What does everyone dress their babies in in this heat?

[Monkeysocks2017]

Just as the titles says what do you dress your baby in in this heat for day time and night time ?
My baby is 8 months old and currently daytime and night time a little vest and loads of sun cream if we go out x

Exactly what I would do too. I’d intentionally look for cotton and bamboo fabrics

Ds is currently in a vest and cotton trousers as my living room is cool. When the sun comes round I'll take his trousers off when he starts feeling warm. Night time vest and cotton trousers Again. He's nearly six months

Sleeveless and legless romper suits in the day and then a vest and 0.5 tog grow bag at night

When mine were wee I did that too, cotton vest with poppers and loads of suncream, tried to avoid too much direct sunlight too.

DD was born during a belting heatwave, she spent the first few weeks in nowt but a nappy unless we had to go out!

Just vest & nappy for bed. Day time usually
a romper if going out and often just a nappy if stopping in. Been avoiding going out in the afternoons as it's just too hot for me to want to risk it. But yes, lots of suncream on a morning when going out.

Agree with pp. We're not really going out in this heat either

Shortie rompers are absolutely brilliant. Also things like Maxomorra dungarees with no vest underneath.

Her room hasn't dropped below 26C past few nights (windows open, fan on) so even a summer sleeping bag has seemed too much. (She's 15 months.) Would do away with the vest too as she's def been struggling to sleep in the heat but last time we did that she managed to take her nappy off in the night & had been sleeping in a patch of her own wee

Loose cotton playsuit/romper type things for DD. Not a big fan of a vest on a hot day as they’re often tight and fairly thick fabric. When she was younger I’d strip her right down to a nappy if it was really hot. Lots of sun cream and kept in the shade as much as possible (trickier now she’s walking). Not going out isn’t an option as we’re not in the UK so can get several weeks of very hot weather at a time. Nighttime involves warmer clothes as we have air conditioning.

Nappy and cotton rompers. At night is a nappy and a 0.2 tog sleep/swaddle bag. (Google Ergococoon if you have a hot house. They're an Aussie brand and make v light cotton sleeping bags.)

Freeze a big plastic bottle full of water (or two) and stick them in front of the fan (Make sure they’re in something to catch the condensation as they melt). This really helped me to cool the twins room down last summer. We bought an air con unit but it’s very loud.

(Still going out every day btw, just on a morning and stopping in during afternoons.)

Shortie romper, no vest, here too when DD was that age. Agree with what a PP said about lots of vests being too thick

Ooh good tips QueenAvarice & SinkGirl. Putting a bottle of water in freezer right now in preparation!

just either a light dress or short rompers. night time just long sleeve vest in her bag

Romper or dresses and sleepless vest or just nappy at night. 😀

Sleeveless sorry it's me who is sleepless

Think it’s slumbersack who sell sleeping bags made of muslin fabric which are great for summer

SinkGirl Like this?

I’d put them a bit nearer so the fan is blowing straight on to them. If you have a big enough freezer (we used to but sadly don’t now!) you can keep a big stash of large frozen bottles and rotate them as needed.

9mo DS currently wearing a vest in the day time and just a nappy and light blanket at night. This flats like a bloody sauna atm tho 😩

I use a parasol outdoors as well.

I was always a fan of the romper. Will generally cover upper arms and upper legs but looser and more comfortable than a vest. I liked the ones from GAP or M&S. This sort of thing:
www.gap.co.uk/browse/product.do?cid=1101750&pcid=1093065&vid=1&pid=000272363000

These type of vests are quite good for daytime as well: www.marksandspencer.com/5-pack-strappy-pure-cotton-bodysuits/p/p60145784?image=SD_04_T78_6750_ZZ_X_EC_0&color=MULTI&prevPage=plp

And like other posters I use just a sleepsuit at night and baby sleeping fine like that

PenguinJS
We use the strappy vests too (but cheaper versions from Asda).