The 'constant fear' of living in an overheated home with a baby

The 'constant fear' of living in an overheated home with a babyImage source, Jackson BylettImage caption, Jackson Bylett lives in an eighth-floor flat in east London with his partner and their five-month-old babyByMeghan Owen, London work and money correspondent and Lauren Stanley, Reporting fromLondonPublished3 hours ago"I don't think we'd make a decision to have another child whilst we're still living in London in this flat."It's no way to raise a child when you're in constant fear at the consequences of them sleeping in an unsafe environment."Jackson Bylett lives in an "unbearably hot" eighth-floor new-build flat in Newham, east London, with his partner and their five-month-old baby. The temperature inside has topped 31C. The NHS recommends, external babies should sleep in temperatures of 16-20C. Bylett says he and his wife spent a long time talking about having a child, but explains that "naively we didn't have much of a conversation about how climate change would impact that and how hotter summers are going to impact how we parent".As leaseholders, they don't have permission to make any external changes to the building despite the fact the flat is designed with floor-to-ceiling windows. Image source, Jackson BylettImage caption, Bylett recorded a temperature of 31.2C in his baby's room on TuesdayBylett and his wife have had to make changes, including cooking all their meals in advance of heatwaves to avoid using hot appliances in high temperatures and avoiding putting the washing machine on."It's really difficult knowing this year may be the coolest summer our daughter may ever experience," he says."All the information online is telling you how dangerous it is for babies to overheat and how they can't control their own body temperature... and we're sat in our flat as the heat rises and there is nothing we can do about it."'Serious impact&...