Can a four-month-old baby really use air conditioning?

In the hot summer, due to the high temperature, we need to use air conditioning to cool down. However, due to the relatively low resistance of babies, parents dare not use air conditioning for their babies in summer. However, the baby’s body cannot bear the temperature if it is too low, and they are worried that the baby will catch a cold. They only use air conditioning after the baby reaches a certain stage. So, can a four-month-old baby use air conditioning?

It is necessary to use air conditioning to adjust the room temperature appropriately for your baby. Many parents have this feeling: under the same conditions, infants and young children are more likely to "sweat profusely" than adults. This is due to the imperfect temperature regulation function of infants and young children. The body's sweating center is in the hypothalamus, which is probably located at or near the thermoregulatory center. When the body is in exercise or in a hot environment, the skin's thermoreceptors receive thermal stimulation, and the peripheral blood temperature increases accordingly, which can cause the temperature of the brain tissue around the hypothalamus to increase, the so-called local heating, thereby stimulating the sweating center and causing thermal sweating. However, if the hypothalamus function is not fully developed, excessive sweating may occur.

Sweat is mainly composed of water, accounting for 99%, and solid components account for 1%. Among the solid components, most of it is sodium chloride, and it also contains small amounts of urea, potassium chloride, lactic acid, etc. If the baby is often in a very hot environment and does not replenish enough water in time, it may cause varying degrees of dehydration and cause relatively serious damage to kidney function. When the weather is too hot, babies are prone to symptoms such as loss of appetite, heat stroke, diarrhea, prickly heat and heat stroke. So you can give your child some air conditioning appropriately.

Air conditioning is an air conditioner that is mainly used to adjust the indoor temperature. Babies need a suitable temperature, so the use of air conditioning has nothing to do with the age of the baby.

However, it should be noted that the temperature should be adjusted between 25-27℃, and the air outlet should not blow directly onto the baby. The windows should be opened for ventilation about once every three hours to keep the indoor air fresh and flowing.

According to the introduction in the article, four-month-old babies can use air conditioning. As long as the temperature of the air conditioner is controlled well, the baby will not catch a cold. It is also best not to let your baby go outdoors and then indoors, as the sudden changes in temperature can easily cause a cold. It is best to control the temperature at 26 or 27 degrees when sleeping at night, which is more in line with human body temperature.