What do babies wear to sleep in this weather?

[Schmaffy]

Hello all, clueless mtb looking for some advice.

Baby is due in July and I'm wondering what I will need to dress him in to sleep? Advice says he'll need just a sheet if room temp is over 24 degrees (bedroom was 26 degrees last night.) If it's still this hot in July would I put him in a vest with no sheet in his moses basket? Or no vest and a sheet? Or a vest and sheet?

Very odd and fussy question I know but thought you'd be able to help!

would like to know this myself. I always thought standard babygro at all times and adjusting the sheets was enough. To be sure Im using the grobags though as it seems somewhat easier.

Glad it's not just me LilQueenie! Just feel that a babygro might be too much in this sort of weather..... Planning to use gro bags when baby is old enough but read that they have to be certain weight first?

Once they are in a sleeping bag:

www.gro.co.uk/20100803159/q-a-a-andrea.html#5

Sleeveless vest type thing, and perhaps a thin cotton sheet (or muslin)

We used a woombie and no vest or sheet for our ds. I'd say just a vest if its 26 degrees.

When we were in Spain last year in 30 degree heat, he went to sleep in a vest and a nappy.

You'll get the hang of what they need, my son would wake up when he was too cold.

If you want to use sleeping bags, JoJoMamanBebe do one made of sheet- less than one tog- sure others might too. My ds liked reassurance of familiarity of sleeping bag but v lightweight.

Just a thought?

i spent most of dd1s first few months obsessing about whether she was too hot or too cold!! The mothercare catalougues usually have a guide which tells you how much covering they need depending on temperature. dd1 was born in the hot summer in 2005 and she slept in just a nappy, no vest and no sheet with a fan on also.

just put dd2 down (5 months old) in a sleepsuit (no vest) and a blanket tonight

although i think its good to listen to professional advice about what babies should wear to sleep, as you get to know your baby you will find out what s/he prefers. my first ds sleeps in very lightweight bedding, even in the middle of winter and quite frankly i dont know how he doesnt freeze, but my youngest loves being toasty and needs many more layers than the textbooks said. probably not much help im afraid, but dont just follow others' advice, listen to your own intuition! x

I suspect what you are really asking is, "What do I need to buy to be prepared?" You will probably put your baby down to sleep in a vest or baby gro at first.

In my experience very few babies use grobags for the first few months. My DS was swaddled but then he was born in February.

Good luck & as many have said, you will get to know your baby.

Any other suggestions?

I've been wondering this myself. DS is 3wks old. I'm too new at this to know what he'd prefer, or to rely on instincts.

We've got blankets btw, not sleeping bags.

Vest & blanket? Sleepsuit & sheet?

He's currently sleeping on me in a vest & short romper, we're near an open window.

It's about 24C upstairs.

We have a nursery thermometer, which is really helpful. Below is simply what I do, based on checking DS's forehead/stomach/back of neck and them staying a normal temperature. DS seems to cope with the heat until it hits 24 degrees, and then starts sweating, so at 24 degrees, it all comes off!

At 18 degrees - vest, sleepsuit and 1.5 tog gro-bag.

At 21 degrees - sleepsuit and gro-bag

At 24 degrees - vest and sheet

Nedschneebly excellent gro-bag suggestion, will be buying one!

DD is in bed with us, our room is stifling at around 24 degrees. I just have her in a short sleeved vest under a light sheety blanket. Otherwise she gets a bit sweaty (8mo).

We used shortsleeve babygrow and thin sheet or thin blanket. and a fan when its really hot with door open to allow circulation!

have you changed your sleepwear? i havent?
i think always my motto is the same as you plus one

My DD was born in July last year when we had a bit of a heatwave. When they are first born they lose heat quickly and I was surprised to see the midwifes dressing DD in vest, hat and sleepsuit and then wrapping with a blanket despite the sweltering temperatures. When we got her home she slept in a sleepsuit and was swaddled in a sheet until she was about 3 months and was then moved into a sleepsuit and 1 tog sleeping bag. I think sleeping bags have a minimum weight of 10lbs so she was too small to start off with.

You can check their temperature by feeling the back of their neck or their tummy, if they are too hot or too cold then adjust accordingly. When she was very little I always erred on the too cold side to be safe.

ds as a fewweeks old spent most of last summer sleeping in nappy and swaddled in a muslin

My baby was born last July and came home at just under 6 lbs so a touch on the small side. It was over 30 degrees in our bedroom but he still lost heat quickly in the early stages so had vest, sleeps with mittens, hat and sheet! Yes, really! And if we didn't mitt his hands they'd be cold to the touch.

Nearly 10 months on and he's now upstairs in pajamas with no sheet or grobag.

Sleepsuit with mittens. Damn Autocorrect!

DD was born in the very hot spell at the end of May last year. To start with, she was in all the layers that the guidelines said for the temperature (so: vest, sleepsuit, sheet, blanket). I soon got a feel for how much she needed. By a week or so in, she slept in a short sleeved vest and sheet. On very hot nights, just the vest, no sheet.

She had grow bags all winter. Tonight she's in a vest and sleepsuit. No blankets or sheets.

You'll learn very quickly when the time comes.

Thank you for all your advice ladies - much appreciated.