Room sleeping temperature for babies in tropical climates
So the consensus online is that babies should sleep in a room with a temperature between 16 to 21 degrees.
But there are millions of babies born in hot tropical climates to families with low income, where the temperature even at night time will be 28-32 degrees Celsius. So obviously they do not sleep at 16 to 21 degrees, but are fine. So what is the deal here? How can this contradict the common recommendation? What happens if a person from a cold climate has a baby with a person from a tropical climate, and the baby is born in the tropical climate. Is it then okay for the baby to sleep in a room at 28 degrees?
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While I am not familiar with this specific claim, there is a difference between best practices and what works. In general, what works is enough to get by but there can be risks and difficulties that are all but guaranteed to come up. Most times there are ways to avoid these risks and difficulties by adhering to certain "above and beyond" guidelines.
The marginal benefit might not be that big, but they're worth following if possible. As you mentioned with low income children of tropical climates, sometimes it's not worth the effort to achieve or just not possible.
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