Overheating in helmet

[Guest guest]

We just received the helmet this week. I am so worried about my

daughter overheating in it. She took a nap in it today for the first

time. The temp. in the house was 72 and when i watched her I can tell

she was starting to sweat. I placed my head by the opening in the top

and could feel the heat coming from her head. My concern is with all

the talk about SIDS and not letting your child overheat during sleeping

I am so scared to let her sleep in it. Can anyone give some advise or

something on how they got through this issue. When she napped today I

watched her to make sure she was okay but I know I am not going to be

able to stay awake 24 hours a day. I have the breathing monitor but we

have not turned the ceiling fan on in the past because the monitor

detects it as breathing. What do I do and am I the only one afraid to

let their child go to sleep in the helmet? Please respond!!!

[Guest guest]

To be honest I never worried about SIDS. I did have her sleep on her

back (flat head), but I wasn't anxious about her helmet and sleep.

However I did dress her lightly so she wouldn't be uncomfortatble in

it. I would recommend the ceiling fan, but then I never used a

breathing monitor, so it is really up to you. We used a fan in my

daughter's room to help her sleep (the noise was comforting).

Dress her lighter than normal, and check on her frequently at

first. If she's too warm you can take off a little more of her

clothes. Babies can sweat a lot the first week in the band, but their

body usually adjusts soon after that. You still have to dress them

more lightly than normal, but the sweating stops for the most part.

Good luck with your daughters helmet.

-christine

sydney 2.5 yrs starband grad

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> We just received the helmet this week. I am so worried about my

> daughter overheating in it. She took a nap in it today for the first

> time. The temp. in the house was 72 and when i watched her I can tell

> she was starting to sweat. I placed my head by the opening in the top

> and could feel the heat coming from her head. My concern is with all

> the talk about SIDS and not letting your child overheat during sleeping

> I am so scared to let her sleep in it. Can anyone give some advise or

> something on how they got through this issue. When she napped today I

> watched her to make sure she was okay but I know I am not going to be

> able to stay awake 24 hours a day. I have the breathing monitor but we

> have not turned the ceiling fan on in the past because the monitor

> detects it as breathing. What do I do and am I the only one afraid to

> let their child go to sleep in the helmet? Please respond!!!

>

[Guest guest]

My son was well over the age of one when he was first banded, so I

was not worried about SIDS anymore (though I was concerned for both

of my kids' first year). We don't have the breathing monitor but we

do use the ceiling fan and it seemed to help. We dressed my son very

lightly to begin with, short sleeve/shorts jammies (if he was

younger, I would have just done a onesie and nothing else) and he

woke up sweaty (mostly just his head not the rest of his body) for

about the first week-9 days. But after that, he would wake up with

no sweat at all. It just takes a little while for their bodies to

adjust to the extra heat. In fact, my son has since worn long

sleeves/pants jammies on occasion with no problems.

It's okay to be concerned. I think if you follow her closely for the

first week or so, it can't hurt. But hopefully you'll find that she

adjusts to the extra heat, sweats less, and sleeps more comfortably.

Good luck!

Jake-23m (tort resolved/rt plagio/DOCBand #2 9 weeks)

Jordan-4

>

> We just received the helmet this week. I am so worried about my

> daughter overheating in it. She took a nap in it today for the

first

> time. The temp. in the house was 72 and when i watched her I can

tell

> she was starting to sweat. I placed my head by the opening in the

top

> and could feel the heat coming from her head. My concern is with

all

> the talk about SIDS and not letting your child overheat during

sleeping

> I am so scared to let her sleep in it. Can anyone give some

advise or

> something on how they got through this issue. When she napped

today I

> watched her to make sure she was okay but I know I am not going to

be

> able to stay awake 24 hours a day. I have the breathing monitor

but we

> have not turned the ceiling fan on in the past because the monitor

> detects it as breathing. What do I do and am I the only one

afraid to

> let their child go to sleep in the helmet? Please respond!!!

>

[Guest guest]

It took my daughter a good week before her body temperature adjusted

and she stopped sweating so much (she was literally dripping with

sweat that first week and we live in Portland OR where it's not that

hot). Now her body temperature has adjusted and though occasionally

she'll still get a sweaty head on particularly warm days, overall

she's fine. I do dress her in very light clothing all of the time too.

good luck!

kristine (mom to ava, 1 mos in hanger)

[Guest guest]

What our othodist told us about the sweating was that it would take a

few days for 's body thermomitor to regulate to the helmet and

the prefuse sweating was normal. We kept the house at about 72 in the

begining and then by the end of the first week she was rarely

sweating at all. Two weeks in and we were at my parfents summer

house with no AC and she was barely sweating. I think the sweating

is the way thier little bodies ward off the overheating. I agree

with others about dressing them lightly.

What most worries me about the Sids is that my now loves to

sleep on her tummy no matter that I start her out on her back. I was

worried that she would have a hard time moving her head in the helmet

if she " got in trouble " and needed to move her head. But she also

sucks her fingers so she keeps a good gap of air between her and the

mattress. But I constantly check her and move her little head(then

she promptly moves it back to where SHE wants it)before I go to sleep

and then if I wake up I am such a spazz that I check and move

again. I have also heard that once then can roll over on thier belly

and choose to be there you don't have to worry about Sids as much.

Still that 1 yr deadline is always on our minds no matter how safe we

make their sleeping environment.

[Guest guest]

My son is in his 11th week of the helmet and it took him only a few

days for his body to get used to the sweating. During the day, he

wears just a diaper and the same goes for nught. A ceiling fan runs in

all the rooms equipped with one and our air conditioning is set at 70-

73 degrees for his comfort. You could also try just letting them wear

a onesie or just an undershirt during the day when you're home as well

as at night. For the times you do go out, I dress my son in the little

summer outfits that snap at the bottom and are all one piece (skip the

onesie when he's in the outfit). They have these outfits on sale at

Kohl's and Macy's. Also, I was told to keep shoes and socks off his

feet as much as possible so their bodies learn to sweat through their

feet and legs instead of their head.

If your child must wear shoes (safety reasons), let them wear

sandals/flip flops w/strap backs on them. The less clothing they wear,

the less they sweat, the better the feel. Good luck!