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When is it too hot to take LO for walks?

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Thoughts? Opinions?

I typically take LO on a walk every day - about 25 minutes and it's 50% shaded. It's starting to get hot and it makes me nervous about taking her. We have a BOB, so it has a really nice shade where only her feeet show through (time to bust out the sunscreen!).

Do you plan on taking LO outside all summer?

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  • CFH79CFH79

    I plan to take her out for short periods all summer, but the hotter it is, the shorter the period.  I think I read somewhere that if it's very hot outside, you shouldn't have the baby out for more than an hour at a time because of the danger of heat stroke.  I'm thinking I'd keep that to 30 minutes or less unless she was in the pool or something and kept cool that way (and was shaded somehow).

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  • julesmarie80julesmarie80 member
    It was 90 yesterday and I took Bryce out for a 10 minute walk.
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  • welshgirlwelshgirl
    I'd never even thought about it - 'hot' here is like 70F. But we're spending most of July in DC wiht my family... best start planning how to keep her cool!
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  • bosha711bosha711 member

    It was high 80's yesterday & we were out at a park w/ a small farm for about 3.5 hrs.

    DS stayed in his stroller with the visor covering him most of the time & we spent about an hour on a blanket under a tree. We also took about a 15 minute break in an a/c'ed visitor center thingy.

    DS had his sunscreen on & he drank some water.

    We were out for a while, but were reasonable about protecting him from the heat & sun.

     

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  • chrisncassiechrisncassie
    its starting to really get hot here, and humid - YUCK!  it may say 80 on the thermostat, but with the humidity its more like 90.  We are limiting outside time.  We go out for a few minutes close to bedtime, when its started to "cool down".
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  • curlydoglovercurlydoglover

    Huh. Good question.  It's not generally something you think of in WI.

    We were outside yesterday (80 and sunny) for an hour at a stretch, with breaks indoors to cool off and nurse.  When he was outside he was always in the shade, either in his PnP or on a blanket.  Yesterday evening I gave him a lukewarm bath, too.  He enjoyed that.

    ETA: I guess I'll use the same rule of thumb I use for my black dogs - extended outdoor activity will be limited, generally in the cooler hours (morning or evening), and sensible precautions taken.

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  • enjoylifeenjoylife member
    We are already in the 90-100s so we are done with our walks. If we wanted to walk, we may go to the mall or aquarium for stroller walking. Otherwise, we do outdoor activites that are shade covered in the early morning hours or pool/water activities in the late afternoon with lots of sunblock.
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