Advice on sleep suit togs...due tomorrow!

[Livingonhope]

Hi all hoping you can help me! in for c section tomorrow and am on serious nesting mode today. I have a range of the tomee tippee grow bag/sleep bags. I had assumed given temperature I would do best, sleep suit and a 2.5 tog but room temperature averaging somewhere at 19 degrees at night would you drop this down to a 1.5 tog please?

also advice on the best baby bottles? again I have tommee tipee ones but think I need more!

thank you!!!

Are they sleeping bags that are suitable from birth? They usually have a minimum weight limit.

yes they are suitable:)

I swear by the love 2 dream 1 tog ones

At the minute, my 6mo is in a short vest, sleepsuit and 2.5tog overnight. I think the room averages about 18degC

I appreciate why you are worried, I was the same. But I used to think, I'll go for the cooler end and they'll be up within a couple of hours anyway and I can always increase the layers/ swap for a higher tog then. Soon, you'll know your baby (like with everything, few of them actually follow the exact tog recommendations wrt their preferences! And the recommendations vary anyway!)

Aww congrats on the imminent arrival!

I genuinely read this as “sleep suits for dogs”. 😬

thank you so much! il stuck to the 2.5 tog for now then and monitor! first time mum and clearly worrying abut the small details!!

not quite but I do have two dogs who clearly know something is about to change lol

Hiya :) When my DS was born the midwives said to start with tucked in blankets and move to sleep sacks around 3 months but not sure if that's universal advice or not!

My 1 year old is in a vest, sleepsuit and 2.5 tog atm but thinking to move to a 1 tog now with the warmer weather. The temp in the room is around 17/18

I know when he was first born we erred towards it being better for him to be too cool than too warm which I think is the general advice. I think the idea is that if they're too cold they'll generally cry to let you know but not necessarily if too hot!

I do remember this being a real source of anxiety at the beginning but after a little while we got confident with the go for cooler approach and baby always felt a nice warm but not clammy temp when we felt. :) Hope all goes well for you with your new little cutie!xxx

I also found it easier to stick with tucked in blankets for the first 2 or 3 months then went to sleeping bag

It has been years since I needed them but baby sleeping bags were only suitable once they weighed 10lbs if I recall. We used 2.5 the most and the lighter ones were used in the summer.

There's a lot of these tables around so don't know if they're consistent, but would this help you? (Can't speak from experience yet...)