Keeping baby warm now nights are cold?

[cupcake78]

Can't afford heating on too often. Baby's roomies on the corner of out house and gets cold fast. Can't afford a heater on every night either.

She's been waking up at 4am and she is cold. Her room is cold (10oc ish). I have to wear long sleeve pj's and a fleecy dressing gown and I'm freezing by the time I'm in back in bed. Once she warms up again she goes back to sleep till the morning.

I put her in a long sleeve vest, baby grow, 2.5tog sleep bag. She stays like this till we go to bed at 10pm. The heating goes off at 8pm. Before I go to bed I add a folded over sheet (2 layers) and a fleece blanket. She was still cold so added a cellular blanket and yet she's still waking up cold. It's not just her hands or face. Her arms, feet and trunk aren't comfortably warm!

So how many layers does she need? She's 4 months.

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You may need a 3.5tog one, 10deg is pretty chilly.

Are you in the uk cupcake? If so, fleece blankets aren't recommended until they are 1 and she should be slerping in your room until she's 6 months to reduce the risk of SIDS.

Can you put her in your room? It'd be warmer with 3 bodies, 10 is spectacularly low at this time of year -whereabouts are you? You say you have the heating on til 8pm - is there no radiator in her room?

Gro company now do 3.5 tog sleeping bags which I think are suitable to about 14 degrees. Or you could look for sleeping bags with arms on, that'd give a bit more warmth.

I would be wary of the number of blankets you are using...

Well she's in her own room in her own cot because we live in a small house. Her room is next to ours and we leave the doors open. HV actually said she's nearer to us than many babies are when they share a room.

I'm not here to discuss which room she ideally be sleeping in. I want opinions on whether there is such a thing as too many layers in a very cool room.

It's not that low. It's only 1oc outside at the moment. Yes it's the uk. Northumbria. It's freezing at night and will only get colder.

Wasn't criticising your choices cupcake its just that many people do not know the guidelines or understand why they are there

What about a fleecy sleepsuit under the growbag?

Have you considered co sleeping? Not for everyone but it works for us.

A 3.5 tog sleeping bag with a long sleeved vest and a 'Grosuit' which has quilted arms and fold over cuffs would be warmer. What about an oil heater? They are relatively cheap to run and usually work on a timer.

I've tried velour sleep suits and it's helped a bit. Someone at baby group is putting their baby in a snowsuit and blankets to sleep in but I would have concerns over the hood.

I'd be wary of having a heater in there.

What about a jumper and a pair of socks, how does that add warmth on compared to the charts?

Room isn't big enough for a heater and as we keep the doors open
It would be heating the hall way, our room, dds room, the bathroom , stair way etc etc.

I believe sleeping bags with arms can be a SIDS risk.

gro.co.uk/faqs/about-grobag-baby-sleep-bags

At that room temperature I'd have thought that a hat might not be a bad idea, but check with hv maybe.

A fleece layer over the sheet (under the baby) might also give some insulation.

What about wool?

www.bambinomerino.com/page-4

What about a little cardigan over her sleepsuit/ under the sleeping bag, to keep her arms and chest warm. We did that last winter with dd.

I am considering a cardigan over babygrow? Its seems like so many layers! A cot duvet is very tempting.

I would just worry about her overheating if there are too many layers on, better too cool than too hot.

I wonder if she'll get used to it being cool as well?

Not the cot duvet, stay back!

A lot of the sids advice is to avoid overheating though. At 10 degrees this is an exception surely!

It's different to over bundling you baby when the room's already at 20.

A lot of older people seem to be obsessed with wrapping up tiny babies, but this is probably down to raising their children pre-central heating. As the heating's not on here the risk of the baby getting too warm is much, much lower.

I would add a fleecy growsuit to her layers. I have also used 2 grobags before when it's really cold. Do you find the blankets stay on? Mine always kicked them off!

I had a similar situation when DD2 was about that age. I used 2.5 tog sleeping bag, long sleeved vest, baby gro, doubled over sheet and blanket. She seemed OK at that. I also put the heater on while doing night feeds to lift the temp in the room a little. Enough for us to all get back to sleep. She seemed OK except from her hands.

Warmth underneath her as well as on top.

My dd is like me and gets cold when tired/asleep. My mum bought her a sheepskin and she's slept on that since a couple of weeks old. She still has it under her sheet now. Try putting extra warmth under her sheet but obviously don't make it too soft-how old is she? Might even be worth putting extra blanket under the mattress? Is she in a cot or Moses basket?

On really cold nights I used to bring baby into my bed. I know its not a solution for everyone. It worked for me, otherwise I would sit up worrying for half the night.

I certainly think you need to invest in a 3.5 tog sleeping bag.