what to wear cooler climate?

2moms2twins · November 2011

Our house varies from 70- 68 ( we dont have the heat on yet ) 2 story house

my Girls will be 4 mo on the 13th. They sleep in cotton feetie pj's or long pj with socks and have a fleece swaddle and sometimes i cover their lower half with a receiving blanket ( but this freaks me out

Is it too cold for them and what should I put them in - WHat do your babes sleep in on colder nights. We live in Nevada ( high desert) It can get pretty cold here

Just wondering

_ J

JoySeattle · November 2011

Actually, that's in the range of ideal temperature, I've heard standard for comfort is 71 degrees and people often overheat baby's room. Cooler room air (which are better for sleep) and layers (full pjs and a wearable blanket/swaddle) is the way to go (especially since overheating is a SIDS risk-factor). It's not uncommon for their extremities--hands and feet--to get cooler, but as long as they're not waking up because it's cold, or their torsos aren't cold, you're probably good. If you're unsure, you can always get one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Grobag-Egg-Digital-Room-Thermometer/dp/B001BWS0MQ

https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Digital-Monitor-temperature-Thermometer/dp/B0041Q2V56

2moms2twins · November 2011

JoySeattle:
Actually, that's in the range of ideal temperature, I've heard standard for comfort is 71 degrees and people often overheat baby's room. Cooler room air (which are better for sleep) and layers (full pjs and a wearable blanket/swaddle) is the way to go (especially since overheating is a SIDS risk-factor). It's not uncommon for their extremities--hands and feet--to get cooler, but as long as they're not waking up because it's cold, or their torsos aren't cold, you're probably good. If you're unsure, you can always get one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/Grobag-Egg-Digital-Room-Thermometer/dp/B001BWS0MQ
https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Digital-Monitor-temperature-Thermometer/dp/B0041Q2V56

Thanks Joy.. I know its standard But I know am freezing but i am also in this new thinner body since loosing a truck load of weight... so I am adjusting .. They dont feel cold and their lil feet and hands are but warm torsos

I just needed to double check ... NEW MOM ya know ...

-J

2brides · November 2011

I am always colder than my kids. They sleep in fleece jammies and under a single blanket. I sleep in fleece pants, long sleeved t, and sweatshirt - under 3 blankets (that is what I get for living with a pre-menopausal woman!)

At the babies age, they slept in fleece one piece/footed pjs in a fleece sleepsack when it was really cold out and a heavy cotton one with the sleepsack when it wasn't so cold. They will let you know if they are cold!

mrl02 · November 2011

I wrestle with the same issue. Right now he is in two cotton layers - a footed something and then a halo sleep sack with swaddle attachment. On colder nights, I use one layer of fleece. In the middle of winter, I might switch to two fleece layers and have both the pajama and sleep sack be fleece.

We also sometimes put a blanket on his lower half, but I will stop doing that the minute he moves around a bit more.

I have that egg shaped thermometer mentioned above and it actually lists the ideal room temp for sleeping as 65-68. I think babies do run hotter than we do.

LV1979 · November 2011

2moms2twins:

I know am freezing but i am also in this new thinner body since loosing a truck load of weight... so I am adjusting ..

This is the worst about the massive weight loss. I am so cold ALL the time. My feet and hands are like ice cubes constantly. Guess those built in heating blankets we had are a good thing to have gone but when it was in the 30's the other night I found myself missing it. But then I remembered all my new clothes and put on another layer.

cookiemonster03 · November 2011

We keep the house around 68, and a little cooler at night. We'll probably get a space heater for the babies for the winter to help keep our heating costs down. Anyway, right now they sleep in cotton footies with a tee underneath and a cotton swaddle. The couple of nights its been in the 30s, we've swapped in either a fleece sleeper or a fleece swaddle. They seem fine.

2mommiesinoh · November 2011

We keep our house about the same and when Ky was that little (last winter) she slept in a onsie, tall socks, and a sleep sack because she had her brace for her hips still and was not allowed to have anything but a onsie under it. Once she was out of the brace she wore the one piece cotton/fleece pjs with the feeties or I had a few sleeprs that did not have feet and I used socks. No blanket and no swaddling since traditional swaddling is actually bad for hip dysplasia unless done a very specific way.

2mommiesinoh · November 2011

Oh and DW and I both are always cold at night but when we check on Ky she is toasty! That baby is like a little furnace!!

nevr2amazin · November 2011

We had the twins at a time when it was quite cold outside. We were also told to remember to not warm the Kiddos too much. So we kept them in a onesie and would swaddle at nap/night time with their cap on and a thin receiving blanket. We kept the house about 69 degrees.

2moms2twins · November 2011

THANK YOU EVERY ONE !

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