| Along with cribs, strollers, and baby walkers, baby | | | | them as they get older. |
| air purifiers are becoming a standard item | | | | The next step to take to ensure your baby is |
| requested by new parents. As pollution, allergies, | | | | breathing healthy air is to make sure no one |
| and asthma increases, more and more parents | | | | smokes in the house. If the parents smoke, this is |
| are becoming concerned with the purity of the air | | | | a great time to quit and the added incentive of |
| that their baby breathes and want to insure that | | | | helping your baby will increase your will power to |
| their babies have the cleanest air possible by | | | | quit smoking. Babies, especially premature ones, |
| placing a baby air purifier in the room. | | | | have lungs that may not be well developed. Even |
| One of the most common concerns is when the | | | | healthy babies lungs may have weak, |
| parents already suffer from allergies. Since one or | | | | underdeveloped muscles and their breathing |
| both of the parents have allergies, odds are the | | | | systems may not be completely developed or |
| baby will too. To ensure that your baby has the | | | | operating fully. If you absolutely can't eliminate |
| best possible chance to avoid problems associated | | | | smoking in the house, invest in a true HEPA unit |
| with allergies, first have a good clean-up. If your | | | | that has activated carbon that will absorb the |
| baby's room has previously been empty or used | | | | smoke and chemicals. |
| for storage, there is a good chance that there is | | | | Chemicals are another concern for your baby's |
| a build up of dust, dirt, and dust mites which are | | | | breathing health. Think about when you go to the |
| all primary allergens. Empty the room, wash the | | | | grocery store. Even if you close your eyes, you |
| walls, clean the windows of dust or possible mold, | | | | know where the cleaning isle is. You know this by |
| wash any curtains and clean any furniture that will | | | | the smell. As cleaning products sit, they "out gas." |
| be left in the room. This is the best preparation | | | | This means that the chemicals that they are |
| you can do to give your baby a good start | | | | made with are being released into the air. Cleaning |
| breathing in fresh air. | | | | products "out gas" in the stores and they "out |
| After you have the room cleaned well and all the | | | | gas" in your home. The cancer rate for women |
| furniture and lines washed, the room should be | | | | that stay home full-time is four times higher than |
| sufficiently cleaned. Now - keep it clean by using a | | | | women that work outside of the home on a daily |
| noiseless air purifier. You may even choose an air | | | | basis. Your baby will also be exposed to these |
| purifier that makes "white noise" as this can mask | | | | chemicals and can possibly can breathing |
| noises from the rest of the family and help the | | | | difficulties. Having an air purifier in your home that |
| baby sleep. | | | | can clean the chemical fumes (even if you can't |
| Having an air purifier in the bedroom is especially | | | | smell them) out of your home's and baby's room |
| important. When sleeping, your respiratory | | | | air, is essential for the health of your family. |
| system relaxes just as the rest of your body | | | | Your baby's immune system is directly affected |
| does. A relaxed body cannot handle all of the | | | | by the air he/she breathes. The air is especially |
| things it handles when it is fully awake and is | | | | important when your baby is sleeping because this |
| more susceptible to allergens. This is why most | | | | is when their lungs and immune system are |
| allergy sufferers have allergy attacks at night. | | | | resting and getting refreshed. Make sure that |
| Another tip is to sleep with the bedroom door | | | | your baby has the best start possible by giving |
| completely shut so the air in the room stays | | | | him the best and healthiest air possible. Check out |
| clean. If you start this practice with a newborn | | | | the best baby air purifiers on the market that can |
| baby and continue it, they will come to think it is | | | | best benefit your family. |
| normal and a shut bedroom door won't bother | | | | |