The summer heatwave is in full swing, and falling asleep is harder than ever.
“How to stay cool in summer?”, I hear you mashing into Google, just looking for some answers and relief.
Step right this way, sweaty people.
The worst part is feeling sticky. At night. Lying in bed, sheets and blankets kicked off, sprawled, nude, sweating, in tears and recalling those euphoric times you were cool.
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You can't turn the temperature down, but there are some easy hacks you can perform to keep cool at night as the mercury rises.
Robin Bailey speaks about the torturously small amount of sleep she get's every night. Post continues below.
Firstly? Turn off the $12 ALDI fan. It's doing nothing but bathe you in humidity.
One Mamamia staff-member swears by freezing her pillow cases.
Before leaving for work in the morning, she places her pillow cases in a plastic bag and pops them in the freezer. Then, come bedtime... icy-cold pillow cases.
Another wraps a cool wet towel around her feet. Apparently, it keeps her body cool long enough for her to fall asleep and by the time the towel dries she's already pumping Zs.
Sure, these measures are fairly unorthodox. But we have to band together.
We have to share our experiences, tips and hacks to beat the heat... and sleep easy.
Top Comments
Having not only tried to sleep through a heat wave, but also through menopausal hot flushes - here are a few tips that sometimes work:
Gel pads meant for putting on injured muscles, or ice blocks that you put in the esky - wrap them up in towels and put them in your bed - curl around them or lay on top of them.
Check that your bedding is cool. No foam underlays, polyester sheets, memory foam pillows. Make sure it can all breath.
Keep a spray bottle of water in the fridge. Mist it over you when you get really hot.
Have a cool shower before you go to bed - again through the night if you wake up and can't get back to sleep.
I don't agree with the no fan rule. I have a ceiling fan and a pedestal fan - the more fans the better :-) Maybe the writer is talking about the misting fan variety? I don't have one of those. Where I live is already humid enough.
For those with hot flushes, buy one of the old fashioned folding hand fans. Great for out and about emergencies and fits neatly into most hand bags.
Look forward to hearing other suggestions.