Optimal Sleeping Clothing and Temperature for Newborn

[dmuk]

We have been debating the best way to put DD to sleep at night.

Currently the room temperature is around 20 degrees. No heating on during the day or night. If we open a window then likely the temperature would drop quite a bit.

Baby wears nappy, legless baby grow, with a long baby grow over that and socks.

Then wrapped in a thin cellular type blanket (maybe equivelant to two layers), with a woollen blanket over that (not folded). So three layers of blankets.

Baby isn't sweating but concerned that this may be a little too much?

When googling "baby blanket layer temperature" images, the typical guide for 20 degrees is sheet + one blanket.

Babies don't sweat so this shouldn't be your guide as to whether they are too hot.

She/he probably doesn't need the socks or the blanket over the top of the cellular blanket.

Try not to stress too much, DD was born during a heatwave and I wanted to hurl the red and angry looking gro-egg out the window as there was pretty much nothing I could do to cool the room down to make it happy. DD on the other hand was perfectly fine!

DS (14 wks) is in a long sleeve or short sleeve vest and a babygro in a 2.5 grobag.

There are some good guides on the gro bag website although they only relate exactly to their own products. What you are doing sounds similar to what we did: one sleeveless and leg less baby gro with a full one over. We didn't add socks as can't they be a bit tight around the ankle? Then we only had one cellular blanket wrapped around twice which counts as two layers. At the time (3 years ago) I was very paranoid and researched it ad nauseum which is why I still remember it all so clearly.

It's also equally important to put them on their back, make sure they're in the same room as you at night and use a monitor if you're in another room during nap time!

Thanks for the responses so far.

The guidelines are difficult to gauge because they don't factor in what the baby is wearing. Will look at removing the socks. The woollen blanket is not too thick but may take that away as well.

We've got some sleeping bags/sacks. Will check out the togs and maybe replace a blanket with the sack?

For ease of nappy changing at night. Does anyone use any pyjamas or is a grow(s) better for a newborn?

Babies have to be a certain weight and head size to use a grobag. We're swaddling using a groswaddle until she's big enough for grobag. (She's 5w and 7.5lb)

Long sleeved/legged sleep suit & short/no-sleeve vest underneath.

You can get things that look like nightdresses where it's a zip or poppers along the bottom rather than individual legs. We don't have one but they look good for easy nappy changes.

At 20 degrees mine probably had vest, baby gro and gro bag.

I have a hot baby 8 weeks and he does sweat.
Our room is typically 20 degrees.
He is in a long sleeved sleep suit, swaddled under the arms in a winceyette blanket with a doubled cellular blanket placed over the top of his Sleepyhead.
Anything more and he gets damp!
I am gutted as I have some lovely gro bags but they are just not compatible with the Sleepyhead for a baby that likes his arms up - the shoulders are too wide.