delhi is at 45. our 2 month old sleeps in our room with the ac on. paediatrician said keep it comfortable, not cold. my mother says 28. my partner's family says 24. the helper switches it off at 3 am because 'baby will catch cold'. what do you set it at, and do you put him in full sleeves
We're in Bengaluru so I never faced Delhi heat with a baby, but our doctor's tip was to feel the back of the neck, not the hands. If the neck was warm and dry, she was fine. A thin full-sleeve cotton suit and a light muslin over her worked for us ❤
26 with the fan on low, which is where everyone ends up after a week of arguing. the helper switching it off at 3 am is the bigger problem. you might need to talk to her before you talk to anyone else
Agree that the conversation with the helper matters most. In our case it helped to explain the reason rather than just give the rule. Once our helper understood the AC would stay at a moderate setting, not cold, she stopped switching it off.
Chennai humidity here, a different problem. We kept ours around 26 and moved the cot out of the direct line of the AC. Took a few nights of trial 🤷
Speaking as a parent here, not as anyone's doctor: there isn't one right number, and your paediatrician's 'comfortable, not cold' is the useful rule. What I would avoid is the room swinging from cool to hot when the AC goes off in the middle of the night. That swing bothered our son more than any particular setting did. Is the helper switching it off because she feels cold herself?
One practical thing we did was put a simple room thermometer near the cot. It ended most of the arguments in our house, because the AC display and the actual temperature where the baby slept were three degrees apart.
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