My four month old is a very active sleeper! He currently wears his long pjs onsies and is in a swaddle but it is impossible to keep any type of blanket on him as he does 360 turns through out the night! How can I keep him warm as the nights get cooler? Could I put him inside a sleeping bag thingy that have out for kids? I just don't think the onsie pjs are warm enough?
I use Gro Bags for DD. She rolls around a lot in bed and never ends up where she started lol. You can get one for 6 months & under, and they come with a guide for what to dress bubs in for the temperature.
Sleeping bags are great for little ones! And then when they're bigger (around 10ish+ months), I used to put pj's on them, and then use the thick polar fleece onsie suits on top when they go to bed. I also put a heater on low in their rooms in the winter.
we use sleeping bags as well. ds wad in them from about 10 weeks & dd by about 2 weeks (im useless at swaddling!!). i like the sleeping bags because you can adjust how much or how little they're wearing according to the weather & also be sure they can't kick off the covers. lots of them come with tog ratings so you can get one for colder weather.
the polar fleece ones are sort of baggy. i think mine is same size 00 as the onsie underneath. if baby is close to the next size go up cos it will last longer.
yeah, i have started putting the bits over his hands cos hands and face get so cold. i warm them up each feed.
My DD is still sleeping in bags as she moves around so much during the night. I've just started putting the heat on a timer in her room so it comes on at midnight so her room is warm when the 3am freeze hits.
I usually use the next size up and take it off first thing in the morning so he doesn't trip on the extra length in his legs(itms!) As for cold hands, I used to put long socks on their hands, under their suits, so socks on hands (and feet too!) first, pulled up their arms as far as I could, then their pj's then the onesie suit.
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Where do u get one of those heaters? I find the cold change the hardest thing about early winter in qld! It isn't freezing when they go to bed but gosh it's cold by morning!! How do u dress someone who can't temp control themselves when it's 20degress at bedtime but 8dgrees in the morning? The timer heater sounds like a good idea..
3LM - the socks sound like a brilliant idea. We have some mitten things but he just pulls them off so the socks up his arms might be a goer!
I don't really have much that would help, but just a little reminder that over heating is worse than being cold. It can be such a hard balance and I think something like a Gro bag or sleeping bag help as you can dress them up or down underneath.
I am a bit paranoid about the over heating though as febrile convulsions run in our family.
Lots of layers!
Both of mine are wrigglers and blanket-thrower-offer-ers lol The other thing to think about is how many layers you put UNDER them - ie sheets and what not on the mattress itself.
Layers over the top are limited in effectiveness by how much heat is lost through the base. So a sheet, a couple of thin but dense bankets under the sheet will help in retaining the heat you can trap by blankets or layering.
I like breathability - so wool, natural fibres, will always be better than polyesters that can cause sweating, which when moisture is trapped, makes one colder rather than warmer.
Sleeping bags/grobags/dreambags are great!!! DS1 was in 1 from 9 weeks as constantly was un covered and DS2 from 9 months. Now at nearly 4 years and 26 months they wear the all in 1 fleece suits with feet as they still don't keep covered!
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my child couldn't handle the polar fleece sleeping bags, the heat would condense, and she would end up drenched in sweat.
for cold nights, and she wouldn't sleep with any sheets or blankets on her either, this is what i used:
cotton long sleeve spencer,
woollen longies (over night nappy)
all cotton sleeveless sleeping bag (in autumn and spring), sleeved sleeping bag in winter (they were $12 at best n less and big w)
sheepskin rug to sleep on
woollen blanket on her mattress between matress and sheeting.
(all natural fibres that breathe)
glass is a major loss of heat, so i made sure windows were well covered with thick curtains, to keep heat in. Kept her cot/bed away from window for that reason too.
for a very young one, SOCKS on the hands, instead of mittens, worked for us.
Thanks girls! Last night was chilly so I put him in his normal cotton onsie then his ergo swaddle and then a polar fleece sleeved sleeping bag. Same material as the blankets I try and keep on him lol. Seemed to keep him much warmer and he was in bed till 645am so slept a bit longer too.
minivini2b- I use an oil heater (like a radiator) and just bought a timer switch for it. I have it set quite low so it's not actually heating the room as much as it is taking the chill out. Comes on at midnight and off at 7. I found the hardest thing dressing for bedtime and the morning. Like you say, it can be 19 when I put her down and 8 in the morning.
I'm a fan of Grobags as my two boys constantly wriggle around too. Singlet and long pjs then an oil heater. The one we have has a timer on it and I set it so it comes on and off at various times throughout the night so that the room stays just right.
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