Hello,my first time posting here but first I just wanted to say THANK YOU to mumsnet as a whole, I have used this site So SOOOO much since my girl was born 19mo the ago, and also when pregnant :-) it’s been such a huge help reading old threads for advice so thank you to everyone!
my girls never slept that great, not awful by some peoples stories on here, but not great!
a few months ago actually I actually got some help to sort her sleep out from sleeping bunnies and it really did help, so anyone else wondering weather to, go for it if you can afford it!
she helped me stop feeding to sleep, we’re still BF but not to sleep anymore and that has helped the night wakings on the whole, apart from sleep regressions (18mo sleep regression was AWFUL!!) teething, illness etc 😬😂
ANYWAY:
I would love some help and advice about this: I think her having a cold wet happy and cold wet bottom is waking her up!
at the moment my girl is waking around 4am / 5am and I feed her back to sleep and she sleeps until 6 / 7am
our house is an old welsh farmhouse (rented) and cold at night… I have at moment a small oil radiator on in her room, and she’s in a 3.5tog sleeping bag with arms which I JUST bought a few weeks ago and it helped her sleep immediately, she wears merino PJs under that…
this morning I brought her into bed with me at 6, and instead of cuddling her under the covers for ages like normal with her sleeping bag still done up, I was worried she would get too hot as I had 2 duvets, 2 blankets on!
so I undid her bag, and put my hands under her PJs and her legs and bum were cold!!! 😬😬
so they must’ve been cold overnight as is only just got her into my bed, so she hasn’t had a chance to warm up,
I thought she was warm enough, but obviously not :-( I feel so bad
so my question is about how to stop her having a cold wet bum, I don’t change her nappy overnight, so it’s very full of wee, we use kit & kin she’s in a size 5, sometimes 6 overnight, rarely leaks.
if she has a wet nappy, will it always be cold, or do i just need to try and put more layers over her bum and legs so even a wet nappy stays warmer?
what do you do?
do you use special night nappies? Is there such a. Thing?
i wondered if using a night nappy that was thicker might keep it drier? And therefore warmer?
or what about using reusable nappies might they stay warmer as gernally thicker?
any advice or thought very much appreciated as I’m sure it wakes her up having a cold bum and legs,
The broken sleep has really messed me up, even tho I love my girl more than anything, I love her so much it hurts, she’s absolutely amazing and I am so so lucky, I just want to try and sleep more 😂 THAnknyou to everyone that’s ever posted on MN about sleep, I’ve pretty much read it all and found help ❤️