Co-sleeping in summer?

What did you do? So far the weather has been quite cool, so DD has had a singlet, wondersuit, wrapped on something relatively warm and the doona over her legs/up to her bellybutton. We don't have heating, and we don't have cooling. Yesterday was Isla's first very hot day, and last night we were at a bit of a loss for how to put her down for the night. She needs to be wrapped otherwise she wakes herself up with er crazy hands lol, so we put her in a short sleeve/no leg jumpsuit and wrapped her upper half in muslin, leaving her feet out. Seemed to work well, she wasn't too hot or cold. Just wondering how others co-sleep in the hotter months.

that all sounds pretty good to me. if it gets really hot, you could just put her to bed in a nappy & the wrap. co-sleeping in summer can be kind of sticky :lol: i'm hoping that this year DS will be more inclined to want his own space rather than chasing me round the bed!

DD slept between us, good thing she was little so she could be all sprawled out and wouldn't have to touch us. She wore just a body suit to bed, she's like me she gets really warm.

This year there is NO WAY she is sleeping in our bed! :lol: good thing she loves her cot so we have no issues.

What you are doing now sounds perfect :)

Yeah DD sleeps between us too. Which means she has most of the bed whole DH and I are falling out :lol: It feels so weird wrapping her in hot weather, but her little hands smash into her face and wake her. I figured the muslin would be the most breathable, it seems the lightest :dunno: Thanks guys :) Love to hear more from everyone else. My mum got in my ear last night about moving DD into her cot (which is in our room...and is our clean clothes hamper :rofl: ) but I love co-sleeping too much.

Its a little more sticky but very do-able in summer. DD1 co-slept from birth - 6 months and she was born 22nd october so she co-slept right through summer. We are now co-sleeping with DD2 and lastnight I did the same as you, short sleeved suit, muslin and a light blanket (shes sleeps on top of our blanket). Try and find some 100% cotton suits (short sleeved) for her to sleep in. Muslim wraps are great because they are breathable and 100% cotton.

You can sort of "wean" her off being wrapped. She will get used to it and her hands will stop waking her up.

Just nod and agree with your mum, I do that with mine. Ofcourse they always know better....

Do you have a pedestal fan on in the room to keep the air moving around? Lucky it doesnt usually stay too hot for many months in melbourne.

yeah, i meant to say that as well - the startle reflex should go soonish so you might be able to stop wrapping her then (if you want to).

all i can say is im scared for this summer last year jazzy was small and slept in her rocker by herself she only started co sleeping after that at the moment i just dress her in minimal clothing she wanted ti be wrapped in her warm blanket last summer it is bamboo velour with flannel on the otherside so very warm shes crazy had to put her in a nappy only lol

Our December-born baby co-slept wrapped for her first three months. We just put her in a singlet and wrapped with a muslin. We had no bedding, maybe a sheet if it was cooler, and I just wore a singlet and undies.

Awesome, thanks chicks :)

With the not wrapping, we stopped for a while when she was about 8 weeks old, and she was fine, but kind of reverted back to waking herself up again. For her day sleeps she doesn't get wrapped, but generally only sleeps for an hour max. Nights, 8-10 hours wrapped, and I do wonder if that is partly because she'd wrapped. How would I go about weaning her off being wrapped? Maybe I'll just try her unwrapped tonight (seeing as she's down for the night by the looks of it and not wrapped).

Maybe start with just one arm out to start with? Or dont wrap her as tightly?

Good luck for tonight!!

I have been thinking about the same thing! My DD is 4.5 months and sleeps between my husband and I.

So far I have her sleeping on top of our blankets in a grobag and use a thin cotton wrap to stop her from hitting herself or scratching her face when she gets hungry. I have also started putting her to sleep during the day unwrapped so that I can eventually just use the grobag - it seems to be working.

I figured I would just dress her in the same layers as me, so if I ever go to bed in just my underwear so would she :)