I think my baby is cold at night

[katee90]

Hi all,

I just wanted to get some thoughts. My 7mo baby is going to bed in a long sleeved vest, sleepsuit and 2.5 tog bag. Our thermostat is set to 18 but our house is fairly old and our windows draughty. When I get up in the night to feed him I wrap up and can't wait to get back under my duvet. I'm worried that my baby is getting cold. Does anyone else think that their babies little arms should be covered more than with just two thin layers of clothing? I just want to drape a blanket over him (though would obviously never do this!)

I worried too but then I'd put ds in in his vest, sleepsuit and a long thin long sleeved aswell as 2.5tog sleep bag. Seemed to do the trick.

It’s crazy that 16-20 degrees is the recommended temperature there. We have ours on 24 otherwise it’s just too chilly in the room. (We live outside the UK). You know your baby. If they’re not sleeping well, it may be too cold for them. Try different things and see what works.

Do you really have it at 24 degrees overnight? Our heating is off overnight and set around 19/20 degrees during the day

Could you get something that tells you temp in babies room??
Our thermostat is downstairs in the hall.. It's set at just around 25 but ds room is about 18-20. Our video monitor tells the temp also.
Ds is wearing short sleeved vest, pajamas and 2.5tog sleeping bag. His hands feel cold in the morning but his body is lovely and warm in the morning.

Temp in my one-year-old's room overnight can go as low as 17°C, even though we have his radiator up to full. He sleeps okay, though, and he only has a babygro and 2.5tog sleeping bag, no vest. Yes, his hands do get a bit cold but the rest of him is okay. Better too cool than too hot (obviously within reason!).

We have a 2.5 tog sleep snuggler and it has arms which are detachable. I don't have heating on at all at night and he is fine. I drape a very thin blanket over him aswell. Snuggler was from maman jojo and would highly recommend

I've been using a vest, baby gro and 3.5 tog sleep bag and that seems to have made a bit of a difference

Sleeping bags are supposed to be sleeveless to help prevent overheating.

@dementedpixie Our apartment would be freezing if we didn’t.

Does it reach 24 degrees because that is quite warm? Or is it set at 24 but doesnt get as hot as that?

In winter our rooms would go down to 14 degrees but it's ok when you're wrapped up warm in bed

Non-UK parent here with the heating off overnight and temperatures quite a bit colder than here...
Babies sleep in vest, sleep suit and sleeping bags with sleeves over here, but I am sure that would be too much if you leave your heating on.
In 18 degrees I would go for vest, sleep suit and sleeveless “winter” sleeping bag. Sorry, we don’t do togs.

Gads, 24 overnight would be far too uncomfortable for me and DD! We'd be sweaty messes! Ideal for us is 18 degrees overnight - she sleeps in a sleepsuit/long-sleeved PJs and 2.5-tog sleeping bag.

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

Some advice here if it hasn't been linked already!

It reaches 24 but it doesn’t feel hot. It’s hard to explain but what would be considered hot/cold in the UK feels completely different here. I think it’s to do with the humidity level. In winter, 23 or 24 is necessary to be comfortable indoors.

Cold babies cry, hot babies die.
Horrific, but it stuck with me from my midwife (obvi not saying 22 degrees is hot, more like when it's 40 outside!)

Babies can be cooler than we think, of I remember right 16 can be comfortable for them?
We have the thermostat near where the baby sleeps and set it on 17-18

I’ve just looked it up and apparently the legal minimum temperature here is 21 degrees.

DS's room is usually between 13 and 15 overnight here. He's in a long sleeve vest, fleece pjs, socks and he has a duvet and blanket. Sometimes he wakes up and can't resettle if he's chilly so I chuck another rug on him. When he was little (he's almost 2 now) we used long sleeve 3.5 tog sleeping bags

My youngest felt the cold. I got her a 3.5 tog sleeping bag which had arms and it was much better. I’d also use scratch mitts for her hands on the really cold nights.

I remember taking dd up to visit grandparents in Scotland as an infant and it was a cold old house! She slept perfectly well but her hands were FREEZING and the cold went up towards her elbows. I just put a pair of cotton socks on her hands and wrists and she seemed fine.... might be worth a try?

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They are magical. Honestly. I went from having a red screaming unhappy baby to a zonked sleeping baby in minutes.

I had a gro egg (digi-thermo) so I could gauge how cold her room was. I tend to keep her room at around 19-20 degrees. She sleeps very well. If she were cold I think she’d let me know.

I was taught the nape of neck rule, but I quickly found that for my babies it's cheeks - if I feel their cheeks and they are cold, the baby's likely waking from cold.

You can add a blanket over the sleeping bag, or an extra layer. Yes, the SIDS guidance is important to be aware of, but don't let them get in the way of common sense. We put the thermostat to about 20/21 at night minimum.

I never used grow bags or similar, just cellular blankets.

Buy a Grosuit. They are great and separate to the grobag so no safety issue.

my DC1 was always cold and needed more layers than any of the guidelines recommended. the grosuits with padded sleeves were indeed useful.