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Ok, so #3 is due in Feb and i've only had winter babies...
What are you supposed to dress a summer baby in?
Singlet nappy and a little onsie?
Can you swaddle them in a nice thin muslin wrap, or will they overheat?
Feel like a 1st time mumma all over again haha. Sorry for the silly question :redface: but would much appreciate some answers TIA
We just used a singlet and a nappy or a onsie. Sometimes if it was really hot just a nappy.
We swaddled our summer baby in muslin because he preferred being sweaty and wrapped and refused to sleep without a wrap no mater how hot it was.
Nappy and singlet or onesie here too. We also swaddled in muslin. Just be mindful of the sun when you go out.
so they don't need a singlet and onsie? Just the onsie or just the singlet will be fine?
yeah nappies and singlet here too i remember one night she wouldnt sleep unless she was wrapped inher winter blanket so she only had a nappy on
Depends on the weather where you are - I'd sometimes start with both singlet and onesie for the cool of the morning, but if bub got too hot during the day off would come the onesie, or off with the singlet and continue with just the onesie...
DD did like her muslin wraps in the early days too.
I've never put a singlet and a onesie on my summer babe. I figure I wouldn't want a singlet on as well as a Tshirt.
We dressed our girls in a singlet romper or a short sleeved romper and their nappy. We wrapped them in thin breathable materials like cotton and bamboo (I think it was?)
Thanks ladies :)
Thanks ladies, this has opened eyes too :)
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DS lived in Singlet Suits, and Muslin wraps at night...
Thanks for this thread guys, I'm having my first baby in October so no clue how to dress for summer LOL. I have lots of singlets and things so guess that is the way to go :)
When we have had super hot days it's just a nappy and we drape wet muslin wraps over them to help keep them cool if you are outside or in the car.
Have appreciated reading all the replies too!
My friend told me that because newborns love being swaddled summer babies can still be swaddled and feel comforted if mamas use a really loose weave light bunnyrug in a natural fibre.
Another who used singlet or onsie and nappy or just a nappy. DD loved being swaddled so we used a muslin wrap. I'd completely unwrap her for feedings as she would get quite hot. We were glad we'd upgraded our a/c a couple of months before DD was born. Just make sure they aren't directly under any fans or anything (I think it interferes with them learning to regulate their own body temp or something).
Another possibly silly question, do summer bubs need to wear socks? Or will they be ok? Socks at bedtime? Gosh i feel like a goose :doh:
Actually that's a good question, and mittens too?:
I didn't use socks or mittens with DD, but it was a very hot summer that year and she was wrapped when sleeping anyway. I guess it depends on how cool it gets at night and how much you use aircon. Just remember that even if there feet and hands are cool, as long as their body feels warm, they're fine.
I put socks on for the first couple of months, after that I only put them on if his feet felt cold...
I always go by the old saying "babies wear what you wear plus 1" So if I had a T-shirt on DD wore a singlet onesie and a tshirt.
Depending on how hot the night was she still wore a bodysuit and was wrapped in a muslin wrap. The summer she was born was that really awful hot summer 2009 too.
Blixie - it depends on if you are planning on using the bodysuits or not. you probably wouldn't need socks WITH a bodysuit unless the night was particularly cool and even then you'd probably throw a blankie or something over the lower body.
Lolpigs - if you are planning on wrapping your baby you won't need mittens. Personally I preferred to cut DD finger nails than use mittens afterall they are really only to stop the baby from scratching their faces and when I did use them they were pretty annoying coz they always fell off. I ended up going with the Bonds cozycuff bodysuits even though they are a bit more exxy, because you could fold over the hands or unfold the feet.
Nae x
We live in a really hot environment but have aircon on at all times through summer so we still used long onsie's for DS2 and he was a Dec bub. But if we were going outside or something it was a short sleeved suits or nappy and singlet.