How to keep a wriggly baby warm overnight?

[LimeSlice]

Lots of layers!
Both of mine are wrigglers and blanket-thrower-offer-ers lol The other thing to think about is how many layers you put UNDER them - ie sheets and what not on the mattress itself.
Layers over the top are limited in effectiveness by how much heat is lost through the base. So a sheet, a couple of thin but dense bankets under the sheet will help in retaining the heat you can trap by blankets or layering.
I like breathability - so wool, natural fibres, will always be better than polyesters that can cause sweating, which when moisture is trapped, makes one colder rather than warmer.

HTH

[feeb]

Sleeping bags/grobags/dreambags are great!!! DS1 was in 1 from 9 weeks as constantly was un covered and DS2 from 9 months. Now at nearly 4 years and 26 months they wear the all in 1 fleece suits with feet as they still don't keep covered!

[Gigi]

my child couldn't handle the polar fleece sleeping bags, the heat would condense, and she would end up drenched in sweat.

for cold nights, and she wouldn't sleep with any sheets or blankets on her either, this is what i used:

cotton long sleeve spencer,
woollen longies (over night nappy)
all cotton sleeveless sleeping bag (in autumn and spring), sleeved sleeping bag in winter (they were $12 at best n less and big w)
sheepskin rug to sleep on
woollen blanket on her mattress between matress and sheeting.
(all natural fibres that breathe)
glass is a major loss of heat, so i made sure windows were well covered with thick curtains, to keep heat in. Kept her cot/bed away from window for that reason too.

for a very young one, SOCKS on the hands, instead of mittens, worked for us.

timed heater for middle of the night

[AlligatorsMum]

Thanks girls! Last night was chilly so I put him in his normal cotton onsie then his ergo swaddle and then a polar fleece sleeved sleeping bag. Same material as the blankets I try and keep on him lol. Seemed to keep him much warmer and he was in bed till 645am so slept a bit longer too.

Still goin to tru and get a timer heater tho

[glenny_c]

minivini2b- I use an oil heater (like a radiator) and just bought a timer switch for it. I have it set quite low so it's not actually heating the room as much as it is taking the chill out. Comes on at midnight and off at 7. I found the hardest thing dressing for bedtime and the morning. Like you say, it can be 19 when I put her down and 8 in the morning.