Keeping baby cool at night.

We are kind of struggling with this lately. The temperature is rising and rising- and even though all three of us are Aussies (though Pi was born in Japan)- we don't do so well with the heat. Pi gets so incredibly sweaty... Must be all that delicious baby chub.

Before we give him a bath each night we check the weather report and see the minimum temperature. As it isn't dropping to anything under 25 most nights (sometimes it is still 28 degrees at 9 pm), we have him dressed in his 0.5tog sleep sack.

Yeah, it's girlie- but he doesn't mind :P

He wears a nappy and we have bought him a super light, gauzy onesie from akachan honpo (http://akachan.7netshopping.jp/shopping/g/g144005003)






I like the fact it is so light and breathable. You might not be able to see it, but it is like wearing a cotton mesh suit.

We also set his airconditioner onto dehumidification mode and set the temperature to 26 degrees- so it is cool, but not cold. We also have a fan going (but that is also for white noise).

I turn off the airconditioner at about 9 or 10pm, when we go to bed and it is a little cooler, and open up his sliding glass door and bedroom door so that the air can really flow through the room (when there is a breeze- when there isn't a breeze it is very stuffy). So he sleeps just with the fan on, and all the doors open. I get up at 4:30am (when the sun wakes me) and close all his curtains so that the sun doesn't wake him. It stays a reasonable temperature in there, and he usually wakes a 6:30ish.

If it ever doesn't drop below 28 degrees, then we might look at keeping his aircon on all night. Not so great for the power bill, or him to sleep in- but we can't have him sweating up a storm.