Dressing the baby for the night

[happymumtochrissie]

Dear mums,
I know there have been quite a few topics on this subject but I am still a bit confused what my 10 week baby should wear for the night. The temperature in our room never goes below 22 or 21 degree and I normally put her to bed in a sleepsuit (with long legs) and a grobag (like a summer one, not sure how many togs but it's fairly light to me). Her hands are very cold at night but I know I should check her neck for a guideline and it's quite warm, not hot or cold just nice and warm. Me and my husband sleep in the same room under a warm duvet and it would not be comfortable without it as for us 22 degrees still feels cold. Do you think she is ok sleeping like that? I am a bew mum and need some advice please. I read so many books and my book says whe the temperature is 21-24 the baby should only wear a sleepsuit or a vest with 1 blanket but it sounds so cold to me! I know it's dangerous to overheat babies so I am worried to put extra blankets on her. We also had her 8 weeks immunization done yesterday and she had a fever with 38 and above but is fine today. But I don't want to overheat her so I put her in a pj with bare feet and a grobag. Her feet inaide a grobag are somewhat chilly but not too cold. Shall I put some socks on her too? I might be just too concerned...please advice

I think this is a great guide! what you've got on sounds perfect and if you're worried about chilly hands just pull the mitten bits over her hands on her sleepsuit hope that helps!!

if it helps also it's 22.6 degrees in my room according to the grow egg and my 10 month old has on a vest and sleepsuit with a thin blanket over her bottom half. First time mum here also so totally feel you!!

Thank you so much for your replies, feel a bit relieved as I've been awake for the last couple of hours thinking if she is too cold... feel a bit paranoid but so afraid of SIDS that don't want to overheat her and ay the same time afraid she might be too cold. But I guess if she was cold she would just wake up. Thank you for advice and a chart, looks like we are fine according to it. And congratulatioms on your first baby! :-)

22 degrees is very warm! Most people won't heat their house to that hot.

I've no idea how warm it currently is because we don't have a thermometer in ds3's room but he has a 2.5 tog sleeping bag on and a Babygro. He's 6 months.

Step away from the multiple books - you will drive yourself nuts.

My point of saying that it's very warm
Is to tell you not to worry about them being cold by the way, not to say they will overheat.

If I took notice of the guides both of mine would have been cold. My youngest's room is a similar temperature to yours and she's wearing a vest, long sleeve PJ's and a 1 tog Grobag. Her hands can feel a bit chilly but her body feels warm.

Sorry, hit "post" by accident too soon What I was going to say is that I agree with Cavort above - mine would have been too cold as well if I stuck to the guides. Once he was past 6months age I tried to follow the guides again (it was winter and we had poor heating/insulation + it's very humid & windy where we are, so anything under 25deg can still feel cold depending on wind direction, etc) - and he would just wake up unless he was wearing at least one step more than the guide would suggest for the room temp. Both DH and I get cold easily, same as you OP, it would be warm duvet for us in 21-22deg! So maybe it's just horses for courses and all that.

Thank you for all replies, appreciate your advice. She now woke up for her feed (her normal time) so I guess she is warm if she didn't wake up earlier. I will put socks on her though I thinks as her bare feet in a grobag feel a bit cold. I agree that 22 degrees sounds like very warm especially compared to 18 degrees as a guideline for baby's room but it does feel chilly with a short sleeve even during the day. My situation is more like Cabot and peppalongstocking described, I put a bit more on a baby than the guidelines say.
Books are just books arter all, I follow my instincts and my baby's temperature when I touch her, she is not hot, comfortable I'd say. Thank you for your support everyone

I don't think it sounds warm compared to the guidelines, I think it sounds warm full stop! In the winter our heating clicks off when the house gets to 17 degrees as it's warm enough!

If I stuck to the guidelines my baby would be sweating. He gets warm quickly so at the moment he is sleeping in a sleep suit and 0.5 tog sleeping bag. This is just right for him and our room is 20 degrees.

I think every baby is different and you need to adjust depending on your baby.

My ten week old currently sleeps in a vest under a thin fleece blanket the room is 22.4 degrees at night and if I put him in anything else he gets way too hot.
Every baby is different my DD used to wear a vest and pj's in the same temperature. D's feet and hands are always feel cool but the health visitor and doctor says it's fine as long as his core temperature is normal. I never follow the guidelines I go by my gut if he looks and feels hot I remove a layer if he feels too cold I add one ☺

Thank you foebyour replies, Christina woke up thia morning and her back was a bit sweaty, I guess PotteringAlong was right it's very warm! Perhaps I should put her in a vest next night as her grobag is 1.0 tog which is light but she still got a bit sweaty. The back of her neck is warm too. I didn't put any socks on her in the end and it's good. I also normally take her to my bed at around 5am as she wouldn't sleep longer than that otherwise so she gets a bit warmes next to me. I don't cover her when she is next to me but sometimes cover her feet a bit if I feel it's cold. I agree that every baby is different and it's better to follow the baby's temperature rather than a guideline, which I've been doing since she was born. Just occasionally worry too much I guess but dd is perfectly fine :-)) We are moving to another flat soon and it's much warmer there even without the heating on! I think I will consider a vest only and a grobag or maybe just a sleeping suit for the night...will see how it goes. Thanks

Have just started changing her and she actually peed a bit into her vest with long sleeves that I put on her and her sleeping trousers so thus a bit wet...not sweat then. It's the first time she woke up like that, didn't happen before. But she is still very warm so whe was fine at night