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AshleyMatt1215

Our house is chilly, we have baseboard heat in a rental - thus the baseboards are undersized for the rooms and we get no sun for most of the day. 

When LO comes home, they'll primarily be sleeping in a bassinet on my side of the bed and a pack and play or swing in the living room. I plan on swaddling, but can I put a little blanket over them? No where near their face... under their arms? It wouldn't be a fuzzy blanket, probably more like an afghan style blanket. 

I just don't want them to be cold and I'm cold... my toes are seriously frozen right now.

alexisanna44

If you're not going to have it near the face/shoulders I'd just invest in some fleece sleep sacks and warm pajamas. Babies are wiggly.

bridget0117

I've read that babies get warmer faster than adults.

Usually if I think it's cold (I'm always cold BTW) I'll put her in a sleeper outfit (I think that's what they are called) and a beanie and she will usually start sweating within 5 minutes while I'm still freezing.

sgautschi

Every baby is different. I know you've probably heard that a thousand times. A is like her momma and needs to be bundled in a blanket to be warm and comfy. She won't sleep well without one, even in a fleece sleeper.

Blankets have never been a worry for us because A is a stationary sleeper, and I always tuck the blanket under her arms and wrap it around her body.

Your baby may be like @bridget0117 though and may sleep really warm, so I would make sure to have a few blankets on hand and just see how it goes once baby gets here.

vitan

I agree with @sgautschi. DD is a warm child meaning she hates to be bundled and just runs warmer than usual. She hated the swaddle since the day she was born. Little man runs a bit on the cooler side and likes to be warm and bundled. I keep him bundled in a fuzzy blanket during the day but not too bundled. Babies lose most of their heat through their head so when we go outside, I make sure his head is covered. But have one of those fleece sleeper sacks handy in case your baby needs the extra warmth but s/he will let you know.

vitan

ugh. why is it double posting!?

Whippet8

We put her in fleece jammies and a fleece sleep sack. When she was young, we also put a hat on her. 

caseyandlizzie

W is a little hotbox. We keep our house fairly cool, and he gets cranky and overheated in a fleece sleep sack. We just put him in cotton pajamas and swaddle him with an a&a muslin blanket and he seems perfectly content. Bur yes, I agree with pp, that if your LO tends to be cold, fleece footie pajamas or a sleep sack would be best.

bobcee

I would not put a loose blanket of any kind in the crib - tucked in or not.  Babies wiggle (at least mine do) and don't have the ability/capability to move a blanket off of their face.  There are plenty of other options suggested by pp that work as a much better option.