Sleeping in the heat
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Topic: Sleeping in the heat
Posted By: phantom_1
Subject: Sleeping in the heat
Date Posted: 23 December 2010 at 5:50pm
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Hi Ladies,
I have a 9 week old daughter & find it hard to get her to stay asleep during the day when it is so hot. Her bassinett is just too padded and retains the heat. I am looking at maybe a moses basket but think she will grow out of it too quickly. The other thing I was thinking would be to put her in a cot. Any tips or other ideas? |
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Posted By: londonbaby
Date Posted: 23 December 2010 at 6:32pm
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Its really hard at the moment with this heat!
I put my baby in his cot at 8 weeks and it worked out really well, definately more room and more airy I suppose! Do you swaddle her? If you do have you thought aabout weaning her off this so she can sleep in just a nappy? If she can't then using a muslin wrap at most. I also have a fan in bubs room.... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 23 December 2010 at 8:28pm
| Alex isn't much older and hes in his cot during the day and basinette at night just cause they are in different rooms. The cot is cooler. Oh and hes only in a swaddle and nappy day and night and no clothes at all |
Posted By: HuntersMama
Date Posted: 23 December 2010 at 9:21pm
Can you move the basinette somewhere during the day where its a bit cooler? When DS was in his basinette, we would move it either out on the deck or near the door where there was a nice breeze. He was a summer baby too  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 23 December 2010 at 9:37pm
Or a fan in his room? I've given up on a sleeping bag for my 1 year old during the day and he just sleeps in a nappy or wakes up saturated. This heat can't be nice for the poor things. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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HuntersMama wrote:Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 23 December 2010 at 10:56pm
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Yeah agree with the others...
Lily's room gets to a good 26-28 degrees during the sunny days (other wise lately it hasn't dropped below 20 and it usually about 24). I've just been putting a singlet and bodysuit on and a nappy, no sheets or covers but we do have to use a sleepbag (summer weight) because she won't sleep if she can see or play with her feet lol! I've found this to be enough clothes for her if it's about 24 degrees max, otherwise just a bodysuit and nappy. Lily was in her cot until 3 months and she just wore a bodysuit and nappy and was swaddled in a cotton wrap and that was it. Same for night time and if it was a bit colder than 20 I would pop a woolen aircell blanket over the top. (She was a late summer baby). Oh and I had the basinette in the coolest room during the day and our room was the warmest at night. During the day now, because her room is so tiny (single size bedroom) it's the hottest room in the house until about 7pm. I wouldn't bother with the moses basket though, she'll be out of it soon if you ask me. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: WestiesGirl
Date Posted: 24 December 2010 at 1:19am
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The heat makes life tough doesnt it. Poor wee things!
During the peak of our summer last year when Jackson was a baby his room would get over 30+ degrees. He was swaddled till 12 months so on hot days/nights I just swaddled him loosely and only wearing a nappy and sometimes a cotton vest singlet. I also had the fan on the fastest setting (great for white noise too). I also only used natural fibers on his bed (still do) and only dress him in natural fibers. I never worried about blankets or sleeping bags for summer. Jackson had his muslin wraps and a cotton sheet. Make sure there is lots of air flow in babys room and lots of room for the air to move freely around the cot or bassinet. ------------- Our Angel July 08  Gone but not forgotten
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Posted By: Nutella
Date Posted: 28 December 2010 at 3:12pm
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If you are wrapping baby then you can get lalito baby wraps which are light cotton and shaped so not heaps of material, I used only those with DS coz all the other wraps I had including muslin were too hot...
We have the air con set to 24-25 degrees. With her bassinet is there any way to remove some of the padding? I kept the hood down on our one coz really the hood is mostly for keeping the heat in I should imagine?? ------------- 
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