So it's Summer and the heatwave is here. They say it comes every other year or so. It's 32C in our bedroom during the day so it's a baby-free zone; not even fans and open windows make a difference.
There's plenty of information out there about how to keep your baby cool during hot weather, but one thing I've realised is that it keeps changing and is sometimes conflicting. I find it quite confusing. My mum goes on about giving baby cooled boiled water, but we've been told not to by health staff, especially if you breastfeed.
It's strange how things change over time, what was normal then is classed as completely wrong now. Parents around 25+ years ago were told to give babies cooled boiled water, and now apparently it's wrong.
Why is this? I've been researching a little (not exhaustively) but can't seem to find any evidence related to this.
It's really difficult when you get conflicting information, doesn't make parenting any easier.
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Midwives are in general very discouraging about giving the baby anything other than breast milk. I think it's to stop people giving babies things that are indeed wrong, such as coke or crap like that. We gave the baby herbal tea, even though the midwife said there was no need. I think you just need to make a decision. If baby's unhappy you'll know, trust me :-)
ReplyDeleteExactly, my mum boils water with dill and fennel seeds; it's a gripe water like thing. Everywhere we read though and midwives tell us that breastfed babies 'shouldn't be fed water as they'll take less milk.
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