CuddleCot Cooling Cot Setup guide

How to set up
the CuddleCot™
Giving grving famil
the gift of time

First ensure you have everything you should
Shnuggle™ easy clean basket with stand,
cosy mattress & dressing
CuddleCot™ cooling unit
Two soft cool pads; 1 standard for full term
& 1 small pad for premature
3’ / 900mm Hose
Foil coated insulation
Small bottle of biocide
Drain Key
Instruction manual

Place the foil insulation on top of the mattress

Then the cool pad

Then the dressing if you have purchased this

Connect the hose and pad as shown.
These will ‘click’ into place.

Push the hose into the unit,
again you will hear a ‘click’

Turn the unit on and select °F or °C

The CuddleCot™ display will show the approximate
ambient temperature when first turned on

You may need to fill the CuddleCot, a flashing drip will
light up. Use only purified water, such as distilled water

Remove the filler cap

Add two drops of the biocide each time the unit is filled

The fluid will show in the reservoir window, and will
drop as the cool pad is filled. Stop filling when the
fluid is between ⅓ & ⅔

Press the down arrow until the display shows 8°C or
46°F then the enter button. The CuddleCot will cool to
around 10°C or 50°F

The CuddleCot™ is now fully operational

We often get asked how long parents can spend with
their baby using the CuddleCot
Most families in hospitals
use the CuddleCot for 1-3
days but we know of some
families at hospices and
at home have used the
CuddleCot for 3 weeks.
Baby should be placed on
top of the cool pad. Baby
can be dressed, or wrapped
in swaddling.
Blankets should be placed
over baby as this helps with
the cooling process.

Once the CuddleCot is no longer required, turn the unit off

Disconnect by pressing the blue buttons

It is important to press the ‘hose release’ button
underneath the unit, while pressing the button gently
pull the hose from the unit
Failure to press the
button will damage
the unit!

Drain the unit using the supplied drain key