Co-sleepers: how do you dress your baby for sleep?

[Melody7]

I'm just wondering what other co-sleepers find works best clothing-wise in the following situation:

DS goes to sleep on our bed around 8pm covered by a baby sheet/blanket (depending on the temp).

We go to bed around 11/11:30 (too late!). When we come in, DS has inevitably kicked the covers off and is lying in only his PJs (currently just a T-shirt). At the moment, I'm in the middle with DS on one side and DH on the other. I pull up the sheets so DS and I are covered.

During the night, DS moves around and loses his covers. As other co-sleepers will know, I'm monitoring him all night (even though I'm asleep it seems!), and try to keep some covers on him, but sometimes, like thismorning, I wake up/he wakes (4am) and he's coverless and cold.

DH is concerned that our baby is too cold, but I'm concerned about making him too hot. Has anyone used Grobags/baby sleeping bags and co-slept? I tried it when he was very young, however it was a hassle as he'd get too hot if I covered him with my sheet AND was wearing the Gro-bag.

Any thoughts would be great....

[Ginger]

yeah we tried the sleeping bag thing too and found he got too hot. we find he seems to be the most comfy in just a wondersuit. that way his feet are kept toasty as well.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

Most nights Mia sleeps in a wondersuit unless its way too hot then just her singlet and nappy. She does have some PJ's but doesnt wear them too often.

[Phteven]

I just put them in something similar to what I'm wearing.

[Visitor8]

Ash is usually in a wondersuit. or PJ's and socks. I find when his toes are uncovered he gets cold

[Melody7]

Thanks for your ideas. A number of you have mentioned a "wondersuit" - that's an all-in-one, isn't it (with a studded front/crotch)?

So, do you find that keeps bubs warm enough if they escape from under the sheet, and doesn't make them too hot if they are snuggled next to you? I'm gauging DS's temp by feeling behind his neck....

[MrsFabuloso]

I go by the one step warmer than me rule (DD sleeps in her cot now and DS is still wrapped to go to sleep), and still do. Because I sleep with the covers on and DD didn't, I put on a warmer layer, like if I'm just in a singlet and undies, I put light pants and a shirt on DD, if I'm in light jarmies, she's in warm ones with socks or a jumpsuit. It seemed to work for us.

[Papillon]

Wondersuit wonder here too... DS wears them to bed, they are his jamies as he always kicks the doona's off. Whether he is in bed with us or in his bed....

He is always warm, and we have found when he isnt in his wondersuit he wakes many times during the night, i can only presume due to be cold?! but when he is in a wondersuit, no dramas!

HTH

[Gigi]

we did it for the first 12 months.

first she was swaddled in a wrap to sleep (on top of the doona for winter, on top of sheet for summer, and well down the bed, nowhere near my pillow.

after the swaddling, she was in a very thin cotton sleeping bag (on top of the doona for winter, on top of sheet for summer, and well down the bed, nowhere near my pillow. based on the SIDS info.

fleece sleeping bags made her sweat like crazy. i have now discovered you can get cotton sleeping bags at best n less and also big w, for about $12. I have a "hot" baby, and she sleeps in them all year round now (there are sleeveless and long sleeve types). we live in a moderate climate.

i love the sleeping bags, she can't kick them off, stays covered all night. In winter when she has socks on underneath, if she kicks them off, they stay in the sleeping bag.

[Butterfly Dawn]

He was a hot baby, in summer he would wear a nappy and singlet but I would keep a light blanket handy for 3am when I would find him down the bed outside the covers. and in winter he would wear a singlet and onesie to bed and have a thicker blanket on call. DS2 is a cold baby and he wears 2 layers more then me (its winter here) and in summer he wore a light onesie. We also have tried sleeping bags on top of the doona/sheet, worked really well when he was younger but at the moment hes going through a "I must sleep on top of mum or not at all" stage haha