6. Increase in Parent’s Stress Levels
While this does not have an immediate effect on the baby, a cold room can lead to a significant increase in a parent’s stress levels. As you try to find the right temperature for the baby you are constantly going in and looking for any sign of something being wrong, while also trying to figure out if it is too warm or too cold for your child. This takes away from the time you could be doing work around the house, or sleeping, or relaxing to recover from the stress of raising a baby. It is key that new parents sleep when they can and when they are more worried about keeping that cold room the right temperature they lose sleep and increase stress. That increase in stress can lead to less mental acuity which can ultimately lead to frustrations that can be taken out on each other or on the child – which is likely out of character for you as the parent.