Very interesting. Something (else) to keep in mind if I have another baby.
But won’t that leave a carbon footprint?
It would seem that danger from illness due to the airflow would outweigh the reduced risk.
How many of you sleep with a fan blowing air over you?
I’m 50-ish and still sleep with a low fan on. 9 months a year. Something about having air moving around while I sleep ...
No doubt.
IMO no need to further study.
I can see a fan gently blowing air on a babies face area working like CPAP or BIPAP does..
How many adults use fans year around? How many of you know someone who feel like they would suffocate if it wasnt for that fan while they sleep or window breeze.
Also the air does become stagnent at sunrise/sunset.
Probably same researchers who said sleeping on their backs increased the risk, then said sleeping on their stomachs caused it.
I wonder how much of SIDS is the “depth” of sleep. Granted that my experience is anecdotal, I sleep far better on my stomach than on my back. On my back, I wake up more during the night. If the baby is on their stomach, I wonder if maybe they sleep so deeply that they don’t breathe as well. I would think, then, that putting a fan in the room might add something to keep the baby from falling into as deep a sleep.