Comments on: Ten Ways to Stay Cool with Small Children. http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/ Wed, 23 May 2012 12:27:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: 10 Top Posts For January | Planning With Kids http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/comment-page-1/#comment-7811 10 Top Posts For January | Planning With Kids Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:01:05 +0000 http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/#comment-7811 [...] Ten Ways to Stay Cool with Small Children. The creative Kate at Picklebums has a very timely post (for Melbournians anyway!) on ways to stay [...] [...] Ten Ways to Stay Cool with Small Children. The creative Kate at Picklebums has a very timely post (for Melbournians anyway!) on ways to stay [...]

]]> By: tiff http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/comment-page-1/#comment-7788 tiff Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:02:50 +0000 http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/#comment-7788 Ugh! The heat is awful. I love your ideas. We lay low until about 4 pm and then venture outside. Ugh! The heat is awful.

I love your ideas.

We lay low until about 4 pm and then venture outside.

]]> By: jeanie http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/comment-page-1/#comment-7784 jeanie Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:36:34 +0000 http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/#comment-7784 Watermelon always worked a treat for us! Watermelon always worked a treat for us!

]]> By: Trace http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/comment-page-1/#comment-7783 Trace Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:07:07 +0000 http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/#comment-7783 The only problem with number 9 is that (at the moment) it is hotter outside than it is inside!!! Even at 9pm! Crazy weather!!! Would be a great night for a swim... if only our pump hadn't broken down :( We also tried the icy penguin idea... didn't last long though before they were complaining their hands were too cold and wanted to add hot water~ just can't please them sometimes! I am so glad I am going to work tomorrow! The only problem with number 9 is that (at the moment) it is hotter outside than it is inside!!! Even at 9pm! Crazy weather!!! Would be a great night for a swim… if only our pump hadn’t broken down :(

We also tried the icy penguin idea… didn’t last long though before they were complaining their hands were too cold and wanted to add hot water~ just can’t please them sometimes!
I am so glad I am going to work tomorrow!

]]> By: Jodie http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/comment-page-1/#comment-7782 Jodie Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:48:10 +0000 http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/#comment-7782 We've done the ice blocks in the bath, my kids had a ball. Iced water in large plastic basins is also fun, you can add some iceblocks, sit them on a large towel and everyone can soak their feet while reading, drawing, watching a DVD etc. Also even my eight year old can still just squeeze into the old plastic baby bath, we fill it with cold water in the shade of the veranda. At my kids non air conditioned school, the teachers have cheap spray bottles filled with water and they "spritz" the kids as a treat. Thankfully we aren't as hot down here in Tassie as in Vic this week. We’ve done the ice blocks in the bath, my kids had a ball.
Iced water in large plastic basins is also fun, you can add some iceblocks, sit them on a large towel and everyone can soak their feet while reading, drawing, watching a DVD etc. Also even my eight year old can still just squeeze into the old plastic baby bath, we fill it with cold water in the shade of the veranda.
At my kids non air conditioned school, the teachers have cheap spray bottles filled with water and they “spritz” the kids as a treat.
Thankfully we aren’t as hot down here in Tassie as in Vic this week.

]]> By: Guera http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/comment-page-1/#comment-7780 Guera Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:36:07 +0000 http://picklebums.com/2009/01/27/ten-ways-to-stay-cool-with-small-children/#comment-7780 Great ideas, Kate! We've had quite a few super hot days in the last few weeks and with no air-conditioning either (or a pool) we've been searching for wasy to stay cool. We've been for a few drives and to the shops (although that has the frustration of non-stop pestering), the movies and to mooch off friends/families who have a pool. Must try the ice-blocks in the bath next time - the kids would love that! Great ideas, Kate! We’ve had quite a few super hot days in the last few weeks and with no air-conditioning either (or a pool) we’ve been searching for wasy to stay cool. We’ve been for a few drives and to the shops (although that has the frustration of non-stop pestering), the movies and to mooch off friends/families who have a pool. Must try the ice-blocks in the bath next time – the kids would love that!

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