Layers of clothing for daughter

[babapaul]

We keep our home temperature at 18 degrees, my wife easily feels the cold and uses the NHS advice of a child wearing one more layer than you would wear.

I'm concerned that my active 16 month old daughter who is usually dressed in four or five cotton layers including a jumper, is wearing too many layers.

I would really appreciate other parents feedback, advice and thoughts on this.

If she’s in the house then a vest and a long sleeved top is what I had mine in.

I'd say three layers is fine - body suit, t shirt and jumper. If the kid is cold you'll soon know.

Honestly? I'd turn the heating up a notch. The difference in warmth at this time of year between 18 and 19 on the thermostat in our house is huge.

DD is usually in a vest & jumper plus trousers & socks round the house. If it's very cold I'd put a long sleeve vest on her under the jumper.

18 is cold! Especially with a baby in the house. I keep the house at 20 (might even push it up to 21 if I'm sat down for long periods life feeding or studying) baby is in long sleeved vest and a onsie most of the time

I keep my house at 20/22. 18 is cold.

Too cold for a young child, 19degrees is more reasonable. I am currently sending my yr1 child in to school in a thermal vest(m&s), thermal longsleeve but thin underlayer (from UniClo - their thermals really do work). Then a normal t-shirt and jumper.
I worry her bottom half may get chilly and I will try to find comfy leggings or similar once it really gets cold. At school they have the doors and windows open - but at least she can warm up at home afterwards!! None of this 18degrees only malarkey.

Why on earth do you keep it at 18'? Not surprised your wife is cold, I'd be extremely grumpy at that temperature 🥶
As for your child, turn the heating up and strip some layers off her.

Hi poachedeggsandmushrooms, my wife controls the thermostat.

Thanks all for the advice

I think 18 is fine, our house is usually 16-18. Dd (10m) has long sleeved vest and long sleeved top on and is fine. We keep her warm a little warmer to sleep. If the house was over 20 I feel lethargic!

18 is hot in our house.

Our house is usually at around 19 degrees and it doesn't feel uncomfortably cold.

I usually dress my 13mo in tights with leggings over the top, then a vest and long sleeved top. I check her chest/back and if she feels chilly I put a jumper or cardigan on her.

5 layers sounds like too much, and I don't think the 'one layer more than you' rule works at all... my son has always been a really hot child even as a baby and gets sweaty easily whereas my daughter feels the cold much more.

Ours is at 18, it's fine. Didn't have a thermostat when kids were little but this is the warmest, best insulated house we've ever lived in so I expect it was colder when they were small.

I agree with you OP that your little one is probably a bit to bundled up. However, look at your child and feel your child, if they are warm then take a layer off. I'd have thought a vest, long sleeved top and jumper at this time of year.

We're all different though, dd (12) and I are on the same sofa right now and she's in cotton pjs, no slippers, no jumper. I'm in a big snuggly hoody and slippers under a blanket.

Some of our rooms are colder than others so it’s usually at 19/20 which is warm in the living room which is where we are mostly.
Anyway inside DS just wears a long sleeved top or jumper as he’s usually boiling. He’s a hot kid.
Outdoors he has a vest on as well as his top layer and a coat. He wears the same number of layers as me usually.
4 or 5 layers sounds excessive even at 18 in my opinion.

OakleyStreetisnotinChelsea, thanks, I do check her, to see if she's too hot, she doesn't seem to be sweating too much, but I just think, if she's too hot she'll just slow down. I just want her to be comfortable. She can't tell us yet, so it really stresses me out, as my wife and I see it so differently.

4-5 layers indoors is idiotic. Even when it’s freezing cold and we’re going to a farm DS doesn’t need more than 3-4 layers.

18° if you are moving around the home is fine. Chilly if sat still though.

Most toddlers are on the move constantly so would feel naturally warmer than me sat still watching them.

Short sleeved bodysuit, long sleeve top, plus either leggings or tights, and socks, should be sufficient for indoors at this time of year, with the heating then adjusted accordingly.

18 is freezing🥶 still wouldn't have that many layers on a toddler though, probably 3 long sleeved layers. Turn up your heating if they're both cold? I thought average comfortable room temperature was 21-22

Thanks everyone, I really appreciate all of your opinions

4-5 layers inside is excessive. Can’t you turn the thermostat up?

18 degrees is fine, I'm surprised so many people have their homes over 20. When working from home i put it up to about 19 and add layers since sitting still makes me colder. Toddlers are constantly moving though which will keep them warm. Ours usually wears a sleeveless vest, long sleeved top, trousers and socks. She doesn't like to keep a jumper on indoors.

I can't even work out what 5 layers is. Sleeveless vest, then a long sleeved bodysuit, then a top, then a jumper would make 4 and would be excessive. They would need a coat on to get to 5.

Our house is 18 in the day too, it's fine. Have a 2 and 4 year old now currently in tops, trousers and jumpers. At 16 months they probably.would have had one more layer of either a short sleeved bodysuit under long sleeved top or vice versa.

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I can't even work out what 5 layers is. Sleeveless vest, then a long sleeved bodysuit, then a top, then a jumper would make 4 and would be excessive."

You're correct, and sometimes even with another thin cotton top.

I tend to think that a mother's instinct is usually accurate, and that made me doubt myself. With all of your feedback, I'm confident now to do what I thought, which is two to three layers maximum indoors.