Winter Bedtime - PJs/Blankets/Grobags??

[AnyDream]

We have this thingy with a thermometer on it that says under 14 degrees you need pyjamas plus another layer of clothing on top plus 3 cotton blankets. Personally I think cotton blankets aren't warm enough so we have a wool blanket which I have doubled over. However, she's getting a bit more mobile now so I might have to go with a polar fleece sleeping bag with arms (saw some Bonds ones in Kmart the other day). Also we have an Onkaparinga wool proof mat (which is like a waterproof blanket underlay) under her sheets so something like might help if you don't want to go with a sheepskin underlay.

[Mother Goose]

DD wears a singlet, one of the sleeping bag suits from Target, her cotton sheets (because I keep forgetting to buy flanlette ones), a bunny rug (I just can't seem to stop using them!), and a cot quilt. As the weather cools off, I will add her sheepskin underneath and also add blankets on top. She has a lovely wool one.
Last year (we only intoruduced the quilt this year) she wore singlet, PJ's and sleeping bag OR just a sleepingbag suit, cotton sheets, bunny rug, and the wool blanket doubled over as well as the sheepskin underneath the sheets.

DD also has a matress protector on her bed which I think helps keep the cold away a bit - could be wrong but it is what I find when ours is on...

HTH

MG

[MamaPan]

can u buy sheepskin underlays for cots??? i have a sheepskin but it is an odd size so wondering if there are underlays made for cots?

[KatieRabbit]

I know you don't want to use heaters for energy but just my bit- I only turn a mini oil one on in DD's room at about 3am when she wakes for her feed then turn it off when she wakes for a dummy at about 6am and the room stays a nice warmth.
Other than that, I put her in a singlet, long sleeve suitie, Snugtime bag, socks, cotton sheet and a wool blanket. This is usually enough and there haven't been many days where I have had to use the heater. Other times I will also put a cotton blanket on top of the wool one. I make sure I tuck the wool one in around her sides too.

[AnyDream]

Pregpan, the ABA (mother's direct) website has cot lambskins, and it says they are 85 cm by 65 cm, not sure if they are an even shape or not? Maybe ring their store in Sydney and ask?

[sconeonamission]

We had an oil heater in DS room (until it leaked oil and smelt terrible) and he had no problem! He was wearing a wondersuit type thing (a kmart one) with a singlet underneath and in a sleeping bag (either polar fleece or a velour type one from Myer). He has flannelette sheets (with a sheepskin underneath) and a flannelette quilt thing his nana made, and if I think he'll need more warmth, a cot panel. I find if he gets too hot, he just wriggles out from underneath.

[Beach Mama]

Last winter we used a s/s grosuit, a l/s grosuit and a 2.5 TOG bag, plus blankets! I know they say not to but I think you ave to look at each child individually. We also had a heater in her room that kept it to 16 degrees overnight and she was alsways warm when she woke up - never too hot or sweaty. Now shes older we don't have a heater in her room and Melbourne mornings have dropped down to 2-3 degrees this week! She is in a s/s jumpsuit, socks, a polar fleece Bonds jumpsuit, a 2.5 Snugtime bag, plus about 2 cotton blankets and one light fleecy one. Sounds like alot when I put it like that but she is never too hot - if anything the times she wakes is because she is cold from moving out from under the blankets.
I think it is a case of trial and error - good luck!