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OHbaby! Forums : Perspiring at night https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:19:36 +0000 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:09:15 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=34665 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : Yup same here Mel, I have always...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1098838&title=perspiring-at-night#1098838 Author: Shezamumof3
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Posted: 15 July 2010 at 11:09am

Yup same here Mel, I have always use fleece for my kids, right from when Caden came home from hospital!]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:09:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1098838&title=perspiring-at-night#1098838 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : I've always used Polar fleece...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1098834&title=perspiring-at-night#1098834 Author: .Mel
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Posted: 15 July 2010 at 11:07am

I've always used Polar fleece on my kids beds, even now at an older age they have fleece blankets... I have the mattress protector/fitted sheet/flat sheet/fleece blanket and duvet and if it's really cold I have another fleece on top of the duvet.

Is your house prone to condensation and mould? Maybe it's that, that is sitting on top of the blankets. I do know that our house is really cold and when I get up in the morning our blankets are damp.

Just as an aside we have polar fleece sheets too.]]> Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:07:44 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1098834&title=perspiring-at-night#1098834 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : DP hated it!! Yup it's...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097654&title=perspiring-at-night#1097654 Author: High9
Subject: 34665
Posted: 14 July 2010 at 10:15am

DP hated it!!

Yup it's definitely your choice as to how you parent your kids

]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:15:19 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097654&title=perspiring-at-night#1097654 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : LOL so far its the only name we...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097507&title=perspiring-at-night#1097507 Author: mummyofprinces
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Posted: 14 July 2010 at 8:39am

LOL so far its the only name we can agree on too!]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 08:39:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097507&title=perspiring-at-night#1097507 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : Thanks for your input guys I...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097434&title=perspiring-at-night#1097434 Author: Buttersmum
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Posted: 14 July 2010 at 6:39am

Thanks for your input guys

I ended up getting a drycot blanket doubled it over the matress and tonight SUCCESS!!!

100% wool can't beat it I guess

Interesting about the fleecy blankets. Guess mine will be a pram blanky or a cuddle with me only blanky if its cold. I have flannelette sheets and the wool blanket for bubs bassinett and we keep the room at about 18 degrees with a heater so with a swaddle and what she is wearing she seems to be warm enough

Also I think the name Zoe might be making a bit of a come back.............It was the only name DH and I could agree on

]]> Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:39:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097434&title=perspiring-at-night#1097434 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : Cotton will be fine Nicole, we...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097384&title=perspiring-at-night#1097384 Author: Guests
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 10:16pm

Cotton will be fine Nicole, we have one that looks like polar fleece but its 50% cotton 50% bamboo .

I also agree with what Melnel said, at the end of that day its your choice.

M.oocow you could try wool aircell blankets, they can be expensive but just get cot size, we did and now use DD on her bed .]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:16:31 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097384&title=perspiring-at-night#1097384 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : I did but my stupid teacher was...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097354&title=perspiring-at-night#1097354 Author: anon
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 9:43pm

I did but my stupid teacher was fixated on "natural birth" and anti-immunisations etc. UGH!]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:43:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097354&title=perspiring-at-night#1097354 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : I don't know my blanket that...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097314&title=perspiring-at-night#1097314 Author: High9
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 8:56pm

I don't know my blanket that is like a polar fleece says 100% cotton, we assume that's okay.

Did you do antenatal classes? I have a handout somewhere about them only wearing 100% cotton or wool, and bedding being the same. Will have to go hunting for where I filed it all though! ]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:56:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097314&title=perspiring-at-night#1097314 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : I'd also like to see some...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097278&title=perspiring-at-night#1097278 Author: anon
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 8:24pm

I'd also like to see some online information on polar fleece blankets as I can't find anything online to say that they are a SIDS risk.

ETA: Found this:

http://www.prevent-sids.org/proper-bedding-for-sids-prevention.htm

May be useful re: the original question too.

I am assuming that polar fleece blankets are made out of polyester?

Edited by newlywed]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:24:03 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097278&title=perspiring-at-night#1097278 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : Mine is not a blanket but a sleep...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097261&title=perspiring-at-night#1097261 Author: anon
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 8:00pm

Mine is not a blanket but a sleep sack. I haven't investigated what DS's blankets are made of - will have to look tomorrow. But he is 8mths old now so I guess the risks are a lot lower. Would a polar fleece sleep sack me ok? After all they are wearing all kinds of materials to bed and a sleep sack is more like a garment than a blanket?

I honestly didn't know all this - I wish someone had told me before I bought all my blankets and sleeping gear.

Edited by newlywed]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:00:39 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097261&title=perspiring-at-night#1097261 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : You could use them as pram blankets....]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097205&title=perspiring-at-night#1097205 Author: High9
Subject: 34665
Posted: 13 July 2010 at 6:55pm

You could use them as pram blankets.

My antenatal lady said anything other than 100% cotton or wool was a big no-no so DP made sure we didn't have anything polyester *blahblahblah*lalala*

What other types of blankets, quilts, sheets etc do you have? ]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:55:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097205&title=perspiring-at-night#1097205 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : Um, I guess it is like a polar...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097147&title=perspiring-at-night#1097147 Author: RedHeadDuck
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 5:44pm

Um, I guess it is like a polar fleece blanket?

I so didn't know that..!!!
ETA: Tag says 100% polyester...

Argh, that sucks, its such a soft, snuggly blanket (we have a couple of them!) What am I gonna use now?!

Edited by MooCow]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:44:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097147&title=perspiring-at-night#1097147 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : I have a cotton blanket than looks...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097139&title=perspiring-at-night#1097139 Author: High9
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 5:38pm

I have a cotton blanket than looks like a polar fleece one, so you can get similar ones to polar fleece but it did cost about $40 for bassinet size. ]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:38:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097139&title=perspiring-at-night#1097139 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : Newlywed I was speaking to a mw...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097129&title=perspiring-at-night#1097129 Author: mummyofprinces
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 5:27pm

Newlywed I was speaking to a mw last weekend who said all but 1 case of SIDS last year in NZ involved polar fleece! (I can remember the exact number of deaths but it was in the 50's)... as the other posts say, it doesnt breath and a baby can not regulate their temp properly and can overheat very quickly which can be fatal.

So I would say yes, thats a big deal..

I am not trying to scaremonger, I have used a polar fleece on jakes cot during winter last year a few times but I couldnt do it now knowing that.

I cant speak for all types of fleece, but I have only ever seen polar fleece blankets.. the new information coming into the hospitals will say (if it doesnt already) natural fibres only when baby is sleeping...

Of course at the end of the day, its your choice. We all make educated decisions for our children to keep them safe and what one does is not what everyone has to.
]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:27:55 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1097129&title=perspiring-at-night#1097129 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : Yeah, it's not breathable...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096986&title=perspiring-at-night#1096986 Author: High9
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 3:34pm

Yeah, it's not breathable and also they can't regulate their temperatures for a few months so they can over heat very quickly. ]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:34:32 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096986&title=perspiring-at-night#1096986 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : Polarfleece doesn't breathe...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096947&title=perspiring-at-night#1096947 Author: Guests
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 3:02pm

Polarfleece doesn't breathe and can cause baby to overheat which has been associated with SIDS.

Its best to use cotton/wool or another natural fibre that will allow air to circulate.]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:02:06 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096947&title=perspiring-at-night#1096947 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : DS has a fleece sleepsack and...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096937&title=perspiring-at-night#1096937 Author: anon
Subject: 34665
Posted: 13 July 2010 at 2:53pm

DS has a fleece sleepsack and it doesn't seem to trouble him - is it really that big a deal?]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:53:55 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096937&title=perspiring-at-night#1096937 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : MC as I said before if its polar...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096820&title=perspiring-at-night#1096820 Author: mummyofprinces
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 1:23pm

MC as I said before if its polar fleece please consider using something else.

Last year an alarming number of SIDS cases involved polar fleece blankets

]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:23:15 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096820&title=perspiring-at-night#1096820 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : Our bassinet mattress is a plastic...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096746&title=perspiring-at-night#1096746 Author: RedHeadDuck
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 12:42pm

Our bassinet mattress is a plastic covered one, we have a wee wool underlay over it (doubled over) and then a wee cotton blanket, then a old flat cloth nappy, then a sheet.
Then he just sleeps straight under a fleecy blanket with a wool blanket over top (no top sheet)

I agree with more layers underneath her, between her and the plastic...]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:42:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096746&title=perspiring-at-night#1096746 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : Yup the plastic will be causing...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096736&title=perspiring-at-night#1096736 Author: High9
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 12:32pm

Yup the plastic will be causing her to perspire that is why I personally dislike the plastic covers.

I always found, and even in hospital after giving birth when they make you lay on them that I perspired.

We just use one of those old woolen blankets, like picnic blankets kinda iygwim! I fold it over a few times and she has never leaked through to the mattress yet.

Agree with the fleece being a big no-no. It's advised you use cotton or wool as they are breathable. Same with their clothing.

Do you know what temp her room is?

Lily has a lot more on her bed than your wee girl, we have flannelette sheets, a quilt, a woolen aircell blanket, sometimes another quilt or another woolen blanket depending on the temp. Her room is usually about 19 degrees over night as well.

She does tend to be quite a 'hot' baby too. ]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:32:00 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096736&title=perspiring-at-night#1096736 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : I second Melnel in having more...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096695&title=perspiring-at-night#1096695 Author: Nothing
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 11:58am

I second Melnel in having more layers under her, give it a go and see if it helps.

Also just wanted to say.. Another Zoe! There is 3 of us mums with girls called Zoe in the april 2010 thread! Lol popular name! ]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:58:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096695&title=perspiring-at-night#1096695 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : do you have a cotten/woolen blanket...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096610&title=perspiring-at-night#1096610 Author: mummyofprinces
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 10:22am

do you have a cotten/woolen blanket between the plastic and sheet????

You need to have a natural fibre between the 2 to stop that very thing from happening.

On Jakes mattress we have the dr sprott protector, a cotten cell blanket, a cotten sheet , a fitted cotten sheet. So there are 3 layers between him and the plastic.

Also by fleece do you mean polar fleece? These are a big no, no for babies beds as the do not breath so I would be ditching that for a natural fibre

ETA: Zoe is the only name on our list so far!

Edited by melnel]]> Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:22:24 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096610&title=perspiring-at-night#1096610 <![CDATA[Perspiring at night : Hi The last couple of nights...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=34665&PID=1096566&title=perspiring-at-night#1096566 Author: Buttersmum
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Posted: 13 July 2010 at 9:34am

The last couple of nights I have noticed that Zoe's clothes on her back are quite wet. At first I thought she might have leaked out of her nappy but no she hadn't. So now think this is perspiration. She doesn't appear to be too hot when I touch her back so I think the moisture is sitting ontop of the bassinet mattress as its a plastic covered one.

I have got her swaddled and she has one sheet and one wool blanket over her and if I think its particularly cold her fleece blanket is on top as well (maybe this is a bit much??)

Can anyone suggest what I can do..............buy a material matress or a cover that would be good.

Don't like the thought of my baby lying on moisture during the night especially in winter and its a pain to have to change her clothing in the middle of the night.

Thanks

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