What temp. do you keep your house?

Jessica Strom · July 2009

I keep mine at 78 for LO but he seems to be sweaty all the time even when he isn't swaddled. Is this to hot for him? I have been keeping him in a onesie during the day and just swaddling him at night but he seems to sleep better with just the onesie but I don't want him to get sick!

shinysparklybubbles · July 2009

78? holy crap I would die in your house!

We keep the a/c on 70 or 71

hisbabybear · July 2009

a lot of people overdress babies. they really only need to be in one layer more than what you are comfortable in. We keep our house at 75 and we even have him in just his diaper during the day and then a onesie plus a swaddle at night.

Elisa312 · July 2009

DH and I have always liked it cold.

During the day, the house is set at 70. At night, anywhere from 65-68.

DS sleeps in a footed L/S sleeper, swaddled. We just recently changed this from a onesie while swaddled.

madhatter2003 · July 2009

I would melt. Ours is around 73 but we keep fans on in every room too.

I remember reading somewhere not to get babies too warm as that can be a SIDS risk. I'd stop swaddling, especially if he seems sweaty.

RachandJer · July 2009

We keep it at 76 most of the time. We will sometimes bump it down a degree or two. Fans are always on, as well.

Jessica Strom · July 2009

78 is actually comfortable for DH and I because we have ceiling fans and everything + the power bill would be $600 if we put the air on 70 but I think I might put it on 75 today and see if he is still sweaty.

kklickka · July 2009

Wow, I would die at 78. We keep ours at about 69 or 70 and DS seems comfortable; we swaddle him at night and when we take him out of the PNP he still feels hot. When I took a child care class, they told us that babies are most comfortable at "room temperature", which they defined as 68-72.