Exposure of infants to open air

The respiration of pure air is at all times, and under all circumstances, indispensable to the health of the infant.
The nursery therefore should be large, well ventilated, in an elevated part of the house, and so situated that it has a constant supply of air and light.
For the same reasons, the room in which the infant sleeps should be large, and the air frequently renewed; nothing is so prejudicial to its health as sleeping in an impure and heated atmosphere.

So thick curtains closely round the bed is something you should avoid.
They are only useful when they protect the infant from any draught of cold air.
The proper time for taking the infant into the open air must, of course, be determined by the season of the year, and the state of the weather.

A delicate infant born late in the autumn will not generally derive advantage from being carried into the open air, in this climate, till the succeeding spring; and if the rooms in which he is kept are large, often changed, and well ventilated, he will not suffer from the confinement.
Probably,the infant will escape from catarrhal affections, which are so often the consequence of the injudicious exposure of infants to a cold and humid atmosphere.

If, however, the child is strong and healthy, no opportunity should be lost of taking it into the open air at stated periods, experience daily proving that it has the most invigorating and vivifying influence upon the system.
Just be sure to keep your baby warm enough when you expose the infant to open air.

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