cold night air

[16th ave.]

here's another one that dh and i both grew up hearing and still do from my parents....
"the kids don't need to be out in that cold night air."; or "the kids shouldn't be out in the cold night air while they're sick." or " chloe doesn't need to be in that cold night air (at 7 a.m.) while she has a cough."
you can put who and what however as long as it has "cold night air" in it and it would probably be the same as i am trying to get at....

anyone else ever heard this?

[Father_0f_7]

I dont think I ever heard the "cold night air." It was just always "They should be out here when it's this cold." for when they are sick.

[Xero]

Yeah, I've always heard to keep kids out of the cold when they're sick. Doesn't really matter what time it is.

[Trina]

Never heard that one.

Actually hot, steamy air OR cold, crisp air can alleviate croup symptoms. That's the first thing our ped. suggested when DS was little and often had croup. "Run the shower and sit in the hot, steamy room with him OR let him breath cold air from the freezer. Better yet, bundle up and take him outside for some cold, brisk air."

[GHalt]

Pssh.

Our kids have croup from time to time (that barking cough in the middle of the night). Know what the doctor tells us to do?

"Take them out in the cool night air. It helps soothe their inflammed vocal cords."

[Lori Hoeck]

I once asked my mom why the fear of "cold air" for babies, sick or otherwise. Her old wisdom was that the immune system worked better when the body "doesn't also have to fight the cold air to keep the body warm." In her mind, it wasn't the cold air, but that the cold air siphoned off too much of the body's energy to keep babies healthy.

Of course, I had to mention during a documentary on Eskimo life that babies are often undressed inside rather cold igloos, but they don't seem affected by the cold air. She never had a good answer, but still sticks by her claims.