warm baby in cold nights
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Topic: warm baby in cold nights
Posted By: coflan
Subject: warm baby in cold nights
Date Posted: 04 May 2012 at 9:59am
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Hi,
I just wondered how other mums keep their young babies warm at night now its got cold. Clothing, bedding, heating??? My babies 10weeks old and im wondering if im doing enough. Thanks :) |
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 04 May 2012 at 10:10am
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Depends on how warm your house is, and where you live!
A layer of wool/marino, then sleep suit/all-in-one, plus wrap, then sheet, warm blanket is probably what we would use, plus a heater but our house is cold and we live where we get frosts in winter. |
Posted By: pumpkino
Date Posted: 04 May 2012 at 10:38am
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We try to warm the house and add blankets rather than adding too many layers of clothing to DS2 (8 weeks) as he is prone to getting a nasty heat rash on his skin. We're lucky that we have heat pumps that we can set to any temp we like (although try to use sparingly to save power). We are in Wellington and it's been curiously warm the last couple of days, so he has just been in a single layer of clothing (sleepsuit) plus blankets (one light merino, one wool and then a heavier one to weight the others down). When it gets colder we will probably add a shortsleeved bodysuit under the sleepsuit.
With DS1 we were swaddling (DS2 hates it) so he just wore a shortsleeved bodysuit under the swaddle as he got the same heat rash. If it was really cold we might add a light blanket. ETA - I was always told that we tend to overdress/overheat babies so I err on the side of less rather than more, especially with those recent stories in the media about babies overheating to death. With DS1 my midwife said "a cold baby will wake you up to tell you they are cold. A hot baby won't". Scare a new mum much??? |
Posted By: Dophy
Date Posted: 04 May 2012 at 12:01pm
| I couldnt live without a sleeping bag for my daughter shes 15 months now but started using one quite early because she kept kicking her blankets off so I now know she stays warm. Ive gotten all of mine off trademe for really cheap I cant afford the good quality ones new but there are some really nice ones around. |
Posted By: Dophy
Date Posted: 04 May 2012 at 12:08pm
| Also the merino under body suits you can get at baby factory are good being merino to regulate body temperature you dont want to overheat your little one either. But give a sleeping bag ago I found my daughter started sleeping through the night when I started using them. :-) |
Posted By: HuMum
Date Posted: 04 May 2012 at 1:20pm
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DD nearly 5 mths, sleeps in a summer weight gogo bag, with a merino layer and a cotton layer of clothes. And 2 lightweight blankets that cover her legs. But she has always liked to be really warm.
Our house is fully insulated and double glazed. Her room is usually 19 degrees. no heater yet.... DS was at the same age in our uninsulated single glazed 1950s house had a woolbabe winter weight bag a couple of blankets and 2 layers of clothing. We also had a heater in his room to keep it at about 18 degrees. Both kids wake up if they are cold. ------------- 
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Posted By: coflan
Date Posted: 04 May 2012 at 5:26pm
| Thanks for all the replies. Were up in Palmy with no insulation and a heater panel in her room. She has a vest and body suit then into a swaddle/bat suit with a blanket over her. She just felt cold last night and no she doesnt tell me when shes overheating but shes never told me when shes cold either!?!? I try and keep her room at no lower then 19degrees but she still felt cold, well her hands and nose. |
Posted By: Danda08
Date Posted: 04 May 2012 at 5:40pm
As long as her core is warm she will be fine. Cold hands/face won't bother her as much as it bothers you 
Feel under her clothes on her chest and if that is nice and warm she should be fine. My two are cold little fish (like their mother) so are well bundled up with cotton bodysuits, merino pj's and socks, then a woolbabe sleeping bag plus their room heated to 19-20 degrees  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummymonster
Date Posted: 05 May 2012 at 6:54pm
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i've got one cold boy, one self-heating boy. i've got thermostats in their rooms and oil-column heaters. i keep them at different temps and they have different layers of clothes/bedding.
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 06 May 2012 at 3:19pm
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Feel down the back of the neck is more accurate way of seeing body temp.
coflan, it's been cold here the last few nights! I've actually put a pillow beneath the bassinette to stop the cold coming up through the floor. Not that she spends much time in there, I've had her in bed with me. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
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