What should I dress baby In at 22 degrees

[Myweehandsome11]

I am a first time mum & have a 3 week old son, I have been stressing over what I should be dressing my son in at room temp 22 degrees especially at night, at the moment I have him in a short sleeved vest, a sleep suit & covered in a woollen shawl is this too much ? Any advice would be appreciated as this is really stressing me out as I'm terrified he's over heating but don't want him to be to cold either :/ ? When I feel his chest & his neck he feels warm but not overly warm ? Also a couple of mornings he has wolk & the cocoonababy he sleeps in as been damp there is no smell so I assume this is sweat ?

That seems fine to me. Relax and enjoy him.

Thanks for your reply joopy, i really shouldn't read to much on google that's why I'm so stressed, there's lots of different answers :/ iv took the shawl off him & replaced it with a cellular blanket folded over cause I felt the back of his neck there & was a bit sweaty! I'm going to have grey hair by the time he's two months

I wouldn't use a vest as well as the sleepsuit! But mine was and still is a very warm baby.
That's the problem, you will get different replies cos different things suit them all!
Do what you are doing and feel them and if too hot take away a layer.
Don't feel they have to wear a vest under things. Mine never did until it was properly cold in December!

The general rule I was told when my daughter was a baby This was 20 years ago, if that makes a difference. is that babies need one less layer than adults to stay cool, and one more layer than adults to stay warm. This seems to make sense to me. So I'd look at what you'd wear to bed and put him in the same, or in slightly less if you're worried that he'll be too warm. I promise that he'll let you know if he's too cold, but at 22 degrees that's unlikely. (When mine was that age we had snow, and no heat in the house, so I know that for a fact about being cold. )
And congratulations, I'm a bit jealous.

I was told to dress baby as you would yourself so this seems like a little too much. My baby is 11 weeks and I currently have her in a 1 tog grobag and short sleeved vest. If you're not going to use a grobag then probably just the sleep suit and leave the vest.

I've always worked on the rule that being too cold just wakes them up but being too hot is dangerous...

Mine is in a sleepsuit (no vest) and a cellular blanket. I'd rather she was too cold than too warm, as over heating can be dangerous. I always presume she'll let me know if she's cold!

Its better to be too cool than too warm. Its normal for hands and feet to feel cool or even cold, as long as the chest/body is warm.

DS is 10 weeks tomorrow and has been in a ling sleeved vest and 1.5tog gro bag but will be just in a sleeps tonight if it stays warm.