Newborn sleep - thermometer says too hot?

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Our tommee tippee groegg says to put our baby in a nappy only to sleep as it’s 25 degrees in bedroom… but it doesn’t feel too hot to us and we’re still sleeping under duvet. He is 11 days old

I put him in vest, baby grow and a lightweight blanket. But my anxiety is making me worry. But putting him in a nappy only doesn’t make sense to me. Has anyone else got one of these silly eggs?

25 degrees is very warm... Is your room south facing?

@Hercisback our room is a loft conversion and gets hot in summer and freezing in winter!

Is your thermometer near anything electrical?

at first mine was near a tv and it make it 5 degrees higher!

I hid my groegg as it drove me mad in a similar loft extension which wasn’t go to get any colder.

Maybe ditch either the vest or the babygro as you shouldn't need both layers plus a lightweight blanket

Get another thermometer to check. Our Angelcare monitor constantly gave a reading that was 2 degrees higher than a free standing gauge.

If it's warm in the room I'd be inclined to ditch one of those layers

Ah OK so it could be that warm.... Get another one to check for now.

Is there any possibility to sleep in a cooler room for the summer?

Babies are better in cooler rooms, I'd say babygro only if it really is 25.

I'd go with babygro only (no blanket). It's far better that your baby is too cold than too hot. Too cold they'll wake up. Too hot they won't and could overheat which is definitely risky.

25° is very warm, I think you'd feel it if the room was that warm. My groegg is pretty accurate, unlike the baby monitor which always reads higher. Try checking babies chest to see if he feels very hot. I like the thermometers as a guide but I always go with common sense.

My mum's care home is 25°. It's hot. It gives me a headache and makes me feel sick. I'm always trying to lower the temperature in her bedroom because it makes her legs swell. Try turning down the heat a bit.

It's better for the baby to be too cold (within reason, obviously - not freezing temps), as they'll wake up and feel coolish to the touch. The danger with them being too hot is that they overheat and don't wake up at all.

I'd go with just a nappy (and possibly a vest if you are in the room and genuinely don't feel even slightly warm). You can always add a layer if they are waking up due to the cold. Ideal temp for a baby is cooler than an adult generally would prefer.

Baby should not be sleeping in a room any higher than 20 degrees.

The room should be between 16 - 20 degrees. Any hotter than that and baby is at risk of SIDS. It’s always better for baby to be too cold than too hot.

If the loft room is higher than 20 you need to find somewhere else to sleep.

@SunnySaturdayMorning This is what I’m worried about, but it’s conflicting as they say babies can’t regulate temp and to put them in an extra layer than us adults but me and my husband are in our pjs and a duvet yet it’s telling me to put baby in a nappy

Both mine were born in the middle of a 40 degree heatwave, where exactly was I supposed to find the 'no more than 16c room'? Your baby will be fine, throw the groegg out, it's just stressing you out. You will feel yourself if the room is too hot or cold.

Politely this is sometimes simply not possible!

Use a common sense approach OP. If you know you will be up feeding etc do a layer less etc and then reassess when you wake up to feed.

Also get rid of the egg. It drove me nuts and normally there is absolutely nothing you can do to cool the room down in the summer months and you will panic all the time.

Yeah I had to get rid of the egg aswell! If you're using blankets, I suggest just a babygrow, and a thin one layer of blanket. In a while check the back of their body and you can determine if theyre too hot/ cold or just right!

@Mummyboy1 It is such a worry as a new mum, I plugged it in expecting it to say perfect temp and it comes up to hot dress baby in just a nappy. It just doesn’t make sense when I’m sitting there under the duvet!

It really is. My sons monitor says 24 degrees right now, however it's up on the wall so I know it's 1 or 2 degrees cooler in his cot. He's only in a babyhrow and a 2.5 tog sleeping bag. It's really hard especially as your baby is little but it can be a bit of trial try what works. For example, when it was around 20 degrees, according to all the info I should have put him in just a babygrow and a 2.5 tog sleeping bag, however I knew he wouldn't be warm enough, so he also had a short sleeve vest on, and that was perfect for him.
Look and use the guidelines, but they are just a guide. Trust how you feel, and check on your baby, their neck or chest area. Definitely dress them on the cooler side, as a baby will cry if theyre too cold but will struggle to wake up if too warm.

My son is now 16 months old and theres still days where I end up debating about what he should be wearing at night!

Could not agree more.

Agreed!

As for sleep somewhere else - not a very practical suggestion. Should all new parents move house to somewhere with an appropriate temperature?

I binned the thermometer at 8 weeks as it was constantly saying 21-22 degrees when clearly the room felt much cooler and me and DP were both in PJs under duvet!! I found checking babies chest whenever he woke to feed was more helpful plus erred on the side of better for him to be too cold than too hot so kept him in similar to us (eg just a babygrow and sleeping bag or even long sleeve vest and bag).. as PP have said if they are bit cold they will wake up and itß easier to add an extra layer than to cool a boiling baby :)

Do you remember how hot it was in the hospital? I'm always surprised by the recommendations because those eggs would explode in a hospital environment! If you need your pjs I am guessing that the guidance just doesn't really work for your house and if your baby is too cold it won't sleep.

@Sillydoggy Our little one was on neonatal ward for a week due to feeding issues; the rooms were so hot and they had him under 2 light blankets! So I was shocked when I got home to a cooler bedroom and egg says to put in just a nappy. I think I might just use as a nightlight and ignore the temp

We had one of those eggs and honestly my advice is to get rid.

You have instincts so go with what you think.

@Hungrycaterpillarsmummy Thank you. I actually also googled this question as well and saw other posts of others recommending to get rid of it.