Grosnug - what to wear underneath?

[Rarfy]

Hi

Wondering if anyone can help decipher the dressing instructions of a grosnug?

I have one but haven't had pfb sleep in it as of yet as im not sure of what the instructions mean in reference to what to wear when sleeping in the grosnug.

The guide refers to a long sleeved bodysuit and sleepsuit. Is a longe sleeved bodysuit a long sleeved vest and a sleepsuit a babygrow?

At the moment baby sleeps in short sleeved vest, socks and babygrown with a flanelette sheet folder over and tucked in underneath her and a fleece / chenille blanket doubled over over the top and tucked in under the mattress.

The bedroom hovers around 18 degrees throughout the night.

The growsnug guide seems to suggest either a long sleeved body suit or a sleepsuit with no vest underneath then the grosnug which just doesnt seem warm enough. Am i being daft?

I’m sure the packaging has guidelines on the back that include pictures.

Anyway, general rule for 2.5 tog sleeping bags (or cosy grosnugs) is a babygrow underneath if the room is 16-20 degrees overnight. Any colder then a vest underneath. Babies are not supposed to be too warm at night as overheating is a factor in SIDS. DD stayed in her grosnugs until she was nearly three months then moved her into a sleeping bag, I loved them. She always wore a normal sleep suit/babygrow underneath.

In fact the stuff she is sleeping under at the moment sounds like it might be too warm.

This link shows it in pictures which might help? The different names for baby clothes always confuses me! It depends if you’ve got a costly or a light though.
www.gro-store.com/guides/snug
My 18 week old is currently in a short sleeve vest, long sleeve top (no legs) and a long sleeve long legs sleepsuit under a 2.5tog bag but our room is quite chilly, around 16.5 at its coldest point.

We added the long sleeve vest (going against their guide) as when he waking to feed in the night his skin felt quite cold.

Thank you for the link. Wow really thats all they should wear? In that case she probably is too wrapped up.

She is never hot / clammy but is usually warm to touch when waking. I might give the grosnug a try tonight. It's hard to believe they can be warm enough in that when i sleep in pjs under a 13tog duvet and am only warm not hot.

Yes i do worry when it’s cold so I set the thermostat to 18 overnight so it doesn’t get too cold. I have a groegg so I can keep an eye on the temp overnight.

Is it made from some sort of warm material? I really want to try it but im scared she will be too cold. Will she cry if she is?

Im tempted to try it with short sleeved vest and a bundler. If she has been sleeping in a shortsleeved vest, sleepsuit and the blankets as mentioned above she definitely wont end up too hot will she? I definitely dont want her too warm.

I’m sure she’ll let you know if she’s uncomfortable. As I said overheating is dangerous for babies so a little chilly is better than too warm.

Yes, thanks @nick i definitely want to.avoid that.

Will give it a go with bundler and vest. Hopefully she will be fine! I worry too much