To ask how you’re keeping your newborn cool?

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DD is 8 days old today and I’m really struggling to keep the rooms cool according to my Groegg.

Last night we had two fans in the room, all windows open and the room was still 25 degrees.

DD slept in nappy and vest. However, as a FTM I’m very anxious about overheating.

Today I’ve got her in nappy and a cotton dress but it’s still so warm!

What are you doing to keep your baby cool? And is anyone else as anxious as I am about this?

I remember the year DD1 was born it was July and over 30 degrees, the room thermometer was in error most of the time. She was in a nappy and a vest for about 4 weeks. We had a fan on 24/7 too.

You know what she survived, I remember someone told me babies are born in the Middle East all the time and do fine lol.

Ignore the gro egg. Babies are born in all parts of the world a lot lot hotter than 25 degrees and they’re fine.

A nappy and a vest is fine.

See the logical side of me understand this babies survive in much hotter conditions. However, the midwife came round and put the fear of god into me about overheating and SIDS and it’s made my anxiety shoot through the roof

I keep pressing my hand to the nape of her neck and she can feel very hot or cool and I’m just a nervous wreck.

If she’s inside she doesn’t need a vest on even, just a nappy will be fine. Plenty of milk. Cool bath later on - get in with her!

And congratulations

Haven't needed to manage the heat much yet this summer, but last summer it was baking and DS was very young:
Wipe a damp muslin on his hands and wrists, feet and ankles, neck and head. It cools him down quite quickly.
Sleeping downstairs until 11/12pm in our back room where it's cooler.
Windows upstairs have blinds / shutters closed against the heat of the sun, then open them all up as soon as it cools at 6/7pm. Including opening bathroom and hall windows.
Fan on him while he sleeps.
Just a nappy.
When I was in bed with him, he would curl against my chest and I think somehow it was cooler for him, though I've no idea how that works.

Also lots of little drinks through the night if you're breastfeeding, whenever she stirs just pop her on, then she can't get dehydrated. Take 2 pints of water to bed for yourself.

She'll be fine as long as you dress her appropriately for the temperature. The real risk is wrapping them up too warm.

It's supposed to be cooler tomorrow in most of the UK too which will be a relief!

It was a hot summer when DD was born.Someone gave us a pram,totally impractical for using in a rural area by brilliant for putting Inthe shade,hood up and putting DD just in snappy to sleep in the day.
At night windows open andjust a sheet on.
Mostly though if hot summers increased SIDS it would have been on the news.I expect most of us have been through the worry of overly hot babies,certainly the first time we have had thermometers in our bedroom.

Never have the fan directly on the baby.

13 weeks old now but I have her in just a nappy indoors, windows open and fan going with ice blocks in front, can’t get the temperature lower than 24 degrees though.

A bath morning and evening just to keep her cool and then wipe down with a coolish wet flannel at each nappy change helps too

Offer the breast often - even when it’s not a normal feed time and she isn’t making hungry faces, 9 times out of 10 she wants it for one let down just as a quick drink to keep her fluids up

If you formula feed you are allowed to give cooled boiled water between feeds but no need if you are breastfeeding - just make sure you drink plenty yourself and you will notice the milk you are producing is more watery.

Playmat has an ice block under it which I remove when it’s play time - it keeps the mat cool to the touch and is a welcome relief for her I think, especially considering she still likes to be held constantly when she is awake.

At night she is sleeping in her nappy with just a Muslin as a blanket and that keeps her feeling warm enough to the touch but not hot

Yes, definitely don’t point fan at baby, just use it to circulate air around the room, it can get uncomfortably cold directly in front of a fan

Some good tips here. I've been worrying about it a bit as ours is due in a month. Gro egg is saying 20-21 at bedtime atm but I think it's hotter by the morning, and may be even hotter by next month. Just going to err on the side of caution and put less clothing on and keep checking her temperature.

Its been 25 here all week at night so dreading tonight. I’ve opened the loft hatch after reading another thread and that does seem to be making a difference. So far my newborn doesn’t seem too upset in the house but she got very hot in her hat and car seat earlier when we were out and about. She’s far happier at home inside.

Ignore the gro egg. Your baby isn't going to die from SIDS because the air is hot. The SIDS advice is a useful caution against overdressing or turning the heating up to max when it's cold normally, but if it's the middle of summer and you can't do anything about it, it's of no use at all apart from to cause anxiety.

If you have a fan put a frozen bottle of water near it and that will cool the room, placing a frozen bottle of water by the bed will help too. Wash her neck and wrists and feet with cool or lukewarm water [not cold]. I had a 6 month old in 40 degree heat and it was 30 or higher at night.

I was breastfeeding her on a towel covering a ice pack complete nightmare.

When I was in bed with him, he would curl against my chest and I think somehow it was cooler for him, though I've no idea how that works.

Yep - your skin temperature will change by up to a degree either way to help correct a newborn's body temperature. This is actually more effective at stabilising a newborn's temperature than an incubator is.

Downstairs room (hot air rises) in just a nappy should be okay.

Born in Australia in early January here. It was 40+ for most of the first couple months of my life. And no, there wasn’t air conditioning.

Still alive!

This weather is not hot. Not by any really hot nation’s definition of the term. It’s not like your baby has even been alive long enough to develop the bizarre British definition of ‘hot’. I have photos on my FB of babies in Australian summer wearing shorts, t-shirts and being worn in slings. All still very much alive also.

She will be fine.

Freeze water in an ice cream tub and set that in front of the fan with the air blowing across it, but not directly at the baby

DD1 was a July 1997 baby, a very long, hot summer. She spent her first three months basically in a nappy, or nappy and vest, and mostly outside in a pram under a wisteria covered pergola, catching the breeze and watching the leaves blow. At nighttime we had windows open, fans running, and she slept on her own, in a lovely big cot, in just a nappy and vest. We always close the house up all day too, and then open everything after dark, it keeps it cooler.

I’m so sorry you have to deal without central air conditioning. It gets so hot in the US most of us have it or at least air units. I’ve lived with central air since the 1960s. I’d rather be cold then hot any day. I’m serious with my comment not trying to be an ass.