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are you leaving your dd / ds's windows open tonight?

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strangerthanfiction · 07/06/2004 20:46

This is for people in the UK which, at least as far as London goes, is very hot tonight. My dd's 20 months now so we went through the very hot summer with her last year but she was much younger and didn't notice the heat so much so we just put her to bed in a nappy and used a fan. We live by a railway line and a park so it's way too noisy to leave her windows open. This year she's too old to just go in nappy as she'll take it off and she's decided she doesn't like the noise or presence of the fan. Tonight I've put her to bed in just nappy and 0.5 tog sleeping bag, do you think that will be cool enough? Her room was pretty warm this evening, this is a warm flat in general, lots of big windows.

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Lisa78 · 07/06/2004 20:47

My DS is 7 months and I have put him to bed in a nappy and no covers!

mummysurfer · 07/06/2004 20:48

no, i can't sleep if there windows\are open, i worry about intruders! during the day i keep their curtains closed and windows closed to try & keep the heat out.

codswallop · 07/06/2004 20:49

pjs and no covers
widnow ajar

GeorginaA · 07/06/2004 20:49

I've put 4 week old ds in a cotton short-sleeved t-shirt with poppers underneath (what are those things called?!) and no covers... mainly because someone told me once that having a thin layer of cotton next to the skin helps the sweat leave the body and cool more efficiently. Don't know how true that is though!

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strangerthanfiction · 07/06/2004 20:52

Ok, so maybe dd is 'over-dressed' in her 0.5 tog bag?

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codswallop · 07/06/2004 20:53

Have to have my wondows open

am astonished how stinky our nieghbours bedrooms must be when they have their windows shut

yeirch

Chinchilla · 07/06/2004 20:53

Ds has a nappy, short-sleeved pj top, and an empty duvet cover.

hermykne · 07/06/2004 20:53

stf
i dont live in london, but i ask myself the same thing, as i think she woke up the other night because she was too hot, her neck was very warm.
leaving the window open..eek..birds at 4.30am, the trains maybe? knowing we have a similar early waking problem what i do is open her door when i go to bed and leave the windows open accross the hall to create a draft hopefully.
my dd kicks the duvet off but i have to put her in a sleepsuit otherwise the nappy would be off.

could you put the fan in the hall maybe, maybe you like to keep her door closed, i did until she started frequent night waking this weekend!

Joffy · 07/06/2004 20:54

My 26 mth old dd is in bed with a long sleeved pyjama top, nappy and 0.5 tog grobag and the window shut. The rest of the house has windows wide open so I think that helps too cool it all down. I expect it will get cooler tonight too won't it. I have a little thermometer which came with the grobag which tells you what to put on the baby at what temperature. That's really useful

Hulababy · 07/06/2004 20:55

DD is 2y2m and has gone to bed in a tee shirt and Pull Up, no covers over her - she has kicked them off. And I have left the window open too even though it can get quite noisy at night - live right in the city centre, near the bars, etc. But she seems to be able to settle herself and sleep through any of it.

Her room is so hot though. It's south facing so has had full sun all day and evning, just soaking up the heat We found a fan of very limited use last year - and quite expensive to run.

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strangerthanfiction · 07/06/2004 20:57

Sorry to hear about the night waking hermykne, it may well be a result of the heat. Our flat's very strangely built so there isn't really a 'hall' I can put the fan into that would have any effect.

Codswallop, re. stinky rooms, I leave her windows open all day apart from when she naps in the afternoon so that solves that problem! Trust me, if you lived near the intersection train line of all the trains to and from London Bridge, you wouldn't sleep with your windows open at night.

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strangerthanfiction · 07/06/2004 21:00

So, Joffy, what does your little thermometer say the temperature should be for a 0.5 tog grow bag? I got all my growbag's handed on so haven't got one of those handy things.

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jampot · 07/06/2004 21:01

TIP: put a cold water bottle in the bed/cot with your child (or yourselves) and as your feet will be cool, so will the rest of you...

Joffy · 07/06/2004 21:02

I'll just have to sneak into his room and check! Back soon

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strangerthanfiction · 07/06/2004 21:02

Ooh, nice tip jampot, thanks. Hey, Joffy that's very sweet but please don't go out of your way.

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Joffy · 07/06/2004 21:06

Ds's room is 24 degrees C, which counts as warm on the thermometer. The baby should have on a bodysuit (vest with poppers, GeorginaA) or pyjama top with a 0.5 or 1.0 tog grobag. I just realised my ds is in a 1.0 tog grobag anyway. After that it goes up to 27 degrees which is too hot. I think I have a spare thermometer if you want me to post you one.

Janstar · 07/06/2004 21:07

I need the window open, it has to be -5 before I close it. Feel revolting in the morning if breathing exhaled air all night.

ds's window is always locked in the ventilation position, all year round. He scares the neighbours to death when he stands on the windowsill and they think he can open it further

popsycal · 07/06/2004 21:08

phew - 26 degrees in ds's room - shorty PJs on without any covers. windows open and fan on.

when we go to bed he will have his 0.5 grobag on, fan will go off and window will be slightly open...

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strangerthanfiction · 07/06/2004 21:12

Ok, thanks everyone, now I'm going to work out how to 'strip' dd down a bit without waking her up!

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Stargazer · 07/06/2004 21:14

Always have my window open - bedroom directly opposite railway station, but you get used to the noise and sleep through. DS (8) hates to have his window open - so is closed. However, DD (2½ has her window ajar.

It's backing in our office - all the computers generate even more heat - must be about 30C!!

wellsie · 07/06/2004 21:18

Am a bit worried, DS is in nappy with 1.0tog grobag and a sheet over that to keep him tucked in (he is moving around -A LOT!) The window is closed. Do you think he is overdressed? Bedroom is north facing and probably about 24degrees.
Help.

Bouj · 07/06/2004 21:19

Also 26 deg in ds's room. Always have his window open - its like a furnace and he is a particularly sweaty boy!!

Hulababy · 07/06/2004 21:21

stargazer - I am dreading work tomorrow for that reason. I teach ICT and have a room of 26 computers, printer and scanner - as well as a smart board with overhead projector (imagine the heat from that huge bulb!). I ahve two windows that open very slighty - can't open more due to bars on windows to prevent theft How hot will it be?????

Soulfly · 07/06/2004 21:24

my kids bedroom window has been open all day and the back door open most of the day, they have thin pjs on and they seem to be fine. Can you not just crack open your window a tiny bit to let abit of a breeze get in?

prettycandles · 07/06/2004 21:44

We leave windows open day and night throughout the flat from May onward. We live on an A road two buildings away from a smallish conference centre/hotel where they have very noisy parties, with people leaving late at night honking their horns, and fireworks several times a year. Our two have never woken - even when the fireworks were so loud that they woke us up in a panic thinking they were gunshots.

Tonight they're just in nappies and sleeping bags, and it's about 25degrees in their room.

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