How do your dress your baby at night and what is the night time temp in their bedroom ?

[tvwatcher]

I use a long sleeved or short sleeved vest. Pyjama bottoms and top. Cotton ones and a 2.5 tog sleeping bag plus socks. Room temp is between 21-23 degrees. I check on DS regularly to see if he's sweating or hot or perhaps cold and it really disrupts my sleep. When looking at the charts for sleeping bags I think he should probably be in a 1 tog at our room temp, but it just seems so thin. What do you think ? What kind of sleeping clothes plus sleeping bag tog do you have your babies in ? He just turned one. We have the heating set on auto and it sort of fluctuates. His bed is also near the window so a bit cooler than the rest of the room. I just worry about him being too hot or too cold constantly at night. It's really getting to me !

OP’s room temperature seems hot.

The Lullaby Trust say 16 -20c

www.lullabytrust.org.uk/safer-sleep-advice/baby-room-temperature/

@Horehound

Don't let people scare you thinking 22degress is too warm. Babies are born in hot countries...Dubai 40deg!

You are aware buildings in Dubai all have air conditioning that keeps it around 18 degrees?

Our room is usually around 19c and our baby wears a long sleeved vest, a onesie, a cellular blanket swaddle and a heavier blanket (he’s 6 weeks old).

I would think 2.5 togs is a little too warm, but maybe not if the room is a lot cooler at the window.

We had ours in one sleepsuit and a blanket by that age in 18-20 degree room, if it got over 23 (like over summer) we would usually strip him down to just his nappy or he wouldn't sleep properly.

@CCSS15 I do have a wall thing which I set the temperature on. But as his bed is near the window, I also have a little thermometer right near his bed. But I still don't feel like it's right somehow ? Maybe I'm losing it. But I feel the cold a lot so I wake up sometimes and think he must too. I wish they could tell us !

That seems quite warm to me.
Our bedroom is 16-18 degrees at night and baby is in short sleeved vest, sleepsuit and 2.5 tog sleeping bag.

[quote oneglassandpuzzled]OP’s room temperature seems hot.

The Lullaby Trust say 16 -20c

www.lullabytrust.org.uk/safer-sleep-advice/baby-room-temperature/[/quote]
ditto

@Ohalrightthen yeah it's not great. It's just something I worry about a lot. I worry about him getting cold in general. Also when we go out in the pram. Once he got a bit cold and the next day had a high fever that wouldn't go down and we ended up in hospital for a few days. It just really shocked me and I attribute it to him getting cold and causing whatever virus he had to come out. Now I just always worry about it. Do I worry about other things ? Covid, a lot. Probably more than I should. But funnily enough he had a fever this weekend - also after I was outside with him for quite a while. So maybe it was again my fault for keeping him out. I really wrapped him up, but it was cold. We probably stayed out for 30 minutes.

I attribute it to him getting cold and causing whatever virus he had to come out.

This really is nonsense and very irrational thinking, could you talk to your HV or GP about getting a bit of extra support?

My HV told me a cold baby will wake and let you know, a hot baby won’t. Genuinely if it’s 21-23 degrees it’s very warm for so many layers. Have you had a look at the chart from the Lullaby Trust on layers in different temps?

@Ohalrightthen well but if your core temperature drops, you're more likely to get ill from a virus aren't you ? I thought this was common knowledge. Which is why you don't get a cold from being cold but actually you may have been carrying a cold or exposed to one and it's more likely to come out / give you symptoms of your core temp has dropped.

@tvwatcher i emphasise with being anxious a lot but babies are not going to get sick from being outside for 30 minutes!

@OrangeSlices998 - what you said. I heard an awful saying but it makes it clear - cold babies cry, hot babies die.

OP the room sounds too hot to me and he’s wearing too many layers for that temperature.

Our house is cold and generally 16-17 degrees overnight. My 10 week old is in long sleeve vest, babygrow and 2.5 tog bag. 2 year old is in pjs with a duvet. At 21-23 degrees they’d be in a 1 tog bag and prob not wearing pj bottoms.

DD2 is 16 months and she's in a sleepsuit/babygrow and 2.5 tog sleeping bag tonight. Her room is about 18 but can go down to 17 overnight

@booandbumpp yeah it is not that long is it ? Honestly I'm really careful about it and even when taking him in and out of the bath I worry he's going to catch a draft or however you say it. We wear out and he was really dressed warm too. It was just a coincidence that he got ill again.

cold babies wake, hot babies bake!

better being too cold than hot as they will tell you. if they overheat they die

I've never forgotten being bluntly told, 'cold babies cry, hot babies die', so I was probably too cautious in making sure my baby didn't get too hot.
Your child being outside in fresh air will not cause them to contract a virus or a fever. Fresh air is good for babies and probably makes them sleep better.

@tvwatcher not a long time at all - and if you’re wearing him ive been told to count you as a layer too. When I wear my daughter she wears a onesie, a star blanket (theyre fab) and then a bundle and bean cover over the top. She’s sometimes too warm so I take the bundle and bean cover off.
I know it’s so hard and they can’t tell us but I really think a baby would make it loudly known if they were too cold!

@booandbumpp what's the longest you can take them outside at the moment ? In the pram ? An hour ? I always think they're not moving in there so they get cold faster than us who are pushing them along.

I really wouldn't obsess too much about this. Your dc isn't a tiny new born anymore...they're one. Overheating is worse than being slightly cooler, but as long as your baby isn't in any extreme temperature, I'm sure it will be fine. Remember there's babies living all over the world in all sorts of weather and different situations.

@tvwatcher I went on a 2 hour walk wearing my daughter today 3pm - 5pm. If she’s in a pram I give her an extra layer and gloves, booties, and I put a blanket under and over her (she’s still in bassinet) and I walk with her 1hr-90minutes. I check her face every so often to make sure she’s warm enough but she’s more likely to shout at me that she’s hungry rather than too cold 😂

My 20 month old wears normal pyjamas with a 2.5 tog sleeping bag with legs and I put a cellular blanket over his bottom half. Room is around 17 degrees overnight.

I'd be happy to have a one year old out for several hours even in pretty cold temperatures unless they got wet. My 20 month old will happily trek through the woods for a couple of hours at a time!

If we are out for a while he wears a vest and long sleeved top, fleece jacket, thermal socks and warm boots, thick all in one coat, scarf, hat and mittens. We have a thick cosy toes on the buggy for when he's sitting in there and I have a fleece blanket that I keep in the buggy just in case.

Layers are what you need of going out for long periods, have you looked into getting thermal base layers? Honestly a 1 year old should be fine outside in the U.K. for a good while unless it's snowing.

Why is the OP ignoring all the messages about it being too warm and the references to other sites for advice?