Humidifier benefits for baby
1.Skincare
Babies specifically, can have very dry skin. And require a lot of baby lotion.
Dry skin is a symptom of dry air. You could say that dry skin equals dehydrated skin. And air that is deficient in humidity absorbs moisture from where it can, skin being a big one.
On the flip side, when the air has the proper relative humidity, which is 40 to 60% RH according to the National Library of Medicine, Your skin absorbs the moisture out of the air.
A baby humidifier adds moisture back into the air when the relative humidity has dropped below the 40% mark.
This is an important part of helping keep your babies skin moisturized.
Babies also have an underdeveloped immune system. Which leads to more problems with colds and congestion, along with crusty noses.
2. Viruses and Germs
Low humidity/dry air creates more than one problem for newborns and children.
Firstly, it allows particles that are viral to travel much easier and spread through your home much faster.
Why is that?
Moisture in the air has a wetting effect on airborne particulates that causes dust particles to become too heavy to float, thereby keeping them from being able to travel.
That includes germs and viruses.
3.Dry air inhibits Immunity
Thirdly, the cilia, which is the part of your airways that help expel viruses, do not work as well in dry environments.
A research article published in MedicalNews Today reads “the hair-like organelles outside of cells that line the body’s airways, called cilia, do not function as well in dry conditions — they cannot expel viral particles as well as they otherwise would.”
That is why a baby humidifier is an invaluable tool for helping keep your baby and or your children healthy during the winter months.
4.Moistens Dried Noses and throats
Fourthly, when your baby’s nose is dried out, it’s a very painful situation for them and it’s also very painful for you to have to scrape off the dried snot and mucus.
A humidifier, when the air is very dry will hydrate the inside of your baby’s nose and help alleviate that problem.
By the same token , a baby humidifier will also help hydrate a sore dry throat.
As well as help you deal with the problem.