What to put baby in at night in the winter.

[Pippymcphee]

My daughter's room is currently getting down to 11° in the night.
Last night was the coldest yet and she was awake every hour or so. I'm pretty sure it was because of the cold.

She currently goes to bed in a long sleeve vest, sleepsuit and a 3.5 tog sleeping bag without sleeves.
I don't really want to use sleeves as I've heard they can make little ones overheat.

Our heating comes on several times throughout the day and goes off at around 6.30pm which is 45 mins before bedtime. It then comes on for an hour at 2am and then again at 6am.
If I'm totally honest, we can't really afford for it to be on much more than that!

Does anyone have any ideas on keeping baby warmer at night? Are fleece sleepsuits ok or generally not recommended? As I've also been worried about those.
Would a little heater on a timer be safe to use in her room?

We live in an old house and I know there's not much more we can do about the temp - Suppose I'm just looking for any ideas that I may not have thought of?

11 is not safe for a baby (or anyone). Our house gets cold at night snd instead of turning the heating on overnight we found it was more effective and cheaper to have a small oil heater near the cot that keeps the room at 19 (and means we’re not turning the heating on over night). When it’s cold the baby sleeps in a 3.5 tog sleep jacket that has arms, a long sleeve bodysuit and fleecy pjs.

ELEVEN degrees?! That is so unbelievably unsafe I can’t even begin to describe. You need your heating on, that’s just the way it is. No amount of layers will take away how bitterly cold that is for anyone let alone a baby.

What about her face/nose etc? Put the heating on more.

Agree with the small oil heater in baby’s room. We have a device we bought on amazon that can control when it switches on and off.

It's actually the reality of living in an old house, north of England in the winter. We can't all afford to have the heating on 24/7 especially not now I'm in my unpaid portion of Mat Leave.
Less judgement would be lovely.

This is the kind of advice I have been after, thanks - I'll have a look at those.

This is one of the reasons many women cosleep with their babies - to share warmth and make sure they have a constant check on their baby’s temperature.

at 11 degrees id be co sleeping next to my baby to share body heat. I currently co sleep and my bedroom is cool at 17 degrees overnight ,but Ds always warm even in just long sleeved pjs and a cellular blanket next to me .

Children live in colder climates and I like many people over 50 grew up without central heating - you need to dress baby appropriately for the temperature. My children were born before the sleeping bag thing so they wore sleepsuits, fleece over suits if cooler than had blankets in addition if cold enough to require. 3.5 tog doesn’t seem warm enough, my duvet in my warm modern house is 10.5 and I was still a little cold last night

I live in a very old, very cold in winter house. How old is your baby?
Last winter when my child was 18 months old, I dressed them in vest, all in one sleepsuit then 3.5 tog sleeping bag with arms. I liked the jojo maman Bebe sleeping bags. If you feel your child is too cold, could you put an extra layer on ? What about a cardi on top of their sleepsuit so they have an extra layer on their arms?
Last night my child’s bedroom was 14 degrees. They wore a long sleeved vest and a fleece all in one sleepsuit with feet. They do have a 4.5 tog toddler duvet now too (that sometimes gets kicked off!) slept all night.
My husband grew up in this house and when he was little there was single glazed sash windows and no central heating, only night storage heaters. His mum just made sure him and his siblings had enough layers on and wool blankets.

Get yourself a plug in heater and a remote thermostat for her room. It will maintain a steady temperature just in her room at night.

Sorry but you really can’t have your baby sleeping in 11 degrees, it’s just not safe.

This, means that one room is heated for your baby and with a built in thermostat it can keep coming on when needed.

Our rooms go very cold at night too. Me and DH have a 15 tog duvet and layer up. The kids have the little oil radiator/heaters in their rooms that keep the temperature at about 19ish through the night. I got one after the temp dropped to 15 one night when my eldest was a baby and he was freezing. Got another when 2nd baby came along so they have one each now.

11 is way below what's normal in an old house.

If you are on a low income generally, make sure you are claiming benefits and contact companies for eco4 work for insulation.

I personally would be sleeping in one room and making sure it's heated.