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What are you dressing your babies in for sleep?

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Nazz10 · 09/06/2021 22:17

Help please!
Anxious FTM here. Baby is 8 weeks old and it's currently 23.5C in our room. We have a high powered fan on with windows and door open with all upstairs windows open and it's not cooling down at all.
I have him in a short sleeved vest and a 1.5tog sleeping bag. Should I change him out of the sleeping bag and just use a cellular blanket? He does kick blankets off but I suppose it's not the worst thing right now.
What are you all dressing babies in in this muggy horrible heat?

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Crowsaregreat · 09/06/2021 22:22

Is he asleep?

Nowisthemonthofmaying · 09/06/2021 22:23

That sleeping bag might be a bit thick - I'd probably go for a 0.5 tog or just put him to sleep in a babygrow.

MrsL2016 · 09/06/2021 22:25

If he's asleep and his chest and back don't feel too warm then leave him. If he feels too warm or is restless then remove a layer. My DS was born in spring 2018 and we had a 3 month heatwave in the summer. He slept in just a vest or even just his nappy for months.

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Nazz10 · 09/06/2021 22:31

He's asleep but over my shoulder at the minute. I've taken the sleeping bag off so he just has the vest on. It's now 23.7.
My instinct is to leave him with his vest on but nothing else. Do you think that would be ok?
I don't have any lower tog sleeping bags (I actually have a 1tog but it feels thicker than this 1.5 one - not used it yet to be able to gauge whether suitable or not).

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Nazz10 · 09/06/2021 22:32

Forgot to add.. during the ay when the living room has been 22C, he has napped in just his vest and felt comfortable to touch.
Going to lay him down and see how he feels in 20-30 mins or so

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3JsMa · 09/06/2021 22:33

Had a newborn baby end of June,heatwave started a week after he was born.He was either wearing vest/ light t-shirt or just a nappy,if the cover was required I used big muslin squares.

Checkingout811 · 09/06/2021 22:33

My son is in just a vest. He’s kicked his cellular blanket off but he doesn’t feel cold at all. I think a vest will be fine, it’s extremely hot tonight!

Tee20x · 09/06/2021 22:34

Mine is in a short sleeved/legged sleepsuit

User52739 · 09/06/2021 22:36

Mine is in a short sleeved vest and a 1 tog muslin bag. It’s so hard! He’s really restless because of how warm it is.

SwordPlay · 09/06/2021 22:36

Just a bodysuit should be fine, or even a nappy, as the previous posters have mentioned. Don't worry about the blankets :-)

MarceyMc · 09/06/2021 22:38

Just a babygrow tonight but when she was born in the middle of the heatwave last year she mostly slept in just a vest or sometimes just her nappy. He'll let you know if he's too cold - if you're up for night feeds you can always adjust too if the temp cools down overnight?

ShirleyPhallus · 09/06/2021 22:38

Gosh mine would be cold in just a nappy, I’d dress her in that at 26/27 degrees

At 23 she’d be in short sleeve vest and 1/1.5 tog sleeping bag

We keep the window open to let it air out a bit overnight too

HelloBunny · 09/06/2021 22:39

Same as Tee20x. His arms & legs are out but I have a bit of the light duvet (he’s in with me, but in his own side of the bed) over his legs. He gets very sweaty! Luckily our bedrooms are the coolest part of the house.

Horehound · 09/06/2021 22:40

Hmm I have my 21monfh old in a vest and pyjamas and his room is 21.3 degrees. I didn't out a blanket on him and just checked on him and actually his legs feel cool. So I placed a bit of the blanket over them but not the rest of his body.
This house and our previous house, his room has always been warm.i don't think he's ever slept on a room less than 20 degrees. So now I think he is used to be cosy!

Mummy0220 · 09/06/2021 22:50

I've got my 3 month old in a long sleeved vest and sleeping bag ( his arms get cold to touch in a short sleeve.

My 16 month old is in shorts and T-shirt with a low tog quilt which he kicks off himself if he's too warm.

Both have bedroom windows on night lock and doors open a bit so there airflow only the rooms.

redpontipine · 09/06/2021 22:51

A sleeveless vest and 1 tog sleeping bag.
He's slept much better with this combo the last few days.
It's hard to know what to do when the weather changes.

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Nazz10 · 09/06/2021 23:29

Thanks everyone. I find it so hard. It took me weeks to settle myself down at night time until I got used to how he is in different clothing/sleeping bags and I finally started to feel confident and comfortable with my choices but now my anxieties have all come back again.
I think I'm going to keep him in just his vest. Through my struggles with sleepwear I kept telling myself that I would rather him be cold than too warm (due to SIDS) and that he would wake up and cry if he was uncomfortably cold

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deathbypostitnote · 09/06/2021 23:34

Speaking as nothing but a fellow parent, I agree that he would grow uncomfortable and grizzle if he was cold. It's not as if he's going to become dangerously cold in this heat, I wouldn't think.

I wouldn't leave him without a short-sleeved vest on though.

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Nazz10 · 09/06/2021 23:49

@deathbypostitnote yeah that's exactly what I'm thinking. He won't be FREEZING in this heat. Just cold and uncomfortable I think.. I could be wrong but when I talked to my HV about my concerns when he was first born, she said that as long as it's not like a fridge in your room then he will be fine. So that has stuck with me.
I agree though. I don't think I could leave him in just a nappy at this age.. I'm sure he would be fine but I would just not feel comfortable with that. I mean I'm a little chilly lying here with no clothes on and the fan blowing around the room

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bunhead34 · 10/06/2021 09:17

Is anyone still swaddling?
I have had baby in just a nappy and light cotton swaddle suit, our room is about 24/25. Is a swaddle too much?
Last night she was just in the nappy for
Most of the night, but it was much harder to settle her.
Looks like it's only going to get hotter😭

parsnipsnotsprouts · 10/06/2021 09:18

Mine is in a sleeveless vest and a cotton zipadee zip

Danoodle · 10/06/2021 09:54

Mine slept in just a nappy last night but I did put a cellular blanket over him when it got slightly colder later on. Window open and he was fine (slept through so can't have been too uncomfortable). I always prefer to go slightly too cold than hot as he'd complain before he froze

bloodywhitecat · 10/06/2021 13:35

@bunhead34

Is anyone still swaddling? I have had baby in just a nappy and light cotton swaddle suit, our room is about 24/25. Is a swaddle too much? Last night she was just in the nappy for Most of the night, but it was much harder to settle her. Looks like it's only going to get hotter😭

Mine was in a swaddle last night, she won't sleep without. I checked her several times and she always felt just right so will continue to swaddle her.

TheLovelinessOfDemons · 10/06/2021 13:37

In this weather, nappy and blanket, but DS2 was, and still is, a very hot person.

TheLovelinessOfDemons · 10/06/2021 13:39

The advice is one more layer than you're wearing.

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