Keeping cool at night.....the best solution ever.

No probs tonight. June 28th and I have just put the gas fire on!!

If sleeping naked, just keep a nightie & dressing gown at arm's reach for emergencies.

I can't stand the noise of a fan and won't wear earplugs in case I miss my alarm and am late for work.

Also don't like the windows open while I sleep as am scared of insects. (In the past, I've often woken to moths fluttering about and have twice found a wasp in my bed.)

So here's my regime:-

Hot - vest top, duvet cover, hot water bottle filled with iced water.

Warm - t-shirt, duvet cover or light duvet.

Cool - short-sleeved nightie, light duvet.

Cold - long-sleeved nightie, hot water bottle, heavier duvet

Well ladies, here in chilly essex, I still have my trusty electric blanket on - just for a while mind.

Still in bedsocks can't ever have cold feet.....

To cold hear in the Midlands I have had the heating on all day today and will be using my electric blanket tonight.

I always wear pyjamas no matter how hot it is. I tried sleeping naked one very hot night last year but was so hot and sweaty that when I tried to turn over my legs had stuck together!

My feet start off cold, so we've got a 2.5 tog duvet with a light cotton blanket over the foot end.
My head and top half is always too hot.

Do you think I should sleep standing up?

I'm the chilly type so don't need cooling down, but this thread has made me smile so thank you all :-D

Anya you have unleashed an unstoppable flow of advice and anecdotes here.
So will add mine,in Summer I have a fan on all night,the hum actually makes us both sleep better.We have 4 tog duvet, the window wide open and sleep au naturel(I know, TMI) we still throw the duvet off and on again though.We never answer the door before 8 in the morning, but keep a light bathrobe to hand in case of fire!

8 in the morning, roses??? I wouldn't open the door before 10 at least...

I'm another who can't keep cool, despite sleeping with no jammas! Our winter duvet is 7 tog, the summer one was 4tog years ago when it started out but is thinner now. The bedroom is always cool, especially as we sleep with the windows open most of the year. I recently bought new M and S pillows which are allegedly cooler but I can't say I notice any difference and I stlll turn my pillow over several times during the night. Between that and the endless duvet on/off routine it drives my poor old -rather chilly- boy mad!!

MrBags's tip from when he was in India is to wet a sarong in cold water (maybe tepid, actually), squeeze it out well and then use it as your bed cover. He said if he could get to sleep while it was still damp and cool, he was fine, otherwise he'd had to repeat the process.

I suppose you could have a few spun in the washing-machine and go back for a second or third, if necessary.

Good tip for those who have a couple of soare sarongs .* bags*

Katycrunch yes, I think it might. Google scruffs cool mats for dogs or pop into,your local vets to see if they sell them. If you put the small size inside your pillow it might work or I think someone mentioned something called a chillow and posted a link to it on the first page.

Morning, anya. Doesn't everyone who has had a holiday or worked abroad in a hot place have a spare sarong or two?

A thin towel would do, especially those lightweight microfibre travel towels one can buy nowadays.

They might dry too quickly though...

I've given in and put the fire on! It's bloomin' freezin' here!

And here, I've just had a hot chocolate to warm me up but no doubt the duvet on/off routine will carry on as normal throughout the night!

I am another always chilly type. I tend to use a hot water bottle most of the year. I dont generate much heat when I am in bed. My thyroid is fine I think it's just down to my slower metabolism. I think I must have been a hibernating animal in a past life. Off to fill my HWB. Good night all.

Oh yes I love my chillow..... Cools my feet then I have to take my feet off it for a while until it can show me the coolness again haha

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