Help with bringing temperature down in the house

dancingfairy

How about a bucket of cold water in the room? I believe the heat will heat the water and it will draw the heat out of the air. I think also you can put a fan next to it so it blows the chilled air across the room (obviously not too near the water due to electrical safety).
It's worth a go anyway.
df
edit: another thing for adults is to run your wrists under a cold tap for a bit. I wouldn't do it on a baby though.

thorsoak

If you have any reusable nappies - or can get hold of the old-fashioned terry towelling nappies, I would suggest using these whilst it is so hot. The fact that the disposables are so leak-proof means that they will retain the heat and could heat baby up.

Gold_Dust_2

Hiya,

I recently (a few months ago) bought an 'air purifier' and while it wasn't much good at that, it really did a good job of cooling the room down a few degrees. I bought a cheap one as I was just trying it out, this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B003V0G3Q6/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1435459487&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&keywords=air+purifier&dpPl=1&dpID=31qDIq628CL&ref=plSrch

Perhaps you could try it with some ice cubes/really cold water, and by placing it out of direct sunlight so that the light doesn't warm the water. It's not very loud, and it really freshens the air that it circulates.

GwylimT

All windows open at night, prop the doors so they don't slam.

We alwats co-sleep aa it is the most reliable way for babies temperature to be regulated, they rarely need more than a nappy in summer and occasionally a sleeveless vest in summer. Also, cover your upper legs, behind and stomach in plastic, you soon get very uncomfortable, at least use washable nappies in the night, they are far cooler and less likely to result in nappy rash.

notanewuser

CDaniels1987 wrote: »

On the grobag itself it says for rooms 20-24 to put them in a vest and a 1 tog grobag, would you not recommend it then?

I don't like grobags much (only got one for DD at 16 months when she worked out how to fling herself out of her cot - it didn't stop her). I stick my feet/legs out of the duvet if I get too hot. DD did/does the same. They can't do that with a grobag. It's back to that overheating thing.

meer53

You don't need grobags or air coolers. Normal clothes and blankets/covers are fine. I'd also go with having baby too cold rather than too warm, babies are good at letting you know when they're chilly.

OP, both my children slept on a lambskin when they were babies, summer and winter. They're not recommended any more but when my daughter was born, (14 years ago) she was in a neo-natal unit for 5 weeks as she was premature. She slept on a lambskin there too.

notanewuser

I'm sure lam skins are making a revival, meer.

meer53

Seems they never went out of fashion in Australia and NZ ! They even quote UK studies regarding their benefits.

https://www.kiwisheepskins.com/baby-lambskin-info.php

Toto

I'm a midwife (and a health visitor come to that)


Baby doesn't need a vest and a babygrow. Baby can sleep in nothing but a nappy if the room is hot. He will tell you if he is too cold, he'll yell. But he may not tell you if he is too hot so always go on the side of fewer clothes than you think. If the room is hot and you are sweating then honestly I would put him in a nappy and maybe see how he goes with just a loose blanket over him. No swaddling, remember feet to foot on his back and in the room with you for 6 months is the advice.


You can't do anything really about the ambient temperature, that's just something that we all have to live with, but generally for central heating sake we advise the room be kept between 16 and 20 degrees.


The midwife who told you he needs a vest and babygrow at all times is talking nonsense which is actually dangerous advice.


Growbags - not a fan in little ones, but I think they are pretty good when the baby gets to the age when they are constantly wriggling out of their blankets and waking because they are too cold.


Other than that, bath baby when you like, maybe best to wait until the cord has dropped off, I advise avoiding soaps for around 6 weeks purely because some babies react to them, their skin is so sensitive even to ones which are 'pure'. But this is your baby, there is no law, you do what you want to do

notanewuser

Read up on the "fourth trimester" OP.

In short, every human baby is born premature - they have to be because if they stayed in for the full 12 months they need we'd never get them out. As a result they need you to recreate womb conditions for their first 3 months: food on demand, rocked, cuddled as much as possible etc.