Keeping baby warm at night

[ParsleyCake]

General advice seems to be that ideal temperature for the baby's room is 18 degrees C. However room temperature is 20-21 degrees, so why does it need to be so cold?

At the moment my room temp is usually 20 degrees and my son wears a long sleeved vest and a light gro bag, or a vest, romper and a blanket. Is this about right?

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I follow the guidelines for how to dress him at night depending on what the temperature is, but his skin (everywhere, even his chest) always seems freezing unless he's under my blanket too. Coukd really use advice

How old is your son?
I remember agonising over this when dd was tiny. In generally, I erred on the side of too cold. My understanding was that being too hot has more health risks for a baby, while being too cold (unless you are in the realms of actually freezing them) will at worst result in them waking up.
I remember using cellular blankets with dd a lot at this time of year. They are perfect, as very adaptable.
Good luck!

Dd is 8weeks and im having the exact same problem.tonight I've got her in a sleepsuit with mittens things on and a big cellular folded quite thick and tucked in quite tightly,room thermometer is reading at 21,but she seems quite cool. Im avoiding sleeping bag at moment because I put her in one the other night in just long sleeve vest (room was 24degrees)and her legs were hot top was cold, couldn't get the balance right

He's three months. I suppose it is better to err on the side of cold, but it feels a little heartless. Last night I found this helpful : partner compared how cold my skin felt to my sons and even though I thought the baby was cold, my skin apparently felt the same and I felt perfectly comfortable.

Skin is supposed to feel cool to the touch. If baby's skin feels warm then he is too hot. It is advised to check chest, if it feels cold then baby is too cold. At that age I was using a sleep suit and a cellular blanket folded in half. My baby hated being too warm, even now at 17months he just goes to bed with a short sleeved short legged romper and doesn't like to be covered!

I don't have a room thermometer. I go by how DS feels. Last night he was in a sleepsuit and doubled over cellular blanket. Hands were cold, chest/back warm, which is how it should be. Its normal for hands to be cold.

My baby sleeps in - short sleeved vest, sleepsuit, 1.5 tog sleeping bag with a crotcheted blanket over the top. Room temp is about 19 degrees. She had socks on too in the spring. She sleeps better when she's cosy. She isn't overheating that way either. I really don't get the long sleeved best plus just a sleeping bag- that would leave my baby too cold.

Our room temp is around 18 degrees. DS wears a long sleeved body suit, normal cotton sleepsuit and a 2.5 tog sleeping bag. His hands sometimes feel really cold but he looks pretty comfortable.