am concerned about the forth coming heat on hol with dd?

[PinkChick]

aparently girl in clothes shop i spoke to at weekend has just got back frmo where im going and it was 47 degrees!..another friend also said was in its 40's..now we knew this but just last night it was 27 degrees here in dd's room and it was awful!..she had no coevrs on and just pj shorts..so how do you/wcan i make dd comfortable when we get there?..i think the air con is just in bedroom too

It's difficult, especially if you have a sweaty baby to begin with.

What's the age of your dd?

Where are you going?

If it's 47 degrees then you can't make her or yourself comfortable. I've only expereinced temps that hot once (in Aus) and it was horrible. You can't go outside at all. Earlier in the day (about 10.30) we tried to go for a swim at the beach, but the sand was too hot to walk on even wearing flip-flops (got actual blister burns from where the sand stuck to skin).
Heat like that doesn't tend to last long in most places though - where will you be?

I was in the S of France in 2003 when it reached 45, we were staying in a house with no aircon but htere was shady terrace and a pool. We didn't do much, just sat in the shade until too hot then jumped in the pool. Dd was about 10 months, didn't seem to bother her, she just slept in her nappy. Fans are essential though

dd is 4 so not baby and its cyprus we're going to..todays forcast shows its cooler, but temp has been averaging 38+ over last few months now so am expecting hot!

just lookeed and its 34 degrees at mo(but dont they take that reading at airports?..not out in blistering sunshine?

Cool shower just before bed will really help, especially if you leave hair damp. Other than that, stick to shade during the day, carry a brolly if needs must. TBH it does look like it's cooling down in Europe now. Have a nice hol.

Avoid being out in aforementioned blistering sunshine.
Stick as far as possible to shady areas ( or but a sun shade/sun tent/big parasol and take your shade with you)
Wear hats.
Lots of fluids (not so much alcohol)
Jump in pool to cool off.
Try to plan day to avoid being out across the hottest time around midday.

Some days when I was in Spain (last week) it touched 40 degrees, 5 year old DD didn't seem to notice and played happily. DS who is 7 months got prickly heat and with no bloody air con, there was no respite from the heat. He only wore a nappy night and day for 2 weeks as clothes made him more sweaty. The worst culprit was his UV suit. We kept him out of the sun of course and whenenver we walked around we used his shade-a-babe.

We are going to Zante in 2 weeks time, my friend lives over there and emailed me to say they had a heatwave a couple of weeks ago, but it has now started cooling down so hopefully won't be unbearable when we are there. I have 2 dd's (7 and 5).

Hope you have a good hoiday.

thanks every one..i've bought that cooling gel for when you burn, but its a nice coolant even if your very warm, i also bought that naf advertised cool spray(cant remember name?)but that worked quite well in uk last summer when hot.. wetting her hair before we go out in morn/night will help like you say and have bought a batery operated fan for her(we'll get ther about 5 in morn so hopefully wont be to uncomfortable while were lugging suitcases and tired dd around!)

we went to zante before we had dd and loved it..go out early and walk along beach when its cooler, you may see the turtles checking on their eggs..although IIRC, even at 7am in morn then(we went in july) it was scorching!

is red bull a bad idea in that heat?, just thinking of the caffiene as i tend to drink lots of that when im tired mid day

When I go somewhere hot I take a hot water bottle with me , fill it with ice cold water and stick my feet on it. Strange but true

LOL but good thinking!..was thinking things like wrist bands(sweat bands) and soaking them then putting them on dd..with them being on oressure points that always helps with me?..would those cool n soothe forhead strips work to lower body temp due to heat not illness????

second what everyone else has suggested, lots of shade, plan to be somewhere with air con in the hottest part of the day (approx 12-4), hang out at the pool a lot but with seats in the shade when you aren't in the water.. um..with my ds (3 months) if I HAVE to go out when it's hot I take a wet flannel in a sandwich bag and just wipe him down on his face/arms/legs really often, wetting his hair so he stays cool.

thanks for that, have just put flannel in case for that sole reason now