Do you put a hat on LO to sleep at night?

Bubbles1022 · February 2010

DH thinks LO is cold when she sleeps in her crib at night. Do you put your LO in a hat?

JenLHamby · February 2010

No, I don't because I stress out that she'll somehow get it pull downed over her face. I put a jacket on her with a hoodie once (so I didn't have to carry a hat too) and on the way back home she managed to pull the cap all the way over her face and was struggling to breath. Luckily she wasn't like that long, because we were just a short distance to the house. I'm afraid she'll do that at night, and I won't hear her struggle.

DrDPM · February 2010

Nope; DS can get them off in record time. His crib is also cold, so I put a heating pad on top of the sheet a hour or two before we go to bed, so the sheets are warm for him when I lay him down.

aocain02@yahoo.com · February 2010

Nope. I swaddle mine and he stays pretty toasty.

Layla116 · February 2010

No. Same as PPs--he can get it off too fast.

We swaddle him when it's really cold here. That way his little fingers are kept warm--plus he's often in a fleece sleeper (Carter's ones are THE BEST!), so that helps keep him warm too.

beckypooh03@yahoo.com · February 2010

Nope! I also swaddle and my DS gets hot very easily!

Anna&Matt · February 2010

We almost never put hats on him. I will put one on if we go for a walk but otherwise he hates them and just pulls them off. He sleeps in a halo sleep sack as he hates being swaddled.

epphd · February 2010

Yep, we do. Every night. Probably will until it warms up some. We keep the house cool (68 when we are home/awake and 64 when we are out/asleep) and I want to make sure LO is toasty. We swaddle him so he can't take it off, but sometimes it does slip off. For the most part though they stay.

12bailey18 · February 2010

We do. Our house is very old and doesn't heat very well. Our room only gets to 63 at night so we bundle him up well and put a little hat on him. We've been doing this since the day he came home. He stays nice and warm. I imagine it would just depend on what the room temperature is.

avbliss · February 2010

I did put a hat on DD until one night I went to check on her and the hat had fallen off, and was under her face. I was afraid that if she had turned she could have suffocated on it. So no more hats for DD while sleeping.

stehlin101 · February 2010

I did until I read that overheating can lead to SIDS. Since I can't really tell if she is hot or not I don't put one on her. My LO doesn't like being swaddled so it made me nervous to have a hat on her and her hands be free.

only1erin · February 2010

my dh likes to put a beanie on ds at night when he puts him down to sleep.....he thinks his head is cold. usually when i get up w/ds at the next "up" time and i'm feeding/changing him the beanie usually falls off and i rarely put it back on b/c it's just one more thing that might wake him back up.

Abinormal · February 2010

They actually say to not put a hat on LO when sleeping because overheating can be a cause of SIDS.

ibis · February 2010

No... DS seems to run hot. I more often worry that he is too warm.

Mereou12 · February 2010

Nope, he'd roast. I only put a hat on him if we're out and it's chilly.

mcbray21 · February 2010

I don't. I think I would worry that she would get it off, and it would get over her face.

Jen&Louie · February 2010

Not since his first week at home - LO gets warm easily and is already swaddled at night. Also, as pp's have said, overheating is linked to SIDS.

Michele57O · February 2010

No we keep a temp control space heater set on 70 degrees, swaddle him, and put a light blanket over his bottom half. I think that should keep him plenty warm.

Tonya_G · February 2010

No. Babies regulate their body temp through their head, so if you cover their head with a hat and have them swaddled too warmly, they can easily overheat. Which is a potential SIDS risk. That, and if baby somehow managed to pull it over their nose and mouth, it could be a suffocation risk. DD hates having a hat on anyway- I can barely keep one on her when we're outside!

Blondemommy · February 2010

Our pediatrician told us to never let LO sleep with a hat on or have him too bundled because they are SIDS risk factors. I was really surprised when she told us this in the hospital, especially since the nurses had hats on ds the entire stay.

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