Terrified of baby overheating ... please reassure me!

[newmummy21]

I'm an anxious new mum so please bear with me.

I'm so scared of my baby overheating - the thermometer in our bedroom currently is reading 24 degrees and I have the fab blasting but it's making little difference! Baby is in just a nappy and 0.5 tog sleeping bag.

Will she be ok?

Throw away your angry egg.

I beat the gro egg to death in my once in a lifetime loss of temper with an inanimate object. I highly recommend binning it now before you murder the evil stress inducing fecker....

I'd put a vest and a 1 tog sleeping bag on her. 24 is not so hot that she's going to roast and mine have never slept well without clothes. I was always taught they need one extra layer to you.

@Cassini

I beat the gro egg to death in my once in a lifetime loss of temper with an inanimate object. I highly recommend binning it now before you murder the evil stress inducing fecker....

😂 baby has just woken for first feed and reading through these replies. This made me laugh

@Uramaki

Can always take her out sleeping back if you think she is too warm but I'd be careful with the fan, don't point it at baby

It's nowhere near her, it's on the other side of the room

Throw that bastard egg away. It was never happy with the temperature here and I couldn't sleep through worry. I only slept properly once baby was past the 12 month mark and I knew the chances of SIDS halved/disappeared or whatever it was.

@dottypencilcase

Throw that bastard egg away. It was never happy with the temperature here and I couldn't sleep through worry. I only slept properly once baby was past the 12 month mark and I knew the chances of SIDS halved/disappeared or whatever it was.

This is why I struggle to sleep too. I've read far too much online about SIDS it's why I've tried to stop googling things and just ask on here instead!

I'd say she doesn't feel warm to touch at all at the moment, just check led her chest and unzipped her sleeping bag, her skin is actually quite cool. I have no idea if it's supposed to feel warm or cool? Now I'm worrying she's too cold 🙈🙈

Will be fine.

Around the world babies are born in hot hot places without access to fans etc...

I was a bit like this until I thought of that!

The advice to keep the room/ baby in a certain pretty narrow temp range is a cause of much paranoia and when you think about it, rather extreme!

Millions if not billions of people around the world live (and therefore survived babyhood) in places where 24 is a perfectly normal temperature and barely considered warm let alone hot.

Agree feel chest/ back.

If baby is sleeping happily, not crying, not really hot or cold torso. Then fine.

I understand your worry though OP! But it's fine.

My baby ended up waking through the night because of feeling too cold rather than hot. One day, we ended up falling asleep together (it was the 3rd feed of the night and I was beyond exhausted) and it was the best sleep we'd both had in months!!! After that, we coslept (and still do almost 3 years later 🙈). My anxiety of SIDS resulted in severe PND (I just couldn't enjoy the first year because of the fear that something would go wrong) so please keep an eye on yourself and definitely get some support if you think you might be the same.

Ps. I remember posting several threads on here about this so don't worry- there are lots of lovely posters who provide that much needed reassurance for FTMs. MN has seriously saved my sanity.

Get rid of the judgy angry red egg. You’ll feel better for it. She will be absolutely fine

I had my second in Abu Dhabi and got shouted at by the nurses every day because I kept turning down the thermostat. They weren't happy when I stripped him off to breastfeed because he was too sleepy...they wanted him wrapped in a cotton swaddle and a fleece blanket with a hat at all times. And if you ever had a look at the babies from very warm countries their mums walk about holding them in fleece blankets even when it is 40 degrees. I couldn't wait to get him back to our apartment to get the aircon at 19 and baby stripped off...my Scottish babies just weren't used to the heat!

@Bettybbbb

Get rid of the judgy angry red egg. You’ll feel better for it. She will be absolutely fine

My baby was born in a heat wave, I wish I'd thrown out the judgey egg!

Ugh, those eggs.

Both my babies were born in Australian summers. The egg would literally be red day and night for at least a month. They were fine, you just need to make sure they are in sensible clothing. She won't overheat in a nappy and a 0.5 tog sleeping bag but may get chilly as temp drops towards the morning. I used to start with nappy and 0.5 tog and then go in about 4am and add a cellular blanket or similar if I felt like I needed a cover on myself.

I remember one heatwave with DS the temp in his room didn't drop below 30 at night for a week or 2 and I was worried that time. He was absolutely fine. Remember babies are born in lots of different climates and are more hardy than we think!

Our room is about that temp and I put baby in a vest and sleep suit or vest and sleeping bag as per gro guidance.

UK heat recommendations are crazy. The temp of the room felt cold to me, and to sleep in that under a duvet was fine, but under a thin cover? Madness.

I live in Istanbul and it is currently 30C in our bedroom without AC. We have the AC set to 23, a fan and my 4 month old is in a short sleeved onsie and a 0.5 TOG sleeping bag. You're absolutely fine