{"id":98,"date":"2023-09-07T11:36:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T11:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/?p=98"},"modified":"2023-09-07T16:21:34","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T16:21:34","slug":"top-sleep-tips-for-the-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/2023\/09\/07\/top-sleep-tips-for-the-heatwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Sleep Tips for the Heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the UK we are finally seeing some much-deserved sunshine. However, for parents of newborns, babies and toddlers, this can be a bit of a nightmare as babies struggle to get to sleep, stay asleep and stay cool during those long hot nights.<\/p>\n

Stokke (www.stokke.com<\/a>) sleep expert, Heidi Skudder – founder of Positively Parenthood (www.positivelyparenthood.com<\/a>) has shared her top tips which we hope might help you:<\/p>\n

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  1. Keep curtains and blinds down in the daytime so that sunlight doesn’t heat the bedroom.<\/li>\n
  2. Use a fan to help circulate air in the evenings as well as opening windows. If leaving a fan on overnight, ensure it’s not pointing directly at baby.<\/li>\n
  3. A frozen water bottle in front of the fan can help the room feel a little cooler, or have a cold or frozen flannel nearby too.<\/li>\n
  4. Offer your toddler water (or extra milk or breastmilk if they’re younger) before bed and overnight if they’re waking up. It’s a go with the flow approach to sleep for the next few nights!<\/li>\n
  5. Homemade frozen lollies or cold fruit to suck on will increase smiles on faces and help with dealing with the heat.<\/li>\n
  6. Make sure they are wearing appropriate clothes for bed in this weather – which really is going to be very little, if anything at all – depending on the room temperature.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Stokke has a beautiful range of sleep products for your nursery, including the Stokke Sleepi Bed V3 <\/a>– the crib that grows with your child, giving you maximum air circulation for the best night’s sleep. Available from newborn to the age of 5.<\/p>\n

    And catch Heidi Skudder speaking at The Baby Show which returns to Olympia London 20th – 22nd October 2023.<\/p>\n

    Don’t forget you can WIN TICKETS by entering our competition here: Competitions | West Surrey Family Grapevine (thefamilygrapevine.co.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In the UK we are finally seeing some much-deserved sunshine. However, for parents of newborns, babies and toddlers, this can be a bit of a nightmare as babies struggle to get to sleep, stay asleep and stay cool during those long hot nights. Stokke (www.stokke.com) sleep expert, Heidi Skudder – founder of Positively Parenthood (www.positivelyparenthood.com) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":99,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"directory-category":[],"event_categories":[],"class_list":["post-98","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-information"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-14 12:59:24","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98\/revisions\/108"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"directory-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/directory-category?post=98"},{"taxonomy":"event_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefamilygrapevine.co.uk\/swlondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_categories?post=98"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}