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BR: another question about what baby wears to sleep
I have the opposite problem to Sarah - its getting steadily colder here now that winter is approaching, and I'm trying to figure out what to dress our boys in at night.
Our house doesn't have any form of climate control in the nursery (many Aussie homes only have certain rooms - like the living area - with A/C or heaters), and so of course I'm neurotic that our boys will be too cold. But I also don't want to overcompensate and overdress them! Ideas on what a good balance would be? In winter it ranges between freezing at night and the low 50s during the day.
Re: BR: another question about what baby wears to sleep
I was going to post this below but then I read that Sarah doesn't like using sleep sacks...
I saw these on mamabargains...they're called grobags and what is nice about them is they tell you what "tog" to use based on the temp of the room/house. they are sold at amazon but i am sure there are other online retailers...maybe you can find someone who will ship to you?? link
when it was winter here we'd put A in a footed PJ or a long sleeved onesie and then the miracle blanket...we always kept it pretty warm though so her being too cold wasn't a big concern for us.
Jaime & Brent
Oahu, Hawaii | Sept. 9, 2005
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good to know - what makes you like the halo sleepsacks better?
they sold out of the 6-12 mos size last time on MB so i didn't get any!
Jaime & Brent
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In the winter we'd dress Libby in a onesie and socks and then put a footed fleece sleeper over that. She tends to run hot, except for her hands but it was cold here (we had a snow storm the weekend after we brought her home) and we kept our home between 64-66 at night and 66-68 during the day. Most books I've ready said the ideal sleeping temp. for babies is 65-68 degrees, so perhaps you don't need to worry too much? How cold does it get in their room? Another option may be a space heater set with a thermostadt. Like a portable radiator? That way you could set it to the temp and it will kick on it need be.
When we swaddled Libby we'd leave out the onesie and dress her in socks under a footed cotton sleeper and then swaddle her with a cotton Miracle Blanket.
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I actually don't know just how cold it gets in their room (although I do know it's the coldest room in the house by far since it doesn't get any direct sunlight)...checking with a thermostat before I start to worry is a good idea lol!
I'm so neurotic about the idea of leaving a portable heater going overnight - I know they're safe, but I'm nervous about the idea of a fire hazard. Thoughts?
I will break out the grobag and try it out for a few nights, then report back. It just looks REALLY big, that's all!
LOL about the Halo sleepsacks selling out... Sorry! It was me! I bought THREE (one in each color) of the 6-12 month ones! hahahaha.
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Me too, re being paranoid about leaving a portable heater on all night. I just feel it's better to be safe and paranoid then sorry. God, I was even a little worried about leaving a bleedin vapourizer on all night lol. Then again, my dad's house has burnt down twice (the first time, the cause was a...you guessed it...portable heater left on).
I have a Bubbaroo Joey Swag (sleep sack) that I bought when Maya was 10 weeks old. She was so fussy though that I could never get her to sleep in it. I could never get her to sleep without me being beside her with a boob in her mouth though so I'm not really going to blame the sleep sack.
This is the Joey Swag:
http://www.bubbaroo.com.au/joey-swags/
This is their 'What To Wear' guide for a range of different room temps:
http://www.bubbaroo.com.au/media/docs/temp-guide-swag.pdf
Last, but not least, here is a cute little room temp egg, the Grobag Egg, that I bought when Maya was a bub and, even though we never used the Joey Swag on her, Josh and I find the egg really helpful in determing what to dress her in to sleep. Hell, we check it just to see what the temp is for our own curiousity:
http://www.productreview.com.au/showitem.php?item_id=60570
See if they sell it on Ebay.
I did use sleep sacks when she was smaller but now that she's moving more I really can't do that. She gets twisted in them. Also she's too long for the footed sleepers. The 12 month size is TOO short! So I'd have to go with the 18 month size which would be way to big for her torso area. I did really like the sleep sacks though when it was cold. I felt like I was always worrying that she was too hot or too cold when she was tiny, even during the day. Now I seem to worry about it less, except at night because she wakes up if she's too hot or too cold and her waking up= me not sleeping! Mommy needs sleep!
In winter, We'd put her in a onesie and in the sleep sack, if it was really cold we'd put her in a long sleeve onesie and a sleep sack. Although that was even with our thermostat on, I just figured if it was colder outside I like to sleep with more blankets even though the thermostat is stable... I'm nuts I know! Now that it's summer here it's a different thing for trying to figure out the night temp and the sleeping thing. I'm finally getting mroe sleep and I don't want to mess that up!
Heres an ebay listing of a GroBag Egg:
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Grobag-Egg-Nursery-Thermometer-TOP-BUY-SO-HANDY-/120561497718They have a thermostadt you can set and they have heating elemenis exposed like other space heaters. We used one for a long time until J knocked it over and broke it.
We had this one.
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