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Top tips for staying cool at night..........

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noddyholder · 03/07/2006 21:44

Please!!!I have kept the blinds closed in our bedroom today and have just gone in to discover it is still boiling I think I will have a cool shower but tbh it didn't work last night!

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puff · 03/07/2006 21:45

I use a fan

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noddyholder · 03/07/2006 21:47

Dp always turns the fan off because of the noise but will keep it on tonight

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flutterbee · 03/07/2006 21:47

If you use a fan stick a bottle of frozen water with the lid off in front of it and it will cool the room down a lot, a fan on its own would have to be blowing on you directly all night to make a difference.

Scumster · 03/07/2006 21:47

Someone told me it is cooler under a sheet than with nothing at all.

VeniVidiVickiQV · 03/07/2006 21:47

fans good. Open windows for through breeze good.

Air con - GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!

tortoise · 03/07/2006 21:47

Invest in a ceiling fan! They are brill.Mine was £24.99 in argos last year.Need someone good with electrics to put it up but well worth it.

nicnack2 · 03/07/2006 21:48

fill a hot water bottle with cold water/ put towels in the freezer to lie on oddly enough have a cup of tea. if you drinl cold fluid your bodey starts to work over time to keep the core temp up. or nip to the airport and get an easy jet flight to aberdeen were as i have already said its freezing (15 degree)

southeastastra · 03/07/2006 21:49

sleep outside or in a tent!

spursmum · 03/07/2006 21:51

Fabulous idea for a thread. I need help to as i've got heat rash on my legs and i've taken as many anti-histamines as I can.
I've got a fan and thins sheets on my bed as I can't sleep without covers.

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noddyholder · 03/07/2006 21:51

Can't sleep outside as I get hayfever!

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noddyholder · 03/07/2006 21:53

Thin sheets is good .I also have a pair of knickers in the freezer read it in the sunday papers so am giving it a go!

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sallystrawberry · 03/07/2006 21:54

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hoxtonchick · 03/07/2006 21:54

have a shower just before you go to bed, & don't dry yourself. v. cooling.

jampots · 03/07/2006 21:54

i have a cold water bottle every night - fab

Scumster · 03/07/2006 21:55

lol at knickers in the freezer! Good luck.

Mercy · 03/07/2006 22:02

Run/splash cold water on the inside of your wrists, forehead & temples, back of neck.

I also put my leg halfway down the toilet and flush it so the water goes over my foot!!

Scumster · 03/07/2006 22:07

I wouldn't do that in my toilet, Mercy! Which reminds me- i need to add claening the bathroom to my to-do list!

Earlybird · 03/07/2006 22:10

Erm Mercy.....why not just sit on the edge of the bathtub and turn the cold water onto your legs/feet? No need for all this foot in the loo business.....!!

mosschops30 · 03/07/2006 22:11

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bakedpotato · 03/07/2006 22:16

On radio phone-in I once heard someone commending dampening sheets with garden puff-spray thingy full of water

Never tried it myself

mosschops30 · 03/07/2006 22:19

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bakedpotato · 03/07/2006 22:20

Am fairly sure that if I 'misted' the bedsheets tonight, they'd be dry by the time I'd finished brushing my teeth

Mercy · 03/07/2006 22:31

Why the toilet? It just seems to have the right amount of pressure and the water is always cold! Yes I know it sounds daft but it works.

bakedpotato · 03/07/2006 22:33

Mercy, do your toes go around the u-bend?

handlemecarefully · 03/07/2006 22:35

On BBC breakfast news they advised opening the loft up (because heat rises - thus heat will be dispersed into roof space)