It's mostly common sense, and no different to what we'll have to do in Canberra in high summer.
Lex already has a hat that covers his head and neck, and we have the baby wrap. So if we suspect we're going to be in the full sun for more than a minute, we make sure to pull the wrap around so it covers Lex's arms and legs.
Long trips in the car seat, and while in the hotel room, we're tending towards having him in one thin layer or just the nappy. We'd give him nappy-free time, but don't want to risk a poo escape onto carpets, bedding, etc. that isn't ours. Outside he's in clothing, even though it will make him warmer, because it also protects his skin.
Also, while driving we keep an eye on where the sunlight is hitting in relation to the baby seat. Early and later in the day we have a gauze cloth to cover it and protect him from direct sunlight.
At night it's still warm (we're currently in a hotel in Broken Hill, hence the wireless net connection) so he sleeps in just a nappy with a gauze swaddle cloth to prevent the chance of him getting chilled. We're not using the air-con in the room at night in case he gets chilled, and only using it in short bursts during the day to help drop the temp a little. Not trying to get the room really cool, because then his system will be having to deal with regular radically see-sawing temperatures.
And we're making sure to feed him a lot. He may not be hungry, but he does get thirsty. We can be sure he's getting enough by the sheer quantity and weight of wet nappies we're dealing with. We're also using plenty of nappy rash cream to prevent the effects of being in a warm, wet nappy.
My only paranoia is that babies being too warm is one of the things they think is a SIDS risk, but that's hard to avoid during an Aussie summer. And SIDS is something I'm paranoid about anyway. Rarely a week goes by that I don't check that he's still breathing at some point. And during one exceptionally long sleep he had while I was driving, I started to worry that maybe he'd died quietly in the back.
At this point if any such thing were to happen, or he just got overheated or a bit burned, we'd at least know that it wasn't as if we hadn't been very careful.
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Lex already has a hat that covers his head and neck, and we have the baby wrap. So if we suspect we're going to be in the full sun for more than a minute, we make sure to pull the wrap around so it covers Lex's arms and legs.
Long trips in the car seat, and while in the hotel room, we're tending towards having him in one thin layer or just the nappy. We'd give him nappy-free time, but don't want to risk a poo escape onto carpets, bedding, etc. that isn't ours. Outside he's in clothing, even though it will make him warmer, because it also protects his skin.
Also, while driving we keep an eye on where the sunlight is hitting in relation to the baby seat. Early and later in the day we have a gauze cloth to cover it and protect him from direct sunlight.
At night it's still warm (we're currently in a hotel in Broken Hill, hence the wireless net connection) so he sleeps in just a nappy with a gauze swaddle cloth to prevent the chance of him getting chilled. We're not using the air-con in the room at night in case he gets chilled, and only using it in short bursts during the day to help drop the temp a little. Not trying to get the room really cool, because then his system will be having to deal with regular radically see-sawing temperatures.
And we're making sure to feed him a lot. He may not be hungry, but he does get thirsty. We can be sure he's getting enough by the sheer quantity and weight of wet nappies we're dealing with. We're also using plenty of nappy rash cream to prevent the effects of being in a warm, wet nappy.
My only paranoia is that babies being too warm is one of the things they think is a SIDS risk, but that's hard to avoid during an Aussie summer. And SIDS is something I'm paranoid about anyway. Rarely a week goes by that I don't check that he's still breathing at some point. And during one exceptionally long sleep he had while I was driving, I started to worry that maybe he'd died quietly in the back.
At this point if any such thing were to happen, or he just got overheated or a bit burned, we'd at least know that it wasn't as if we hadn't been very careful.