Humidifier: Warm or Cold?

Which do I need to purchase?

~Carol Ann
Mom to Morgan born 3.24.04
http://tinyurl.com/299ot ---Pictures of Morgan

I have both
I use the warm in the winter and the cold in the summer.

Jennifer
Ariana 8/17/03

"Carol Ann" wrote in message
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Which do I need to purchase?

~Carol Ann
Mom to Morgan born 3.24.04
http://tinyurl.com/299ot ---Pictures of Morgan

I've tried both and found both to be TOO noisy.

Warm humidifies MUCH quicker in the one's I've tried. (Loads of water is
dispersed)

I found that neither made any difference to DD's coughs though. : ( In the
end I prefer the silent option of a bowl of steaming water with essential
oil in the corner of the room.

ROSIE

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Which do I need to purchase?


I don't have a baby yet, but do use humidifiers in the winter and I much
prefer the warm mist ones. The cold mist ones have filters that are
expensive and need to be replaced probly a few times a season (they got
nasty fast on us), and they make the room feel colder. The warm mist
ones need to be cleaned at least once a week to get rid of the calcium
deposits, and they use more electricity, but they put out a nice warm
cozy mist.

-kim

Carol Ann wrote:

Which do I need to purchase?

Why do you need either?

--
Sara, accompanied by the baby barnacle

"Sara" wrote in message
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Carol Ann wrote:

Which do I need to purchase?

Why do you need either?

Very humid air helps loosen secretions and help a stuffy baby breathe more
easily. They're invaluable.

Carol Ann, I love my cool mist humidifier. Get one of the ultrasonic ones -
they're very quiet. Mine is soundless. I think it's made by Vicks.
They're sold in pharmacies, and I imagine target and walmart type stores.

I chose cool, because with newborns you don't want them to overheat. Plus,
I live in Florida.

Donna

When DS had RSV back in March, we went through this too. We started
with a warm mist one, because I didn't know there was any other kind.

We ran it all night and woke up with water dripping from the ceiling
fan and running down the walls. Not good in a 1940's house with
plaster walls and ceilings!

So I called the ped and asked again and they specified COOL mist for
the congestion and cough.

BTW, it's helping with DH's snoring too!

Good luck,
Robin

BTW, it's helping with DH's snoring too!

Good luck,
Robin

A positive side effect!

~Carol Ann
Mom to Morgan born 3.24.04
http://tinyurl.com/299ot ---Pictures of Morgan

I don't have experience with more modern warm humidifiers, but we only
have the cold kind (its one of those sonic ones).

The reason is...when we were kids, my brother gave himself a very
serious steam burn with a hot one (it sucked water up from a resevoir
through a heating coil and steam came out the top). He was maybe 5 or
6, and we never got out of him exactly what the heck he did, but the
long and short of it was that he was playing with it as it ran in his
room, and somehow ended up with a big blast of steam on his leg - he
had a big burn about the size of an adult hand on his thigh. Then he
was scared to tell my mother what he'd done and didn't tell her for a
day or two. He finally told her his leg hurt, and I can still remember
her SCREAM when she took his pajama bottoms down to take a look and
saw this big oozing burn.

I think the important part is the humidity and not anything else. I
just think the cool ones have to be safer.

Mary G.

In misc.kids.breastfeeding Jennifer and Robert Howe wrote:
: I have both
: I use the warm in the winter and the cold in the summer.

Let's see, it's May, that means cold today and warm tomorrow.

:-)
Larry