Keeping baby warm in winter

Yorkshirechick

I've just been reading the thread on oldstyle about preparing for winter, and it made me wonder how I'm going to keep the baby warm enough in bed.
At the moment he has a 2.5 tog sleeping bag that he wears with a vest and sleepsuit, but in December/January I'm sure this won't keep him warm enough.
At what age can you start to use a duvet with them? I much prefer the sleeping bags, as DS is such a wriggler and is always crawling round in his cot and ending up the opposite way to how I put his in.
Should I just layer up the cellular blankets, or does anyone have any other suggestions?

miserly_mum

I'm not sure what age your wee one is. But if he's a bit big for the sleeping bag then the all in one fleece over suits are great with a vest and jammies/babygro underneath.

Primark do them for about £3 or £4. Nice bright colours and they dry really quickly after you've washed them

The sizes start (i Think) at 3-6 months right up to 18-24 months

McKneff

a little hat does wonders for keeping little bodies warm and dont sleep him near a window where there is a circle of cold air.

Katyag

You can use a duvet and pillow from 12 months but i find a babygro and sleeping bag fine for my DS#2 who is now 13 months.

I would think i long sleeved vest, long sleeved babygro and a 2.5 tog sleeping bag would be more than warm enough.

Krystaltips

When it was really cold I used to put a cardi on DD under her sleeping bag... I used to worry about her arms getting cold but the sleeping bag should be plenty warm enough...

DD is 4 now and is forever kicking covers off!

KellyWelly

anniehanlon wrote: »

a little hat does wonders for keeping little bodies warm and dont sleep him near a window where there is a circle of cold air.

The official guidance for prevention of SIDS is to keep babies' heads uncovered in bed.

When my son was a baby we didn't have central heating and it was freezing in his room in the winter. I used to dress him in a vest, babygro and a heavy weight sleeping bag and then a thin sheet or blanket depending on the temperature. I always put covers on even though he would kick them off so he would get used to them and to make me feel better!!

Bitsy_Beans

My daughter is 9 weeks old and she likes to be nice and cosy. Her room at the mo is around 21 degrees, dropping to 20 overnight. At the moment she is in a vest, sleepsuit and 2.5 tog grobag. I also cover her with a cellular blanket and she's nice and toasty. Her hands aren't cold, they are a nice temp. when the temp drops more I shall put her to bed with a cardi over the top of the grobag and keep the blanket on her too. I know SIDS guidance is for the room to be 16-18 degrees but with my son he always found that too cold and I think my daughter is going to be the same. If they are too young for a duvet then layers is the way to go.

heather38

don't forget the way to test the temp of baby is to feel their back or chest, never the hands or feet. if baby feels warm enough then they are.
but i agree layers are the way to go.

alwaysonthego_2

I would agree with the other poster about not using a hat, they lose heat from their head and if they have a hat on they could possible overheat which is thought to be a contributory factor towards cot death.

Becles

They didn't do sleeping bags when my boys were babies. Rather than keep the heating on overnight (expensive!) I bought one of those oil filled radiators that plug in.

I switched it on when I went to bed and the house was cooling down, and it was just on low so it just kept the chill off the room. They managed fine, even when they did kick the covers off.

monkey22_2

I've wrapped a big fleecy blanket around the outside of DS3s cot (it's a travel cot btw) and attached to the top with pegs.
It only goes around 3 sides otherwise it might get too hot in there but it keeps the draughts out and he's very cosy in there in his sleeping bag.:T