Baby Sheets

I am having a winter baby and wanting to know if flanelette sheets are better. Obviously flanelette sheets are better normally at keeping you warm, but can't help thinking that there is some sort of danger out there ... just like for everything else for NB babies.

also, how many sheets are recommended. I think I have read that quite a few are required- I remember the number sounding a little excessive. Do they need to be changed all the time or just when there are spills etc?

Oh, and what is a good price to pay, I have just bought 2 fitted sheets for $16 each. Is that too expensive or about right?

I can't remember, but I know I used flanelette sheets right from when Sam was born, as he was a winter baby too. I was given heaps at my baby shower but Sam wasn't a very spilly baby either so only changed them once a week or if he wet through.   I think it really depends on your child as my sister was changing her baby's sheets at least twice a day because he had quite bad reflux.   

I used them as well and they were fine......we had about 6 (all hand me downs) and he got sick when he was 2 weeks old and was power chucking all his feeds all over the basinet for about 2 weeks, was changing the bed every sleep so was using whatever we had and sometimes that wasn't enough. (we have no drier so mum was taking them to her place when I got low to stick them in her drier)

I second the cloth nappies - we still use them under Bethany's head cuz she's a great spiller! I didn't buy any more fitted sheets than top sheets. I really only ever washed them if she spilled or wet through them or if I looked at them and couldn't remember when I last put them thru the wash, naughty mummy! Had a few bassinette sets and a few cot sets, it's only now that I'm I putting her in flannelette tho cuz she was quite a warm bubba early on but now that winter's hit she's freezing! I'd look out for the sales this weekend (being anzac weekend), somewhere like farmers is bound to give you a good deal

ETA - In terms of warmth, I'd be concentrating on what you'll dress & wrap your baby in overnight, cuz that's what'll be closest to his/her skin, even more so than the sheets. We're layering Bethany up HEAPS at the mo cuz she's so cold. Loving the bamboo singlets (baby factory) closest to her skin cuz they're thin, not bulky, but very warm. Then more layers and finally she's in a cotton lined polar fleece sleeping bag. I work on the principle that she should be warm with or without the covers!!! Although I also layer up plenty of covers on her too. Happy planning!

Edited by kmarie

Kmarie, I was the same, but then the sheet isn't really coming into contact with bubs cause of the wrap/sleeping bag & I'd have a couple of cloth naps under the head/shoulder area.

flanelette is just fine,

Get as many as you think you need, Old nappys are good for the head area then thats all you have to change, but I go by the rule of one in the cupboard one in the wash one on the bed.