Keeping baby warm at night

katie8-27-05 · January 2010

How do you keep your baby warm at night? Since she was born, Charlotte has been swaddled, but we are talking about stopping that. But if I don't swaddle her, how do I keep her warm? Is it safe to have a loose blanket on her? What do you do?

Also - for those who swaddled - when did you stop? Why? Is there any reason that I should be stopping at this point (she is 3 months)? She is a great sleeper, but I don't want her to only sleep if she is swaddled. She is swaddled sometimes for her naps and sleeps fine when she is not. We haven't tried putting her to bed for the night without swaddling.

Thanks!

pamelainswo · January 2010

We used, and still occasionally use a sleep sac. I can't remember when we stopped swaddling her, but it was whenever she started breaking out of the swaddle.

jenber77 · January 2010

Our apartment is generally warm, so we don't need to worry about it, but when we go stay at my mom's very cold house we put him in a flannel sleep sack.

We swaddled him until about four months old, when he outgrew his first swaddle and started breaking out of it. We did buy a larger swaddle, but it was too large, and eventually we stopped trying to use it. It was no big deal; Andrew slept fine without it.

jmkirste · January 2010

We used a sleep sack when DS started breaking out of the swaddle. I think around 2 months b/c he wouldn't sleep without his arms over his head. Now he has a nice fuzzy blanket that is his favorite thing in the whole world. :P

breezee_bean · January 2010

we used sleep sacks! They work really great=)

soon2bemrsmarr · January 2010

Since DS has slept on his own, he has been in a sleep sack, we have different togs (for different seasons I suppose) we generally keep the house cooler at night and have A/C so he basically sleeps in his 2.5tog sack. He loves it and just recently (19months) started refusing to sleep in it, and wants a big boy blanket.

We plan to put #2 in a sleep sack as well, it lets their arms be free but keeps them nice and warm. DS did not like to sleep for long periods of time swaddled so that did not honestly last long with us. GL.

Jen&Joe06 · January 2010

B hated to be swaddled. We use the sleep sack if he is in his crib. If he is in with us he has a blanket on. He always wears footie PJ's to bed.

SuzyMcA · January 2010

We double bag her- she's in a onesie with feet, and then put into a fleecy onesie. Worked with the older one, works with this one except that she gets her legs all twisted about and both end up jammed in one leg. When my FIL comes to stay for a couple weeks soon, I'm going to go out and get her a couple warmer sleep sacs to avoid the twisty legs syndrome. I could go now but I'm too lazy to haul both out and by the time day's end gets here, I'm too worn out

Morning person here.

albertabride06 · January 2010

The only time Dylan was ever swaddled was when he was in the NICU. Since being home we have always used sleep sacks they are great. The only issue I have with them is when Dylan falls asleep before being put into his sleep sack (ie. during the day for naps) trying to get him into the sleep sack normally wakes him up unless he is in a deep sleep.

Sammy-Mae · January 2010

Scarlett has hated being swaddled since birth. I think the only swaddle she didn't struggle out of was the one she was put in when she was 10 minutes old. Sleep sacks were also a waste of time and money. At first she slept under a light blanket in a pair of footie pjs every night, now she loves to sleep barefoot so unless it's super cold out we put her in a long sleeve onesie and let her stick her leg out from under her quilt and blanket. It would just be the quilt except she will not sleep without a white blanket of hers. If it is cold I put her in a fleece sleeper.

petite_chou · January 2010

I use a queen size duvet. It's kinda hard to squish the whole thing into the crib with all her stuff animals and two sets of bumper pads but I manage. I can't see her but I assume she's pretty warm in there. Just kiddin!

We have these really great sleep sacks from Sears. The tag says Love'n Cuddles and they're really warm. They are probably on sale right now. We stopped swaddling when she outgrew the swaddle blanket and I didn't want to buy a new one.

Mrs_Sarah · January 2010

Benjamin is still being swaddled (using receiving blanket), I'm terrified of when I can't do it anymore because it works so well to get him to sleep. He breaks out of it within the hour of being asleep, but it doesn't wake him up. He sleeps in a footie sleeper and the swaddle blanket, if he breaks the swaddle and knocks the blanket off (if I happen to check on him) then I just put a fleece blanket on him.?

We keep saying we're going to stop swaddling but it just works so well right now!

sapicochung1 · January 2010

We keep P in a footie sleeper and a sleep sack. I like them a lot. P did not like being swaddled when we got home from the NICU as well so we started using the grobag since she sleeps in her crib.

TashaLee · January 2010

We just use a blanket for DD. She used to be swaddled but started breaking out of it at about 2 months so we stopped doing it. I do keep a light blanket on the bottom of her bassinet and then just wrap that over her, and then pull the other blanket up to about her armpits. She's fine with that and we haven't had any issues with her pulling it up over her face or anything. She has started to chew on it while she's going to sleep so I just wait until she's fully asleep before I pull that blanket up.

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