Bedding???

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I am getting really confused about all the bedding out there! We have fitted sheets for the cot and fitted sheets for the moses basket, but do we also need to get flat sheets to go on top of the fitted (so the baby would lie on 2 layers)? Or should I just be using one or the other?

Also blankets, we have bought cotton ones but (having been in hopsital for a few days) I've noticed a lot of mums with fleecey type ones. Again, is it just personal preference?

Being in hospital I have way too much time on my hands!

yes it's confusing.

The flat sheets go over the baby in a layer with the cotton blankets.
You would normally use 1 layer of sheet and 2 layers of blankets apart from if the weather is really hot or really cold you would ajust accordingly. You will need smaller flat sheets and blankets for the moses basket, these are often labaled as pram sheets or pram blankets but they fit moses baskets too.

OR you could use baby sleeping bags for the cot, but they won't work with the moses basket.

The advice is to use cotton celular, not fleece blankets as it is safer as far as cot death is concerned.

HTH

why won't baby sleeping bags work in the moses basket, framey? always used them with mine.

op, i've never bothered with flat sheets as they tend to ruck. you don't need two layers under the baby. i use fitted sheets for basket/pram/crib/cotbed and babies went in grobags (so no sheets or blankets on top of them). grobags are great because they can't kick the covers off or get them over their heads.

agree with framey that cotton cellular blankets are best. they're also handy for draping over the hood of the pram/buggy to keep the sun out!

I was thinking of using grobag in moses basket this time round. Is this not adviceable then?

I thought you weren't meant to use the sleeping bags until the baby is a certain weight. They are great, I would recommend using them. Now the bag stops DD from climbing out the cot.

When DD was new we put a couple of the cotton cellular blankets on her, which is what they did at the hospital. Never used the flat sheets that I bought.

My DD was onlt 5lb 13 oz, and was swaddled all the time, so didn't start using sleeping bags till she was bigger.
Maybe will do the same with this one and save the grobags till (s)he is in cot.

Sorry for G/C.

lots of info on grobags here. it's fine to use them in moses baskets but they now recommend them from 8lb 8oz rather than 7lb.

we used fitted sheets in the moses basket and cot, then we swaddled the baby in one of those blankets with holes or a grobag swaddle blanket and then used grobags from 6 weeks. Will be doing the same again this time

Im after gro bags with long sleeves, anyone heard of any?

onedge - from the link above

Why don't Grobag Baby Sleep Bags have sleeves?
We believe that Baby Sleep Bags should be sleeveless to aid heat loss and air circulation. (Babies sleeping under traditional blankets rarely sleep with their arms inside). The new British Standard also stipulates that Baby Sleep Bags should be ?without sleeves or hoods?. In cooler weather, we recommend long-sleeve bodysuits, in addition to a long-sleeved pyjama top, pyjamas or a sleepsuit.

i have seen them, though (not grobags, other makes), but can't remember where! [unhelpful emoticon]

here's one with removable sleeves

www.jako-o.com/produkt/en/produkt_detail.mb1?mb_f020_id=FGAzMvbYmYgzzHWWQa7&ref_i d=9633&fag=eu&lang=en&set=2&subset=&suchtext=&detail=on&gid=5047539&sid=5000250&pid=5019994&mbv3 01s=1&mbv301g=1&backsid=5000250&backgid=5047539&kid=37774&mode=&origin=&mbv301ch=78213

hmm, must preview

here

oh fgs!

it worked on preview!

try again

ok.

it's on that jako-o site, it's called giraffe sleeping bag and it DOES have sleeves.

maybe it's the heat...

Sorry to hijack a bit - is it ok to swaddle with those cellular blankets then? or do you need to buy one of the special ones that are made for swaddling?

Swaddling with cellular blankets is absolutely fine, was what I was recommended to use by MW who showed me how to swaddle properly so it didn't come apart no need to buy a specal swaddle blanket at all.

oh ok. Am guessing you'd be ok using flat sheet in the summer as well?

Yeah I have used a flat sheet in the summer DS was born and liked being cosied up swaddled but it was soooo hot.

You could use a pillow case instead of special sheets for moses baskets, prams and cribs.

We've only bought flat cot sheets and folded them in half for the crib. I've also got an adult cotton sheet, cut to size and hemmed it for using as a thin top sheet - that works about a third of the cost of special cot sized sheets.

Buying extra sheets that could only be used for 3 months seemed like an un-necessary expense to me. So long as they tuck in well, there shouldn't be a problem.

I tried using the grobags in the moses basket but they seemed too long and were sticking out over the end.
With little tiny babies I prefer to see them all tucked up with blankets and sheets, just seems cosier.
As they get more wriggly the sleeping bags are good.

ok, I'm going to be in the minority here. But I never used grobags or sleeping bags. I would prefer my bAby to kick off blankets if hot and cry if he got cold.
There's just something about sleeping bags I don't like.

I don't think ds would have liked them, as he was a warm baby anyway and Also liked to stand up when he woke up.

For our cotbed I used towelling fitted sheet (protect mattess) and then a cotton fitted sheet (soft for baby) on top of that. Then ds slept under a cotton flat sheet and two cellular blankets. And reduced or increased the blankets depending on room tempreture. Cotton flat sheet firmly tucked in.

Same bedding for two years, no need to keep buying for different ages like with grobags. Will use bedding for dc2 on the way.

I have bought 1 cellular blanket and 4 fleecy, soft blankets, I hadn't heard about any cot death risks with these?

The cellular ones just didn't look all that warm or cosy and it will be depths of winter here in a cold house when DC is born.

So I was going for;

Moses basket - fitted sheet, baby swaddled and then sheet and blanket over top (depending on heat).

Once in cot it'll be summer, so fitted sheet, baby unswaddled but covered in sheet and blanket (blanket prob not necessary as it'll be boiling).

We have no other cot death risk factors though.

Sounds great ozziegirly but IMHO you don't need a top sheet for a baby as you wash the blankets so much. The fleece blankets don't seem to stay swaddled properly, the cellular are grippier.

Thanks LooL00, I've actually got some swaddling blankets as well as it seems very popular out here (Oz). I have so many blankets, muslin squares and swaddling sheets I could set up my own shop (albeit a small shop...)

Nomorecake, I did as you do. I like a sheet on as well so you can fold it over the top of the blanket and tuck it in, nurse's style.

Yes, I admit, I do like that nurse-style sheet thing .
(btw I'm so glad someone understood my rambling post!)