What do a dress my baby in for this heat ? So much conflicting advice

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So, my bedroom is currently 28.3 degrees with the window open. Boiling ! Past few nights I have had my 8 month old in a nappy at nighttime and he has been fine. However I have seen babies can be in a nappy and vest or just vest for anything over 27 degrees.
Baby feels cool and I took his temp it was only 35.7 which when I read up is too cold , so I have put a vest on him. But am worried he will get too hot ?
I'm now panicking he's got hypothermia or something , I suffer badly with anxiety and the heat isn't helping.
I don't want to keep googling as I am working myself up.
Advice is really greatly appreciated.

Oh bless you. I remember being like that with my first.
Things I've learned - if they are cold they wake up. Grumpy generally, and will feel cold. If they are alseep they are not cold.
It is better to have your baby a bit cold than Let them overheat.

At 28degs all of mine would have been hot and grumpy. But they are all individuals.
My nearly 2yo is currently in just a nappy, no covers. My older 2 are in just pants with empty duvet cover just up to the waist.

27 in my 14 month dds room, she's in a short sleeved vest and 0.5 tog sleeping bag. (Basically just a cotton sheet with a zip)

If it went up to 28 I would take off the sleeping bag. so I would say you are fine.

It’s 27/28 in each of my DS’s rooms (1 and 3). My youngest is in a nappy and 0.5 grow bag and my eldest is in a nappy and nothing else, since he has a duvet if the temp does drop during the night.

Thank you all for your replies, Ive calmed down a bit now :)

When DS1 was born it was summer 2006 and HOT. He wore a nappy and nothing else for three weeks.

None of his clothes fitted when it got cooler!

You’ll be fine

He’s not going to get hypothermia!!!!
Happy and vest? Or nappy and tshirt?

Maybe try to get a fan tomorrow to help bring the temp down in the room? Put a bowl of iced water in front so I blows cool air around the room

When I have read on parent / baby sites it says the temp he is can be hyperthermia.

Windows are open,
Fan circulating in hall.

Well it depends what temperature he normally runs at surely? Me and my lot all run at 36.2 on an in-ear thermometer. DH is 36.7 normally.
When I've had the odd low reading it has turned out to be either the batteries needed changing, ear wax on the "hat", or I hadn't put it in the ear properly.

It is usually around 36.4 , and taken under the armpit!

To be honest I'm sure he is fine and this is anxiety talking.

Do you normally measure under the armpit as I think ear and armpit give different readings?

And yes I'm sure it's the anxiety

The child’s internal temp has to be well below 36 degrees - he will be fine!

I grew up in rural Scotland with the wind and rain blowing in all winter in the 80s - I lived to tell the tale!

Young babies overheat far easier than get cold.

My 7 month old is in a vest and his sleeping bag - it’s 24 degrees in the room. Windows open wide. He’s sleeping soundly just likes he’s done for the last few weeks.

Pop a cellular blanket over his tummy/legs and tuck it in if you think he may get cold in the night??

I do under armpit yes !
Is it better to take ear readings ?
Thanks for your replies

@Wildlingofthewest ThanKyou for reply. That makes me feel better x

In ear readings are much more reliable. All mine sleep with their arms above their heads, so armpit reading would-be really cool!

I think I will get an ear thermometer for peace of mind!

Ahhh, it's so hard to know isn't it? I live in a country where the summer is hot. My firstborn was born in the height of the summer. The advice I was given is to put him in one more layer than you would want to be wearing.
Most if the day he was just in a nappy, but at night a body , or those sleeping bags for babies, but basically as thin as a sheet. If you feel the back of their neck you can feel if they're too hot. He woke so often to start with i was always checking, but honestly couldn't work out if he was too hot or hungry, or just thirsty! I was breastfeeding and was advised just to keep me and him hydrated. (Didn't give any extra bottles of water) It was hard though. The winter we moved somewhere really cold and I stressed he was too cold then!
But honestly I think you're doing ok. I think ear readings are more accurate. I remember I got quite obsessed about temperatures readings of the baby and the room and was never sure I was doing it right.
I remember definitely covered him with something at night because their body temperature drops a bit while they are sleeping.
Good luck

And trust your instincts!

Live in Australia - no air con - and have always done a short sleeved vest and a light sleeping bag. Never had any concerns about them overheating, but was aware of the fact that there is a temperature drop in the early hours of the morning, so they needed to be covered up by more than just a nappy.

ThanKyou for such a helpful reply @Ribbon04

My DD was this age last summer. I went for nappy and t shirt as it seemed a little cooler than nappy and vest, and with nappy alone she was chilly by the middle of the night.
However, she really resisted being dressed as when I was putting her to bed she was too hot and wanted to be in just a nappy, so I used to out the t shirt in the fridge for fifteen minutes so it went on cold, she really liked that!
It's hard with a little baby, but if they are too cold they will wake up. The don't have to be absolutely perfect temperature, they are tougher than that