Help with bringing temperature down in the house

System

We have two portable air con units in our house (one for upstairs and one for downstairs) and they work brilliantly. Bit noisy though if your going to keep one in the bedroom though ive got used to it now.
Bit loud when your watching the telly when i come to think about it.

CDaniels1987

Judi wrote: »

We have two portable air con units in our house (one for upstairs and one for downstairs) and they work brilliantly. Bit noisy though if your going to keep one in the bedroom though ive got used to it now.
Bit loud when your watching the telly when i come to think about it.

which systems do you have? not sure what to get, also is it recommended to have them on all the time or once the room is cooled will it be ok to turn off om the night time, or will temp fly up then.

CDaniels1987

barbiedoll wrote: »

If you speak to 5 different midwives, you will get 5 different opinions. Not all of them will be right!

There is no reason for your baby not to have a bath for 6 weeks (unless he has a medical condition,) nor should you limit his milk intake to 30mls (again, unless he was premature, or has a medical issue). They probably told you not to feed him more than 30mls at each feed, this is fine for the first week or two but he will need more food as he grows so please don't limit his feeds, let him feed when he is hungry, if he finishes a feed and is still hungry, give him more! Please trust your instincts, you know your baby better than anyone else, including midwives. If you want to bathe him, then do so!

The general advice is that babies need to wear clothing equivalent to what an adult would be comfortable wearing, plus one layer. So, if you're warm enough to be naked, your baby would be fine with just a vest or sleepsuit, he really won't need both. And definitely no blanket, especially if the room is very warm.

Make sure that he is well hydrated, he may feed little and often if he is thirsty, so don't be alarmed if he only takes a small amount, then wants another feed half an hour later.

thanks, its currently 24.1 in the room according to the groegg, so he is just in a vest and one thin blanket tonight, with the window open tonight in the hope it will drop slightly

notanewuser

This is the one we have (we have 2). In the summer we have them on 24/7 most of the time.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Honeywell-CO25AE-Outdoor-Portable-Evaporative/dp/B008UHXXBI

CDaniels1987

notanewuser wrote: »

This is the one we have (we have 2). In the summer we have them on 24/7 most of the time.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Honeywell-CO25AE-Outdoor-Portable-Evaporative/dp/B008UHXXBI

thank you, just noticed that is an air cooler, are these just as good then? i was looking at the following:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Honeywell-cs10xe-Freshener-%5C-Remote-Control-COOLER/dp/B00880UMHU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1435268712&sr=8-2&keywords=honeywell+cs10xe

am i right in thinking that air coolers dont require a hose to go out the window?

clairev36

Congratulations on your baby boy! Enjoy him, they grow up far too quick!
My daughters gro egg is currently showing at 27.8! I've seen it over 30 on hot sunny days. The bedrooms in our house are stifling and in the 15 years we've been here there's no easy answer. We do keep curtains drawn & windows open where poss & as others have said fans into room.
Baby will be fine in a short sleeve vest.
As for the air con units we've never bothered for a variety of reasons including the expense, noise, storage of them and we'd need 3, one for each room!

notanewuser

No, there's no hose with an evaporative cooler. I think it's better as it doesn't dry out the air like air con does. That one looks good.

Snuggles

We have the same issue - the upstairs of our house is roasting in summer. We bought one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quality-Prem-I-Air-Velocity-Circulator-Chrome/dp/B000RPITLA/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1435271256&sr=8-7&keywords=fan

We open a window and place the fan directly in front of the window but facing into the room. Then open another window at the other side of the house (keeping doors open). The fan draws cool air in through the window and pushes the warmer air out. It really works. The fan is noisy but you don't need it on all the time, it clears the warm air fairly quickly.

Oh and we also have these to stop our cats getting out the window:

http://www.flat-cats.co.uk

missbiggles1

Snuggles wrote: »

We have the same issue - the upstairs of our house is roasting in summer. We bought one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quality-Prem-I-Air-Velocity-Circulator-Chrome/dp/B000RPITLA/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1435271256&sr=8-7&keywords=fan

We open a window and place the fan directly in front of the window but facing into the room. Then open another window at the other side of the house (keeping doors open). The fan draws cool air in through the window and pushes the warmer air out. It really works. The fan is noisy but you don't need it on all the time, it clears the warm air fairly quickly.

Oh and we also have these to stop our cats getting out the window:

http://www.flat-cats.co.uk

That assumes that the air is cooler outside, which won't necesarily be the case in a heatwave.

notanewuser

The other thing that makes our bedrooms hotter is the hot water pipes running under the floor. I've reduced the water heating timing to the bare minimum and do it at cooler parts of the day/night to try and reduce the impact.