keeping baby warm at night

flamencogal · September 2011

We moved here from North Carolina where a) it didn't get as cold for as long as it will here b) we had gas/propane heat. We are renting a house and it is COLD in here no matter what we do with the thermostat. It's a heat pump.

DS2 is almost 5 mos old and he sleeps in a magic sleepsuit. When it got a bit chilly a few days ago we put him in a onesie and socks under it which seems OK for now. His hands are like freakin ice cubes in the morning but his core seems OK.

I'm not sure what to dress him in for bed as it gets colder this fall. His sleepsuit is pretty thick but not enough on its own. I'm hoping to transition him out of it around 6 mos.

Anyway, any tips on how to keep him warm enough as it starts to get colder. Do they make caps for older babies? (he slept with a cap on for his first 8 weeks) His head is huge (95th percentile)! Although now that I think about it, he moves his head around a lot at night (side to side) so it probably wouldn't stay on??

Thanks a bunch!

Mama Angelina · September 2011

At that age DS was co-sleeping with us still so that may be why I felt more comfortable with it, but we did put a cap on him at night. Once he moved to his own room I didn't want to put a hat on him in case it ended up on/near his face. I would have been paranoid about that. But I did put socks over his hands. They were fairly snug over his little fists and that prevented them from falling off and helped keep his hands warm at night the first winter.

BirdGirl01 · September 2011

Last winter we put DD in the Hanna Andersson sleepers, put socks on her, and put her in fleece sleep sacks. You can get Halo ones for less, but I really liked these:

https://www.swaddledesigns.com/c/Wearable-Blankets-Sleep-Sack-zzZip-Me-Sacks/Pastel-with-Chocolate-Brown/ZSAP

They were a little heavier and great for winter.

belizeitornot · September 2011

we put H in some kind of footed jammies (the ones we had last winter were great but she outgrew them - they were snugabye brand i think) and then a Halo sleep sack. right now she's just in a fleece carter's sleep sack with nothing underneath, we'll do that until it gets colder out.

we usually have the heat lower at night and a ceiling fan on in her room and she did fine.

Sofka · September 2011

3 sets of PJs, cotton on the body plus 2 fleece over that; no hat, no blanket (at that age; and even at almost 3, DD kicks it off)

AgrippaRidesAgain · September 2011

DD now hates sleep sacks, so once it gets colder, we'll probably do onsie, cotton sleeper, fleece sleeper. She has a blanket in her bed, but rarely stays under it. I think DS was two before he figured out how to cover himself back up at night.

MrsPhilDunphy · September 2011

C runs cold. Before blankets, we did footed sleepers under the fleece Swaddle Me (and later fleece sleep sacks) in the winter. If it was cold enough, a onesie under all of that.

We also have a warm mist humidifier in his room in the winter. We have gas heat, so the humidifier is crucial, but the cool ones make his room an ice box. Warm mist works perfectly.

kafunder · September 2011

Last winter, during the coldest time, we had them in fleece sleepers and fleece sleep sacks. Right now, we have them in sleep sacks with just t-shirts on their body. They stay pretty warm at night. It's natural for a baby's hands to be cold. I was told that if the back of their neck is warm, then they're warm enough.

WinesNot Whines · September 2011

Last winter we put M in footed pjs and a sleep sack. We either did cotton pjs with a fleece sleep sack, or fleece pjs with a cotton sleep sack. If it's very cold in his room, you could do both in fleece. We also put a small space heater in his room, so it's the warmest place in our house in the winter. My kid tends to run warm, so I never had to dress him in layers or put socks or a hat on him at night.

Hey Jellisy · September 2011

When DD was little we put her in fleece footed jammies or fleece sleepers (diaper underneath) in the winter. If her hands were cold, we put socks on them. We keep our house cool (65 at night in the winter) and some mornings DD would still wake up sweaty (she runs warm). We co-slept with DS last winter so he cuddled next to me in his cottom jammies. He also runs hot so I imagine we will just go with fleece sleepers for him at night.

mssaint · September 2011

LO runs warm. Last winter, when he was very little, he wore cotton sleepers over an undershirt and diaper, with a fleece swaddle, and would often wake up sweaty. This past week, our house has been about 67 at night and he is wearing cotton sleepers and a cotton sleep sack. His hands are cold in the morning, but the rest of him feels warm.

I am going to buy a couple of fleece sleepers and a fleece sleep sack for him as the sleep sack doesn't seem as warm as the swaddles did when he was little. Plus, the crib seems colder than the Rock n Play.

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