The optimal temperature for sleeping a newborn. What should be the temperature in the room for the newborn

In a normal living room, the air temperature should not fall below +18 degrees

The most important factor in comfortable living conditions is the air temperature in the living room, which should be approximately equal at any time of the year. In winter, in central heating houses, temperature control is carried out by utility providers, and in summer, tenants get out on their own.

Regulatory room temperature requirements

The requirements for air temperature in the cold season in residential premises are set out in GOST R 51617-2000 - it was approved on 06/19/2000. According to the specified GOST, the permissible temperature range for residential premises for various purposes is 18-25 degrees.

According to the standards, even in the summertime, the air temperature under the ceiling of the room should not exceed 25 degrees, although the sun is unlikely to know about these standards and bakes for pleasure. When autumn comes, and the air temperature begins to drop, then to maintain its necessary indicators, central heating is turned on in the housing.

  The same rules determine the moment of connecting central heating - when for three consecutive days the temperature in the street is below +8 degrees. The local authorities inform about the beginning of the heating season.

Turning the heating system on and off

During the heating season, the coolant temperature fluctuates. Obviously, there is no point in drowning “to the fullest” when the days are relatively warm. Therefore, when it gets warmer on the street, the batteries in the house cool down and vice versa - so that the temperature inside remains constant.

If on the street the temperature fluctuates around +2 degrees, then to maintain normal temperature in the house it is enough to heat the batteries up to 40 degrees, but in the most severe frosts they can heat up much more (sometimes up to 90 degrees).

Sanitary norms and rules require compliance with the following temperature indicators:

• temperature in an ordinary living room +18 degrees;
• air temperature in a corner room +20 degrees;
• the temperature in the bathroom can increase to +25 degrees.

When the outside temperature stably exceeds +10 degrees, the end of the heating season comes. True, the housing code allows a decision to turn off or on the heating by the residents themselves, but this applies only to those homeowners who themselves manage their housing stock (HOA). Feeling the heat in the apartments, they can, after notifying the heat supply organization, turn off the central heating.

Video about living room air temperature

What to do in case of heating problems?

If the air temperature sensor in the room confidently and stably shows an insufficient degree of heating, then there is no point in freezing further, and on the same day you need to send a written complaint to the housing and communal services. After this, the commission must be welcomed to the complainant’s apartment within two days and observe a violation of the thermal regime.

• If the temperature in the rooms does not reach +14 degrees, then the consumer may not pay at all for heating services.
• If the temperature is slightly higher, but lower than normal, then utilities are required to recalculate the payments made.

By the way, the managing utility company is obliged to maintain the standard temperature and humidity not only in the apartments themselves, but also:

• in attics (in warm attics not lower than +12 degrees, and in cold attics, the temperature should be 4 degrees higher than the air temperature in the street);
• in technical undergrounds and basements (basements should be clean, dry, equipped with ventilation and lighting, the air in them should not be colder than +5 degrees, and its relative humidity should not exceed 60%);
• in the hallways and stairwells, the air should not be colder than +16 degrees.

Air temperature in the room of the newborn

Since the baby spends most of the time indoors, the air temperature in the room of the newborn should be perfectly maintained at the proper level. This indicator should be monitored as clearly as the temperature of the water for bathing a newborn baby.

Most pediatricians agree that the optimum temperature for infants is +22 degrees. There are even a number of pediatricians, whom it seems to be tropical conditions that will prevent the baby from being properly tempered, such experts suggest lowering the temperature in the children's room to 19-20 degrees.

Do not rely on your own feelings of discomfort from such a temperature - an incorrect lifestyle changes the natural mechanisms of thermoregulation in adults. It’s easier for an infant to adapt to the conditions created for him. Most mothers are more afraid of overcooling a baby than overheating it, which is why they show excessive activity in this direction, although such actions can lead to heat stroke in children. Therefore, in prosperous families with an abundance of grandparents, greenhouse living conditions are created for the baby, and the child is often sick at the same time. In dysfunctional families, where the temperature in the baby’s room does not bother anyone, the child becomes hardened faster and is less sick from colds.

What if the temperature in the baby’s room is impossible to control?

The desired air temperature in the room for the baby is not always achievable. Below 18 degrees, the temperature rarely drops, but it often rises above the upper limit: in mild winters with good heating or in summer heat. To protect the baby from overheating, you can resort to the following:

• use a minimum of clothing;
• to frequent water procedures;
• give more water.

The quality of sleep of a newborn depends on air temperature. Active metabolism does not allow it to freeze. We need to believe that a baby sleeping in a vest and sliders in a room at an air temperature of 18-20 degrees will feel much more comfortable than if you wrap it in a blanket at above +20 degrees. When bathing a baby, the air temperature should remain at the usual level, so the room before the bathing procedure does not need to be specially heated. Then the child after bathing will not get sick from the temperature difference.

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What is every mother afraid of? So that her baby does not freeze! This fear is genetically embedded in us, so we all strive to prevent overcooling the child at all costs. However, often our efforts turn into negative consequences for the child’s body, to which overheating does much more harm than the “terrible” hypothermia.

The danger of overheating

A newborn baby sleeps most of the day, but his body systems operate at full capacity. One of the most productive is the metabolism, which proceeds much faster than in an adult. Metabolic processes cause the release of heat, which the body needs to get rid of. Human physiology laid 2 ways to get rid of excess heat: through the lungs (that is, the respiratory system) and through the skin (sweat secretion).

• Breathing - the baby inhales air whose temperature is lower than body temperature. Passing through the respiratory tract and lungs, the air heats up, and when you exhale it takes away unnecessary body heat. The higher the temperature difference between the child’s air and body, the more efficient the heat transfer mechanism works.
• Sweating - the high temperature in the room for the baby does not allow the first respiratory mechanism to work productively, which is why the second is activated. The body begins to produce sweat, which goes to the surface of the skin, taking away moisture and salt. The baby begins to feel the need for water:
  • his saliva dries up, which provokes the development of thrush in the mouth;
  • crusts appear in the nose, which make breathing difficult;
  • the stomach begins to swell, because due to lack of moisture the intestine cannot absorb food;
  • redness - diaper rash occurs on the skin (under the diaper and in the folds). This is a reaction to irritation of the baby’s delicate skin on their own salty sweat.

The second mechanism of heat loss is extremely dangerous. It can cause the most serious conditions of the child, the elimination of which sometimes requires hospitalization and saturation of the body with fluid by intravenous infusion.

What should be the air temperature

So what should be optimum temperature  for a newborn? According to pediatricians, a range of 18 to 20 ° C is needed. These are the most physiological indicators that ensure the normal course of natural processes in the baby’s body. To control this parameter, you need to purchase a room thermometer and place it directly at the baby's crib.

It is important to separate the concepts of “air temperature in the room of a newborn” and “baby freezes”, and take into account that each child is individual. It is enough for one kids to stay in the same cotton undershirt and thin sliders to feel good. And for others, hands and feet may freeze, so you need to put on little socks or another blouse.

How to maintain room temperature

In the summer, a family with a baby will not be able to do without air conditioning. It can be located in the children's bedroom or in the next room and only make sure that the air flow does not pass near the crib.

In winter, maintaining the air temperature for the newborn is more difficult, since central heating warms the apartment to 25-26 ° C. If there is no way to "screw" the crane on the riser and thereby reduce the heat from the batteries, you can:

• regularly air the nursery - open the window 3-4 times a day for half an hour. At this time, the child should be taken out of the room. It is ideal to combine airing and walking: while you are on the street, the children's bedroom "cools" to the desired temperature;
• cover the batteries with a thick cloth - blankets, rugs, bedding that will hold the heat inside will do.

The increased temperature in the room for the newborn requires other actions from mom:

• remove all excess clothing from the baby - if the room is warmer than 24 ° C, leave it in one diaper;
• regularly drink crumbs with water - this will reduce the risk of dehydration and its consequences;
• more often - the temperature of the water for the newborn may be slightly lower than usual. Ideal parameters are 35-36 ° C. Bathing can be done 2-3 times a day.

Air humidity

The concept of "optimal room temperature  for a newborn ”is inextricably linked to an indicator of air humidity. It has a direct effect on the thermoregulation of the baby’s body and is manifested in the following:

• when inhaled, air passes through the respiratory tract and lungs, where it is heated and saturated with moisture;
• on exhalation, air humidity is always 100%;
• if a child inhales dry air, his body spends its moisture reserves on humidifying the air, thereby provoking (or exacerbating) the loss of fluid and its consequences.

The humidity level in the children's bedroom should be 50-70%. You can determine this indicator with a household hygrometer. Humidity is kept at about this level in the autumn and spring, if the room is often ventilated and the heaters are not turned on. In summer, the air is drier, but this can be compensated by periodic wet cleaning and the location of an open aquarium near the crib.

In winter, air dryness under the influence of heating devices reaches 100%. To solve the problem, you need to use an easy to maintain and inexpensive humidifier.

Compliance with the optimal parameters of temperature and humidity will allow your baby to grow healthy!

For a child who has just been born, it is important to create favorable conditions. It is necessary that the process of adaptation of the organism to the external environment goes better and without any consequences. It is important to take care of the room and the place where the baby will play, sleep. But this is not all - the air temperature in the room plays not the last place.

At first the newborn sleeps a lot, but all the internal organs work with a vengeance. This is especially true for organs associated with metabolism. Therefore, do not be afraid that it may freeze: even if the air temperature is 18 degrees, the baby feels quite comfortable. Adults at this temperature level may be uncomfortable. This is due to improper diet and lifestyle, as a result of which thermoregulation is disturbed.

A person releases excess heat from the body through the lungs and skin.

1. The air inhaled by the child is cooler than his own body temperature. Passing through the respiratory system, the air warms up. Exhaling leaves excess heat. The greater the difference in temperature, the more actively heat transfer occurs.
2. Excessive heat can come out through sweat when the room is hot and the lungs can not cope. With then excess salt and moisture are released.

Violation of these mechanisms leads to the appearance of the following symptoms.

1. There is dry mouth, thrush may develop.
2. The mucous membrane of the nose dries up, swells, crusts appear. All this makes breathing difficult, the child stops sleeping soundly, becomes irritable. A cough may appear.
3. Due to the release of moisture in the child, constipation can occur.
4. There are skin problems. Especially affected are the areas that are under the diaper. There is irritation, dryness, inflammation of the skin, especially in the folds (diaper rash).

Against this background, dehydration of the body may occur, which requires urgent hospitalization.

The best temperature for a newborn

The optimum temperature in the room should be 20 degrees. It is with this mark on the thermometer that the child’s body functions without interruptions. It is better to buy a room thermometer and hang it directly above the baby's bed. In this case, you can be sure that the created conditions are comfortable for the baby. Do not trust your personal feelings.

In the summer months you can use air conditioning - it is only important to ensure that the air stream passes at a great distance from the crib. In the summer, you can do the following actions, which will allow the room temperature to be at the required level.

1. The room should be often aired. The child at this moment is moved to another room. Air is worth at least 30 minutes 4 times a day.
2. If the heaters are very hot, they can be covered with a towel. Wet them with water to create moisture.
3. In hot weather, you do not need to wrap the child with extra clothes.
4. Drinking plenty of fluids will help make up for the loss of salt and fluid in the body.
5. You can bathe in the bathroom several times a day. It is both hardening and hygiene. You should not specifically warm up the room before bathing. After water procedures, the child needs to be held in a terry towel for a longer time, so that the body gets used to the established temperature regime.
6. It is worth abandoning the canopy above the bed and high sides - they, in addition to collecting dust, interfere with the free circulation of fresh air.

If the temperature in the room is about 19 degrees, then the child can be dressed in a light shirt and romper, and then the dream will be sound and calm. Worse if the temperature is the same or slightly higher, and the child is wrapped in a warm blanket. Young children tolerate cool air better than overheating.

If the room temperature is low (about 14 degrees), the child's body begins to work with even greater force in order to generate the necessary heat. It will not do any harm. Hardening occurs, which is useful in countering colds, but this applies only to healthy children. We are not talking about children who were born prematurely - for them, the optimal temperature in the room is 24-26 degrees.

By what signs can you understand that the child was not cold and did not overheat

These include the following:

Conclusion: for a healthy child, the norm temperature condition  the room is 18-20 degrees. If the baby has a cold or premature baby, then the temperature norm rises to 26 degrees.

How to recognize overheating or hypothermia of a newborn

If the child overheats, the following symptoms occur:

• heavy crying;
• refusal of food;
• redness of the skin;
• breathing and palpitations become frequent;
• violation of the skin (prickly heat, rash).

Signs of hypothermia:

• arms and legs become cold;
• the nasolabial triangle turns blue;
• the skin turns pale and becomes a marble shade.

Do not forget to moisturize

Humidification is also necessary. It, getting into the respiratory tract and lungs, warms up and is enriched with moisture. On exhalation, the air has high humidity. If the baby inhales dry air, then his body with maximum strength performs the function of moisturizing. As a result, forces are expended, dehydration occurs. To moisturize, you must:

• purchase a humidifier or hang wet towels around the room;
• do wet cleaning regularly;
• ventilate the room.

The optimum humidity in the room where there is a baby should not be less than 50%. If the air humidity in the room is increased, the baby sweats, but the heat production decreases or stops, and there is a risk of getting sick. The situation is exacerbated by the appearance of mold and fungus on the walls. This negatively affects the respiratory tract of the child - in addition to respiratory diseases, allergies can occur.

If the air humidity is lowered, the following problems may occur:

• the skin becomes dry, irritation appears;
• the child is disturbed by the act of sucking due to the dryness of the nasal cavity;
• increases the risk of allergies.

The child himself can not talk about his feelings, so parents should carefully monitor his behavior and condition. Before each hygiene procedure, you need to inspect the body of the baby. For convenience, you should purchase devices that will help monitor the temperature and humidity of the room.

Environmental conditions play an important role in the development of the baby, who is forced to spend most of the first months of life indoors. Therefore, the temperature in the room for the newborn should be optimal and comfortable. Constant hypothermia or overheating of the child, as well as sudden changes in temperature can lead to the development of a number of conditions that are fraught with unpleasant consequences and chronic diseases.

Even if the temperature in the room seems optimal to you, carefully monitor the well-being of the child: if he feels comfortable, there is nothing to worry about

The conditions in the room where the child lives are determined by his condition, vital signs and reaction to the environment. The weaker the baby, the more comfortable the indicators should be. For example, the temperature in the room of a newborn who was born on time and without any deviations is 19 ° -21 ° C. If the baby is premature, then it will develop better at an air temperature of at least 24 ° -25 ° C. If the baby is strong and peppy, you can introduce natural hardening, starting from birth. In this case, the thermometer should not exceed 18 ° -19 ° C.

The main mistake of parents is an attempt to adjust the newborn to conditions that seem comfortable for the adult body. In fact, with age, the processes of human thermoregulation are disturbed due to an improper lifestyle. And the kids are able to adapt to environmental conditions without any problems. From here an interesting paradox arises. In prosperous families, where parents and numerous relatives take care of the child, greenhouse conditions are created so much that the child’s skin cannot breathe. Therefore, such children often get sick. And in dysfunctional families, where the baby is left to his own devices and no one controls the temperature, the level of colds among newborns is much less.

It is important to remember that it is necessary to prepare the conditions in the room before the baby appears. Temperature and humidity should be adjusted in advance. In addition, indicators should not change dramatically. The thermometer should be located near the crib of the newborn, in one plane - this will help to always get the right numbers.

Try not to wrap the baby unnecessarily, because overheating has no less harmful effect than hypothermia

The accelerated metabolism and the incompletely formed system of thermoregulation lead to the fact that infants are very intensively released heat. This occurs with the help of the lungs and the entire surface of the skin. If there is a significant increase in air temperature in the newborn’s room, the baby has to inhale warm air, he cannot get rid of the internal heat and begins to sweat. And then mineral salts and water come out, so necessary for the growing body.

If the air temperature in the room is above normal, it is easy to determine by the condition of the child:

• in the natural folds and places of joint bends, redness appears, turning into diaper rash;
• the baby often opens his mouth as if he lacks air. Gradually, breathing from the nasal becomes oral;
• body temperature may increase slightly;
• as a result of intense loss of water and digestive disorders, newborns may experience abdominal pain, bloating;
• crusts appear in the nose, which also interfere with normal breathing.

As a result of hypothermia, a catarrhal disease can develop, which will significantly weaken the children's body.

If it’s too hot in the room, bathe your baby more often: this will help you better tolerate the high temperature of the air

Most often, the temperature in the living room does not fall below 20 ° -22 ° C. This may be due to hot weather or the heating season, when it is impossible to adjust the indicators yourself.

If it is impossible to artificially create the optimal temperature in the room of the newborn, it is necessary:

• ensure the intake of a sufficient amount of fluid in the child's body;
• minimize the amount of clothing;
• organize water treatments. The temperature of the water during bathing should be as close as possible to the indicators in the room, then the baby will not notice the difference and will not get cold.

If the humidity in the baby’s room is very low, put in an aquarium or just any water tanks

In addition to the temperature in the room of the newborn, it is also necessary to monitor the humidity. Humidity is rarely found indoors, but excessive air dryness is very common. If you do not follow this indicator, drying out of the mucous membranes of the newborn, sleep disturbance, accelerated loss of fluid, changes in the behavior of the child may develop. To prevent this, you can install an aquarium or ordinary water tanks in the room. Relative humidity  environment should not fall below 50%.

Humidity and temperature control in the room of the newborn should be carried out daily. Do not neglect regular ventilation and wet cleaning with a minimum amount of detergent chemical components.

Having discharged from the hospital, a caring mother in every possible way tries to protect her baby, creating him comfort and coziness in the house. After all, he seems such a defenseless, fragile creature. Is it possible to overdo it and even harm the baby with their actions? Let's talk about the temperature in the room of a newborn.

The temperature in the room and the health of the baby

Why in general the question arises, what should be the temperature in the room for the newborn? The fact is that we all know the fact that the thermoregulation of a child’s body is imperfect. This means that the baby can easily overcool or overheat.

Often parents, as well as grandparents try to wrap the newborn warmer, to heat the room with portable heaters, if it seems to them that the room is cold. At the same time, the windows in the children's bedroom are often clogged so that someone does not accidentally “let the cold in”.

Dear parents, remember: the proverb "pairs of bones does not break" is not applicable in this situation. For a little man, it’s much more dangerous to overheat than to overcool! And that's why.

The body of crumbs in infancy generates a lot of heat due to the intensive metabolism. He needs to get rid of this heat either through the lungs or through the skin.

If the room temperature is 18-20 o C, then cool air, figuratively speaking, gives it the opportunity to lose heat. But if the room temperature is much higher, for example, in the summer heat, the body has nowhere to give off heat. And then the child begins to sweat actively. The skin of the crumbs becomes wet and salty, which can lead to dehydration, and in infancy it is very, very dangerous.

The baby should sleep in optimal and comfortable conditions

If the body does not have enough water

Overheating and, as a consequence, dehydration, indirectly or directly becomes the cause of such problems:

• diaper rash;
• flatulence (due to lack of fluid, intestinal juices thicken);
• dry crusts in the nose;
• dry nasopharyngeal mucosa;
• thrush in the mouth.

The other extreme is when it is too cold. The baby has not yet learned how to generate heat using the mechanism of muscle trembling. Therefore, there are situations when the child runs the risk of overcooling, even if the room is not very cold. It is important to remember that the baby's limbs freeze faster, but the back, head and neck can quickly overheat.

From the foregoing, we conclude that the optimal room temperature for newborns is 18-20 ° C, but not higher than 22 ° C. Moreover, the child should not be cold. The golden mean is achieved through clothes on the baby.

However, there is no need to dress the baby like cabbage. Moreover, it is useful to arrange baby air baths for several minutes before feeding and when changing the diaper.

Importance of humidity

Humidity is another important factor on which the baby's health and well-being depends. In a children's room, humidity of 50-55% is considered ideal.

With high humidity indicators, fungi and mold actively multiply, which leads to respiratory diseases. With insufficient moisture, other pathological conditions occur:

1. The skin of the child dries up, peels off. There is a risk of developing atopic dermatitis.
2. The mucous membranes of the respiratory system, when dry, become susceptible to all kinds of infections. The baby can "grunt", sniff, with difficulty sucking a breast or a bottle.
3. With dry air, the risk of developing allergic diseases increases.

Studies conducted in the USA showed that humidity in the range of 40-60% significantly reduces the viability of the influenza virus in the air.

In view of the foregoing, we make the second important conclusion: parents need to monitor the humidity indicators in the children's room. There are several ways to do this:

• do wet cleaning;
• start an aquarium with fish;
• buy decorative fountains;
• purchase a humidifier.

I want to say a few words about the last method. Household humidifiers are steam and ultrasonic. The latter both work quieter and safer. Humidifiers with a hygrometer make it possible to create and control the desired humidity.

We saw that parents can help their child grow healthy by creating a comfortable temperature and humidity in the baby’s room from birth. Let your children grow up healthy.