. It will also have an impact on their breathing while they sleep. An overly warm room will almost certainly result in poor quality of sleep and they will wake up feeling exhausted. Their sleep will be fragmented and light instead of deep and restorative. They also have an elevated risk for SIDS.

  • Babies can regulate their own temperature through their heads and faces

All babies have the ability to regulate their temperature not so much through their bodies but through their heads, specifically their faces.  Here it is pertinent to know that should you wrap your little babies very snugly then they will lose a lot of heat via their face. On the other hand, if you were to restrict their bodies by using a bonnet, hood, or bedding such as blankets then it is possible that thermal loss might occur. Since baby controls their body temperature predominantly through their face, placing your sleeping babies on their backs is ideal. You should try and keep their heads and faces uncovered so that their bodies don’t overheat easily.  You can use an infant sleeping bag that is form-fitted with armholes and sleeves. It would be a great idea to dress them comfortably for sleeping so that they are neither too cold nor too warm for comfort

  • Checking the baby’s temperature

The conventional way to check a baby’s temperature is to feel their little chest. It should always be slightly warm to the touch. There is no need to panic if the baby’s feet and hands are a bit cold since the body transfers heat from the extremities to the center where it is needed the most. If your child’s face is getting very red and he/she is sweating, you should consider removing some of the extra layers of clothing. Here, the very best way of checking the temperature of the child is to use a digital thermostat to check and to control the ambient temperature in your kid’s room while they are sleeping.

  • The ideal sleeping temperature for a baby

The ideal sleep temperature in any room will vary from child to child since every little body is different in its own way. You should use a high-quality digital thermostat to check and regulate your baby’s room to see that it is neither too cold nor too hot and stuffy. As soon as they are able to communicate you should teach them either verbally or through sign language to communicate their discomfort in case they are too hot or too cold.  You can subsequently regulate the room’s temperature accordingly.

  • Conclusion

It is important to remember that your baby’s room temperature will always affect how your child will sleep. This is why you have to make sure that your child is perfectly comfortable even as he/she drifts off to dreamland. A climate control system and a digital thermostat will go a long way in ensuring that the kid’s room is at just the right temperature that will prevent overheating and at the same time ensure that your child doesn’t feel too cold either. Rest assured that a room temperature that is just right will help your child sleep better and be less cranky the next day.

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