The Importance of Warmth for your Baby

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. And that is why has overheating is a risk factor for SIDs.

Pardon? What exactly are you trying to say?

Cooler room lower the risk of SIDS. The hypothesis is that warmer babies are sometimes unable to arouse themselves when necessary. They have higher rates of SIDS. That is why they believe SIDS rates go up in the winter. People put too much clothing on their babies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
"Peter Wolff, a well-known pediatrician and researcher who completed countless studies of newborns and their behavior, observed that temperature has an important effect on the amount of time babies sleep and on their crying. Babies kept at warmer temperatures, he found, cried less and slept more than those subjected to cooler environments."
Obviously, do NOT overheat.

Wondering if there may be a correlation between your baby's sleep difficulties and the fairly recent practice giving babies bottles that haven't been warmed. Am also thinking that warming the bottle may reduce the risk of colic.

No observable effect. 2 DCs. Both breastfed and slept in the same room from 0 to age 2 at approx same room temps. DC1 - terrible sleeper, DC - great sleeper.

Your experience, OP?

If your children were breastfed, I'm guessing your milk was exactly the correct temperature, unless you pumped and did bottles.

[Anonymous]

My baby who slept the best liked bottles straight out of the fridge. Would reject them if they were warm. My baby who never slept was much more finicky and required warm bottles. She didn’t sleep through the night until 8 or 9 months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. And that is why has overheating is a risk factor for SIDs.

Pardon? What exactly are you trying to say?

Cooler room lower the risk of SIDS. The hypothesis is that warmer babies are sometimes unable to arouse themselves when necessary. They have higher rates of SIDS. That is why they believe SIDS rates go up in the winter. People put too much clothing on their babies.

We should see what exactly the baby was wearing, and what else was in the crib. Perhaps there were loose blankets and pillows. Perhaps toys and stuffed animals. What temperature was the room? We really have no clue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My baby who slept the best liked bottles straight out of the fridge. Would reject them if they were warm. My baby who never slept was much more finicky and required warm bottles. She didn’t sleep through the night until 8 or 9 months.

At what age did you start the bottles straight out of the refrigerator?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. And that is why has overheating is a risk factor for SIDs.

Pardon? What exactly are you trying to say?

Cooler room lower the risk of SIDS. The hypothesis is that warmer babies are sometimes unable to arouse themselves when necessary. They have higher rates of SIDS. That is why they believe SIDS rates go up in the winter. People put too much clothing on their babies.

We should see what exactly the baby was wearing, and what else was in the crib. Perhaps there were loose blankets and pillows. Perhaps toys and stuffed animals. What temperature was the room? We really have no clue.

No. This is based on actual studies. They do know. Increased temperature is associated with higher rates of SIDS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. And that is why has overheating is a risk factor for SIDs.

Pardon? What exactly are you trying to say?

Cooler room lower the risk of SIDS. The hypothesis is that warmer babies are sometimes unable to arouse themselves when necessary. They have higher rates of SIDS. That is why they believe SIDS rates go up in the winter. People put too much clothing on their babies.

We should see what exactly the baby was wearing, and what else was in the crib. Perhaps there were loose blankets and pillows. Perhaps toys and stuffed animals. What temperature was the room? We really have no clue.

No. This is based on actual studies. They do know. Increased temperature is associated with higher rates of SIDS.

And this is SIDS, not suffocation, which is what stuffed animals and blankets would cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. And that is why has overheating is a risk factor for SIDs.

Pardon? What exactly are you trying to say?

Cooler room lower the risk of SIDS. The hypothesis is that warmer babies are sometimes unable to arouse themselves when necessary. They have higher rates of SIDS. That is why they believe SIDS rates go up in the winter. People put too much clothing on their babies.

We should see what exactly the baby was wearing, and what else was in the crib. Perhaps there were loose blankets and pillows. Perhaps toys and stuffed animals. What temperature was the room? We really have no clue.

No. This is based on actual studies. They do know. Increased temperature is associated with higher rates of SIDS.

And this is SIDS, not suffocation, which is what stuffed animals and blankets would cause.

How exactly is SIDS defined?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. And that is why has overheating is a risk factor for SIDs.

Pardon? What exactly are you trying to say?

Cooler room lower the risk of SIDS. The hypothesis is that warmer babies are sometimes unable to arouse themselves when necessary. They have higher rates of SIDS. That is why they believe SIDS rates go up in the winter. People put too much clothing on their babies.

We should see what exactly the baby was wearing, and what else was in the crib. Perhaps there were loose blankets and pillows. Perhaps toys and stuffed animals. What temperature was the room? We really have no clue.

No. This is based on actual studies. They do know. Increased temperature is associated with higher rates of SIDS.

And this is SIDS, not suffocation, which is what stuffed animals and blankets would cause.

How exactly is SIDS defined?

Sudden death of child under 1 with no known cause after investigation. It excludes deaths by suffocation.

[Anonymous]

I’m the one who started suggesting warm bottles in the other thread, and I do think more people are prone to overheating with clothing/room temp than not keeping warm enough. Overheating is a serious issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m the one who started suggesting warm bottles in the other thread, and I do think more people are prone to overheating with clothing/room temp than not keeping warm enough. Overheating is a serious issue.

What room temperature is best? And what clothing for sleeptime?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m the one who started suggesting warm bottles in the other thread, and I do think more people are prone to overheating with clothing/room temp than not keeping warm enough. Overheating is a serious issue.

What leads you to think overheating is a serious issue? Could you please share an example?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m the one who started suggesting warm bottles in the other thread, and I do think more people are prone to overheating with clothing/room temp than not keeping warm enough. Overheating is a serious issue.

What leads you to think overheating is a serious issue? Could you please share an example?

Our ped warned us against it. He said a too-cold baby will cry until you figure it out, but an overheated baby could quietly die. My MIL also gave my husband heat rash as a baby by over-dressing him in wool in August with no air conditioning. The vast majority of baby books I’ve read caution far more against keeping a room too warm because of the SIDS risk, as previously mentioned.

I’m not going to play the quote/link game, but knock yourself out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m the one who started suggesting warm bottles in the other thread, and I do think more people are prone to overheating with clothing/room temp than not keeping warm enough. Overheating is a serious issue.

What room temperature is best? And what clothing for sleeptime?

Is your Google broken?

[Anonymous]

Curious what room temperature your ped recommended, 16:39. I've heard 68-72 degrees. Is that where most of you keep your homes?