what does your baby sleep in?

oooCarrieB · August 2011

These in between seasons times are so confusing. I don't swaddle LO anymore, but I'm always worried about what to put her to bed in. We're in the midwest, so some nights are still a little hot, but then in the morning her feet seem cold. Some nights are starting to get a little cooler. Its so irregular. I do like to run the fan in her room, but not if its going to make her too cold.

All summer I just let her sleep in onesies unless I had the air on. Are there any good light weight feetie pajamas or sleep sacks that aren't super heavy? I have some, but they are fleece and obviously for winter.

Ali212 · August 2011

In warmer weather, a light (sometimes footless) sleeper and an Aden + Anais muslim sleeping bag. I love these sleeping bags - they are super light so you can put them in something warmer or cooler depending on how warm it is outside.

In colder weather, a footed sleeper (sometimes fleece or velour but usually cotton) and a padded cotton sleepsack.

mrsolsenk12 · August 2011

We are also in the midwest. Cotton footed sleepers and cotton sleep sacks are good. There are fleece sleep sacks and fleece footed sleepers. However if you do a fleece footed pj's, then do a cotton sleep sack when it is winter. You can also do the opposite. Don't do fleece and fleece as she will get too hot.

ETA: Your DD's b-day is 2 days off of my sons (and 2 years) but he was the sme age in the same seasons.

krissyh21 · August 2011

Babies feet can be deceiving about their body warmth. Blood flow in their hands and feet are really not that great because when they are younger all the blood is working for their organs and "important" things. To check the babies warmth, feel behind their neck.

I used to do cotton sleep sacks at this time of year, usually with a onsie under.

Sara Scissors · August 2011

I also live in the Midwest. We keep it at 68-70 degrees at night in our house. I put DS in a lightweight footed sleeper right now. He sleeps with a light blanket, but it never stays on for long. When I just put him in a onesie he gets cold. Carters has lighter weight ones (the ones that aren't fleece) that keep him warm, but not too warm. Children's Place also has lighter ones. I know you can find the Carters ones online right now, there's a lot of options on there.

MonkeysGirl05 · August 2011

Another MW mommy here. Right now I put Henry in a t-shirt and long sleep pants and he sleeps with a light weight blanket. When he was younger though I probably put him in light weight footed sleepers.

GenRN45 · August 2011

Anna's a different story because she always has her legs covered while sleeping because her brace can't be on bare skin. But she's either in a long sleeve onesie and babylegs or a footed sleeper. We keep our thermostat on 70 and we have a ceiling fan going, so it gets fairly cool in our bedroom.

superned · August 2011

Maybe it's just my DD, but she gets hot when she sleeps. All through summer she's been in short sleeves and shorts jammies with nothing else, or a onesie.

Once the temp in her room gets below 70, I'll probably start putting her back in long sleeves and pants (footless) or a lightweight footed sleeper.

When it starts getting really cold, then we got to the above, plus a footed fleece sleeper on top. Last year we also did a onesie underneath, but at the end of last winter we upgraded all the insulation in our house, so it shouldn't be as drafty - I hope!

DrVWife · August 2011

Maddie likes to be snuggly when sleeping...so she may not be the best example. I put her in cotton footie jammies with a wearable blanket over that. We stopped swaddling around 2 weeks...she just seemed to hate being bundled up and she likes her arms out to the side when she sleeps...but she would kick off her a&a blanket and get too cold. Once we started the wearable blanket (it is the one by Carter's sold at Target), she started sleeping longer stretches. Also we have our AC on and set at 74 all the time....and I run a ceiling fan during the night for her.

RoxBride · August 2011

My kid is a total hot sleeper and a sweater. She generally sleeps in just a Pull Up and will until it gets a lot cooler, and then she's wear the equlivent of summer jammies.

muppet.fan · August 2011

When E was your LO's age, she usually slept in a onesie and a cotton sleep sack. We sometimes did a cotton sleeper with feet -- Carters or Children's Place. In winter, she wore Carters fleece sleepers and the cotton sleepsack. We use a fan in her room year round.

Now that she sleeps with a knitted blanket, she sleeps in long pants/short sleeve pjs or short/short sets. We'll switch to long sleeve/long pants pjs once it gets cooler.

etoyama · August 2011

I agree with pp re: Aden and anais products. They're awesome! My LO is very young so we swaddle but their sleep bags are great too!

smitt2619 · August 2011

We live in the midwest too, and I know what you mean about the difficulty of the weather varying so much night to night or throughout the night (with the exception of july when it was always really hot!). Last summer, after LO wasn't swaddled anymore, he slept in cotton Halo sleepsacks, usually with a onsie under. This summer, he's been sleeping in the meshy sleepsack with foot holes (also from Halo, for toddlers). I usually put a long sleeve onsie under to keep his arms warm, and he has a fan going in his room, plus his room stays pretty cool at night. I'd say buy a cotton halo sleepsack, and they are always easy to layer under as needed.

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