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Nicole Booth
Hello, I live in Sydney and in summer the nights are hot and humid! I rent. Is it necessary for me to buy a portable aircon for my bedroom to keep the temp down for the baby? or is a fan sufficient enough? I am trying to figure out the layout of my bedroom and if I also need to fit a nursing chair in it if an aircon is a must? if a fan is the way to go, then I can put the nursing chair in the nursery and feed in there and have a fan going whilst in there during the feed. some google sites say 'yes definitely an aircon' to keep the temp down and others say 'aircon not needed'. Does the room temp have to be at a certain temp? I want to do the best and keep the baby safe. Thank you very much Nicole
Red Nose Education
It is not necessary to monitor the room temperature of leave heating or cooling on all night as long as baby is dressed appropriately for the room temperature.
Dress baby as you would dress yourself – comfortably warm, not hot or cold.
There is also no evidence to support maintaining a specific room temperature or any specific bedding configurations (number of blankets required) as this depends on a number of factors such as what the baby is wearing, whether it is summer or winter and whether there is heating or cooling within the room where the baby is sleeping.
https://rednose.org.au/article/room-temperature