How on earth do I cool my dd down?

[Chanel05]

Poorly girl (2) has a really high temperature today. It's nearly bedtime and her bedroom is 30 degrees. We have an air con unit but having a power cut in the area currently!!!

Calpol / nurofen
ice lollies
cold flannels
close curtains
naked

Cool bath or shower helps. Good luck

Pack of peas wrapped in a tea towel?

She had nurofen at 3 so isn't due for ages yet. Given her calpol but never brings her temp down.

If I take her for a drive in the car will it be okay for her to sit in the air con? I only have 2% battery as well 🤦‍♀️. It's all happening!!

I wouldn’t put her in that room until it’s cooled down. Bed time routine should be flexible under the circumstances.

One of my DD’s is like this and I used to give her a half dose of calpol and nurofen at the same time. This worked well. This was recommended to me by a nurse.

Freeze a bottle of water and place it in front of an electric fan (if the electric comes back on).
If not cold damp flannel for her forehead. Put her to bed downstairs? Or a different bedroom. Let her sleep on the sofa?

Follow NHS guidance - do not give a cold bath etc. www.nhs.uk/conditions/fever-in-children/

It says when to seek extra help.

Absolutely be flexible, have her down stairs etc..

Put sheet in freezer,dab her with cloth...car...

Thanks all for the help.

She's fallen asleep on my bed now, having had a dose of calpol. Wouldn't drink her milk because I can't warm it in the microwave!

Open all the windows, prop all the doors wide open (internal and external) and you should get some air movement through the house to cool down her bedroom. Bowls of ice on bedroom windowsil.

Tomorrow, close the curtains in her bedroom to reduce the heating up from sun.

Alternatively, let her sleep downstairs if it's cooler.

Tepid bath. Don’t put directly in it. Sit in bath and run taps gently so it’s lukewarm or ideally use shower head and gently shower including hair.

Always did that to my 4 when they had temps and always made them feel better.

Try if she still has temp later.

I've always run very warm.

As a child, my parents worried about me being hot at night. My father would use a hair dryer on a cool setting to blow cold air over me.

Nowadays we have fans but still... wanted you to know.

This sort of thing is not in line with NHS advice.

This sort of thing is not in line with NHS advice

Exceptional circumstances with the current high temperatures though - cruel to just let them suffer, IMO.

There are medical reasons why the NHS does not advise cooling in that way - it puts more strain on the body - which is why the advice is as it is. If the advice was to do that in hot weather, that is what it would say.

Using an emotive word like 'cruel' is unhelpful - I would not do the opposite of medical advice personally.