I’m a sleep expert and you should NEVER put your PJs in the freezer to cool down during the heatwave
TRYING to sleep during a heatwave is no fun.
And while there are loads of hacks that might be useful, there's one you should definitely avoid.
According to sleep expert , the popular summer sleeping hack wont actually cool you down at all.
Although loads of people swear popping your pyjamas, or even your bedsheets in the freezer help on those sweaty nights, doing so will make you even hotter according to the pro.
He told : "When hot weather comes around there are some tips given out that may sound like they would work when actually they really really don’t.
"An example of this may be putting your bedding/pyjamas in the fridge or freezer or wearing wet socks to bed, but they both have the same problem.
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"These approaches will add more moisture to your sleep environment and that moisture will heat up during the night.
"This means that although it may cool you down as you go to bed during the night this moisture will heat up and is likely to wake you as you come out of your sleep cycle.
Instead, the sleep pro suggested taking a lukewarm bath or even putting lukewarm water into a hot water bottle.
He explained: "This helps raise your core temperature slightly which will then lead to a drop in core temperature.
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"A drop in core temperature is an important part of the process of your body falling asleep and this approach is basically tricking your body into thinking it is cooler than it is.
It turns out the alternative tricks work so well because icy temperatures will "shock your body," so it will harder to fall asleep.
The pro also suggested keeping any blinds and curtains closed when the sun's out.
Although you might want to let the summer rays into your home they'll actually heat things up inside pretty quickly.
Instead, keep the windows open but the curtains closed to keep everything cool and shady.
