How to keep warm when breastfeeding

[Hunkydory99]

Hi all
First baby was a summer babe so didn’t have this problem! Breast feeding so far seems to be going better than last time. Baby is wanting milk every 2/3 hours including over night but I’m struggling to keep warm when it is feeding time, especially my boob and shoulders. Ive got several of the clipped string vest tops with built in bra so I can just pop out a boob. I’m wary of a bra and long top every night as they are a faff in the daytime let alone trying to get a boob out in the dark night without giving baby a mouthful of top. How are you other ladies managing?

I’m usually boiling anyway but I sit up to feed (not sure if you are sitting or lying at night) and have my duvet up to my lap, a muslin over one shoulder and my baby across my boobs so only one shoulder is out if you see what I mean? So you could always drape a muslin over that shoulder too if cold?

I have a sicky baby so make sure to hang a few muslins over the back of my bed before going to bed so all I need to do is reach behind add grab one.

Could you also take a warm drink, herbal tea or something to bed with you in a flask and sip during feeds?

I just wear my normal jammy top with long sleeves. Don't find it any faff at all to just lift my top up and unclip my bra! I am also always too hot though. I've usually got the baby on a pillow on my knee too which keeps me warm too, as well as duvet. Can you have a cardi or dressing gown next to your bed to throw on? Although I'm sure that's more faff than just wearing a top.

A pyjama top with buttons, so you can unbutton it and slide the baby inside, keeping your shoulders and most of your boobage covered and warm.

Button up pyjama top with a cardigan over the top if it's particularly chilly

I used a cheap but thick fleece dressing gown. Popped it on over my vest as soon as I got up to the baby and then kept it on for the nappy change and feed (it was huge so I could snuggle it round the baby too if she needed it) and I was toasty. Plus was very easy to wash and tumble dry if it got milk etc all over it.

I wear a long sleeved top over a nursing vest. I am very sensitive to the cold and change in temperatures so tend to put a dressing gown on when getting out of bed. I also have a blanket on the chair I feed my baby in. I found the b shirt long sleeved tops good as well if you don't like the faff of pulling a top up. There are also hoodies with a nursing flap that might help.

Two tops. Vest underneath with shoe string straps lengthened to max. Long sleeved top over the top.

I got a bunch of vests from Primark a few years ago for 2.50 each

Shirt style night dress so you can just unbutton it and pj bottoms if you want

I don’t bother with a vest or anything just normal PJs - let the girls hang free! and a fleece blanket over my shoulders.

A vest - cheap ones from New look have elasticated tops/ neckline so it's easy to pull down, wear it under your normal PJ top.

@Dellit

I used a cheap but thick fleece dressing gown. Popped it on over my vest as soon as I got up to the baby and then kept it on for the nappy change and feed (it was huge so I could snuggle it round the baby too if she needed it) and I was toasty. Plus was very easy to wash and tumble dry if it got milk etc all over it.

Yep, this is what I did with my two winter babies. Big warm dressing gown which I could snuggle them inside to keep us toasty warm.

I sleep in a nursing vest plus soft nursing bra (to keep the breast pads in place) then have a short-ish bed jacket type thing I whip on when feeding. Baby is in a sidecar crib and I feed her sitting up in bed.

Soft h and m nursing bra plus button down long sleeve pjs

A loop scarf/snood for your neck, or a warm cardigan with the top button done, the others open. Plus, on your tummy, a tummy warmer e.g. from kidney karen, bit other brands have them too. So if you need to hitch your vest up, your back and tummy stay warm.

Dressing gown and boot slippers for me, it's really going chilly in the nights at the moment.

Probably a stupid question with the price nowadays, but if you're up every 2-3 hours with a newborn, can you leave the heating on? When my eldest was a newborn, we were stopping with my mum, who has the heating on pretty much constant, and it was much better for keeping warm during the cluster feeding

I have some special long sleeve nursing tops i wear for this.
The ones which have a slit in the material across the front under the bust, so you just lift that bit up and your chest/shoulders remain totally covered and nice and toasty.
Bshirts are one brand but Seraphine and Next do them also. I love them!
I'm an extra cold person it seems so I tend to throw on a fleecy dressing gown and fluffy socks as well.

Oops, it's H&M that does them, not Next. These, OP.
www2.hm.com/en_ie/productpage.0958110003.html
These or the vest version are also very handy for feeding while out and about especially if you're a bit self conscious about it

I sleep in a cardi (only top button closed) over a nighty with buttons. And leggings. And socks.

It's cold innit?

I wear a breastfeeding/clipped vest at night and an old long sleeved top, but I cut the top just below boob area so that it was easier to lift up. Or a wrap style long sleeved top.

I'm no longer breastfeeding, but had a winter baby. Thick dressing gowns, wrap top jumpsuits (Tesco and asda do them in the pyjama/"lounge wear" sections, the GAP zip side jumpers, and Juno Jack's zip closure breastfeeding hoodies all helped to keep me warm.

If you don't mind looking like a prat, you can get adult zip up sleep bags (like the ones babies wear). They're not cheap but they're warm.

www.slumbersac.co.uk/catalogsearch-result-q-adult/

I feel like this is why my mum/grandma used to have shawls! I think they need to make a comeback.

I feed in a rocking chair. I sleep in a sleep bra and regular PJs. When I get out of bed I put a fleece or jumper or dressing gown on and bedsocks or slipper socks. I also keep one of DS's blankets on him as I get him out of his bed. I don't find it a problem to pull down the cups of the sleep bra and pull up PJ top

I bought this beautiful garment, works a treat!
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B093C6PG5P?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title&tag=mumsnetforu03-21

My gear for winter:

No bra
Long vest top with larger opening around the armpits
Plus a warm long sleeve crop top

When it's feeding time, I'd pull the side of the long sleeve top up ... pull the vest top to the middle to expose breast... lie down with baby on the side.

I've never managed to wear those tops that opened in the middle between the breasts. I'm a side feeder ...