how do you keep your baby cool and safe in this heat?

Question

my daughter is 15 months old. she has extremely fair skin and gets hot very quickly. i have darker skin and have never had to be so wary of the sun, so this is all new to me. i give her several baths through out the day to keep her cool. lots of water for hydration. stay inside or in shady places if out. she can get hot to the touch and listless. i've taken her to the doctors before worried that she was in danger but they keep telling me she's fine and to "keep her cool."
anyone have any good ideas?

Answer 1

I assume you're asking this because you don't have airconditioning? If she gets REALLY hot, put her in the car and drive around for a bit with the A/C running in the car. Take her out "window shopping" to the mall, Target, etc. At 15 months, I doubt she'd sit through it, but a lot of movie theaters show "kid friendly" movies and cartoons during the day at a pretty reduced rate...usually cheaper than matinee prices. If you have a few hundred bucks that you can part with, you can buy a portable air conditioner that you can move from room to room. It's made by DeLonghi, and is AWESOME. My grandmother has one in her house. She's old school...born and raised in the south, never had A/C...just a big old house with tile/slate floors, fans, and lots of trees around. :) She broke down about 5 years ago and bought one. It's light weight, on casters so you can move it from room to room, it's energy efficient, and it's well-made.

Try this: http://www.delonghi.com/Int/USA/prodotti.html

When the page loads, click on "portable air conditioners" on the left. They have three models. You could probably find it slightly cheaper if you go to your local appliance store (Sears, etc.).

Answer 2

Keep her dressed lightly, no heavy materials. She doesn't need to wear heavy shoes and socks, tights, etc., because all of those things can make you listless because you're uncomfortable. Elaborate outfits are great for formal outings, but to the grocery store, a little shorts outfit is spiff. Also, don't forget sunscreen if you're taking her out in the sun.

If you're out at the park and she's getting hot and clammy, just wipe her little armies and leggies down with a wetwipe, the back of her neck too, but she really doesn't need several baths a day; that can actually dry out her skin.

A little bit of heat is not a bad thing. You don't want to accidentally teach her that the slightest bit of discomfort in her life is something to be rectified immediately; you get little terrors that way. I know. I was a little terror.

The only time when heat is really dangerous is if it's over 100 and you are stuck outside for a long period of time with no water and no cool place for you to go, like a mall, a grocery store, somewhere where you can hang out in the AC.

Hope this helps.
Rebecca
Mommy of three

Answer 3

let her run around when she is inside with only her diaper on, i still let my 2 year old do it.... Popsicles... my kids love the Dole juice Popsicle all natural 100% fruit... the cool baths are a great idea and as for as for being outside you are really doing everything just remember use a good sunscreen beings she is so fair... you might want to even try a cool rag on the back of her neck when outside... i fine that helps cool your body down when you are hot.. that's what i do when i'm working in the garden.. Have a great Summer!!!

Answer 4

i have a 15 month old too who gets hot easily. I just put very light layers on her, plenty of cold drinks...small pool in the back yard on really hot days, plenty of air conditioning. Just because they feel or seem hot, doesn't necessarily mean they are feeling hot. That's pretty much all you can do...if she acts like she is uncomfortable then luke warm baths are always good. Also you can try feeding her a lot of fruit in the summer, sometimes there diets can upset there bodies.

Answer 5

Keep the A/C running in your home. If you don't have A/C give your baby a luke warm bath twice a day and strip your baby down to nothing but a diaper. Also, feed more often to keep hydrated.

Answer 6

No, you cannot put it back on the grounds that first the heat starts the micro organism process and 2nd the little one drinking from the bottle places the micro organism within the bottle so then it will simply proceed to grow in the fridge and may make your little one very ill. You have got to dump it out. What I did to avoid losing used to be I made smaller bottles and then if my boys had been still hungry i might make one other 2 ouncesbut when they gave the impression full i would not make anymore. It lessen on waste so much.

Answer 7

we use sunscren even while going in the a/c car, and our other car doesnt have a/c so its even worse
it was so bad about 3 times he has had a heat rash and i freak out paranoid mom here lol
he is 1,
yea just keep her cool, she can drink juice too not only water, but it was i think 96 here today and we went to the park and we were the only family there lol
imagine that it was too hot for everyone i guess

Answer 8

Ever try freezing fruit? Can be fresh or canned fruit. My kids love frozen grapes, frozen pinapple chunks, peaches, fresh strawberries, melon, anything just put them in the freezer for 30 mins or longer if you like Kids will love them. Freeze popsicles or even just plain ice pops or ones from juice. Ive even made ones from pedialite. Do you have any icepacks? the first aide kind or the ones you use in coolers. lay them on the floor under a folded blanket let her lay between them on the floor for a nap. If your dr says you are doing fine then dont worry so much.

Answer 9

if you do want to take her outside they have baby sunscreen and it will even work in the water up to 3 hours and it works i use to put it on my daughter to keep her cool inside let her run around with just a diaper on good luck e-mail me if any questions or comments bye

Answer 10

She may be alergic to sunlight. Keep her in the shade without keeping her directly covered up.