These warm nights!

[Anon204]

Any tried and tested tips or advice on how to keep a baby cool at night time? You read all sorts online but I never know what actually works. Thanks in advance!

Do you know the temperature of the room? I am doing a vest, baby grow and a thin cellular blanket. My babies room is 22 degrees so going by guidance, I’m probably putting too much on but I know he’s comfortable and not too hot. I guess it also depends on the age? My baby is 8 months!

i also keep the door open and I have the window open in our room to get the air flowing!

My DD's room is small and stuffy so I do the following:

It's north east facing, so I keep the window and blinds shut in the morning, then open them once the sun moves around. I open windows on the opposite side of the upstairs too so a breeze can blow through.

Have a fan in her room on a timer, but not pointed directly at her.

Dress her minimally. I'd rather her wake up from being too cold than overheat whilst sleeping as that's dangerous. So right now she's in a short sleeved vest and a sleepsuit, with a 1.5 tog sleeping bag. As the nights get warmer she'll switch to a 0.5 sleeping bag, and then I'll remove the sleepsuit too. The sleeping bag has to stay on for safety purposes though as she can climb out of her cot without it.

Coolish bath before bed.

Our monitor has a temperature gauge in it so I can keep an eye on how warm it is in there.

Thank you both and sorry for my delayed reply 💙 the room is 25 degrees and I've been putting him in a vest with a 1.5tog sleeping bag.

I've never thought of opening the windows when the sun is at the back of the house! I'll have to try this one tomorrow.