Winter weather sleeping attire

ajco55

What are you dressing your LOs in for sleeping at night now that it's getting cold out? We have a space heater in her room that we keep around 70 and then she sleeps in a long sleeved footy pajama... does she need a sleep sack as well? She also likes to stand in the crib... does the sleep sack make it dangerous if babies want to stand? Just curious what others are doing!

=Lee=B

I've worked for families where the kids could run around the house with their sleep sacs on.  They figure it out quickly...no worries about safety!

Our house is cold...the upstairs is a good 5degrees Celsius (40F) colder than main level (pretty sure that's because of our sky light).  We tend to reach 16degrees (61F) up there in the winter.  Our house is too big to try and heat more to have extra heat pumped upstairs so we layer up and it seems to work.  Space heaters make me nervous.

Anyways, she is currently in a long sleeve onsie, a long sleeve shirt over that, a fleece footed sleeper, a thick sleep sac and I put a folded knit blanket over her, waist down (she doesn't move in her sleep and it stays tucked in).

She doesn't seem to wake more or less based on number of layers she has on.  I just kind of judge based on how many layers I have (really thick comforter counts as 2 layers).

=Lee=B

Oh, depending on how the sleep sac secures up top if they walk around in their crib a lot they may walk right out of the sleep sac.  The snaps on shoulders unsnap if they walk and their feet pull it tight...then as they keep going they literally walk out of it and you will find it fully zipped but unsnapped in crib...again not a safety concern.

For a funny note...I worked for a 13 month old, he went to bed one night wearing a diaper, t-shirt and sleep sac.  When they woke in the morning he was wearing only a t-shirt and sleep sac and the diaper was dry and on the floor.  The parents were baffled.  His bed was soaked.  He managed to somehow remove the diaper while in the sleep sac before going to sleep hahahaha....so...always use a onesie with snaps over the diaper lol.

jllmb79

68 deg in my 8 month olds room. Fleece footie pjs and fleece sleep sack is what she sleeps in.

woohoo02

Our house is set to 68 and DD sleeps in fleece footie PJs. She seems fine.

LtlAngL

DS sleeps in fleece footie PJ's too. The heat distribution in our house is very uneven, so if it's set at 72, the living room will be 72, my bedroom will be 68, and his room about 74. We're all comfortable.

honeydew01

Ours sleeps in fleece footed pj ams sleep sac and our house temperature is very uneven too..if we have the central heat set to 70 her room will be much cooler..she has a space heater in her room for now set to 72. It works for her and she's comfortable. We had to experiments a lot with temperature especially during summer time where her room got too warm and we had the ac running in her room..

SLGILL1978

Our house is kept at 72-74 degrees depending how cold it is outside. We use the footie pj's or sock with her other pj's (they are like the footies but with no feet).

Crequito

We have our heat set on 72 or 73 and I put a onesie under her fleece footed sleeper.  When it starts getting to the 20s every night I might add an extra layer but for now DD seems fine.

LisaLisa1980

He's wearing footed sleepers and a zippadeezip. I also put the heater on in his room and adjust as necessary

smittendorff

My LO always sleeps in a Halo sleepsack.  Went straight from swaddling to a cotton sleepsack and now to a fleece sleepsack.  At night he wears a onsie and footer sleeper under it, for naps whatever clothes he has on.  He's not pulling to standing yet (only 6.5m), but both of my older boys slept in sleepsacks too and had no problems moving around in the crib.  Definitely a lot more practical in an effort to keep them warm all night because it can't get kicked off like a loose blanket, plus safer. 

Watergirl21

Is there any concern with the sleep sack and rolling around? Dd rolls around a lot in her sleep and favours sleeping on her tummy. I do worry she might get herself stuck somehow if the sack restricts leg movement.

pinottoparenthood

We dress Rhys in a short-sleeved onesie with fleece footed PJ's on top. If your baby feels chilly in the morning when you get her up, then definitely add another layer. If she feels warm, I'm sure she's fine!

LisaLisa1980

Watergirl21 said:

Is there any concern with the sleep sack and rolling around? Dd rolls around a lot in her sleep and favours sleeping on her tummy. I do worry she might get herself stuck somehow if the sack restricts leg movement.

No, it's safe, that's what they are made for since blankets aren't safe