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January 2016 Moms
juliaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Recommendations for keeping car seat & baby cool?
juliaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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Hi moms !
wondering if you have any tips for keeping babys car seat cool. It is so hot where we live I recently started driving my daughter to daycare rather than walk (5 min drive vs 20 min walk). It's ok dropping her off but when I pick her up she fights and resists getting into the car seat. The drive is not long enough for the car to cool and the back seat feels even hotter and I'm sure her seat even worse with all the padding... I imagine that's the main reason she will not get in it and I feel bad fighting her for it as if I manage to do it she is soaked in sweat by time we get home... Any tips you've found helpful for car seats during summer time? A friend recommended installing a portable fan and I just ordered one online but thought I'd check in case you all had any other tips or experience dealing with this.
Thanks in advance!
wondering if you have any tips for keeping babys car seat cool. It is so hot where we live I recently started driving my daughter to daycare rather than walk (5 min drive vs 20 min walk). It's ok dropping her off but when I pick her up she fights and resists getting into the car seat. The drive is not long enough for the car to cool and the back seat feels even hotter and I'm sure her seat even worse with all the padding... I imagine that's the main reason she will not get in it and I feel bad fighting her for it as if I manage to do it she is soaked in sweat by time we get home... Any tips you've found helpful for car seats during summer time? A friend recommended installing a portable fan and I just ordered one online but thought I'd check in case you all had any other tips or experience dealing with this.
Thanks in advance!
Re: Recommendations for keeping car seat & baby cool?
We also have a noggle. It helps get air to the back, but probably wouldn't help with cooling the seat.
I've never tried it, but for that small amount, it would be worth a try.
At the beginning of summer, our car had no AC, and I would carry a spray bottle with water and mist her occasionally. If it was really hot, I'd just give her the bottle. A wet seat isn't a big deal if it's 90 degrees out. It will dry fast enough.