question re winter newborns

[Lucy]

I am a fan of the stretchy cotton wraps too.......useful as wraps or as cosy blankets. Pumkpin Patch do large 1m x 1m ones, or you can just buy the fabric from Spotlight by the metre and hem it yourself.

Charlie was a winter baby, and at night I would have him in a singlet, a Bonds suit, wrapped in stetchy cotton wrap, with another stetchy cotton wrap over the top.

Also remember yourself in the middle of the night getting up to a baby in winter! Have your slippers ready as well as something to put over your shoulders........I even had a mohiar rug to drape over my knees......so I was all warm & toasty for those night feeds........Charlie and I would fall back asleep together in the chair.....so cozy.......

[kungfubecca]

Ooo lucy that's a realy good tip on keeping yourself cosy too. I had a heater in his room I would turn on when he woke up, I also had a dona cover draped over the chair. lol that's another good reason to use mittens, chilly little fingers on boobies in the middle of night.

Again don't want to sound like a broken record, but although a baby might seems to loose heat out of their head because it's generally the only thing exposed it must be bare or they can't regulate their heat. Overheating is a risk factor associated with sids and the hats can fall down over their faces etc etc etc.
Hats should only be used when outside.