Maintaining a safe room temperature for your baby is important because it reduces the risk of overheating which has been linked to sids.
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Check the temperature with your inner wrist.
Or you can use baby monitors that come with built in thermometers to check the temperature of the room.
You can help your baby to sleep safe and sound by keeping the temperature in his room between 23 degrees c and 25 degrees c.
Apparently the correct temperature for a baby s room is about 18 degrees 65 f but that is so cold.
Whats the ideal temperature for our lo s.
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Fill the tub with 2 to 3 inches of warm not hot water.
A basic room thermometer will help you to keep an eye on the temperature.
Some parents like to give their baby a bottle of warm formula because they believe that makes it seem more like breast milk.
Gently place your baby in the tub.
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But it s important not to overdo it.
Your baby may prefer it warm at room temperature or even chilled and all of those options are just fine.
But even if you know what temperature to keep your baby.
Others do so because it seems more relaxing for the baby that way.
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Support your baby s head and neck with one hand.
We recently put an air conditioner in her room another hot summer for us here in south africa.
Overheating is associated with an increased risk of cot death sudden infant death syndrome the safest temperature range for your baby to sleep in is actually between 16 degrees c and 20 degrees c you can buy a thermometer to check the temperature is constant.
Make sure the room is nice and warm.
It s natural to want to wrap up your baby warm during the cold winter months.
If you make a bottle of formula and it s left out at room temperature for more than an hour toss it.
It s important to make sure your baby isn t too hot or too cold.
Feed warmed formula to your baby right away.
If your baby starts a bottle of formula but doesn t finish it within an hour toss it.