Help with bringing temperature down in the house

Spendless

Agree with the comments about going for just the vest OR sleepsuit, My eldest was born early March and naturally a warm baby, I never bothered. Think about it you are often told that to wear 2 thin jumpers is warmer than one thick jumper due to the layers, it's the same for baby.

CDaniels1987

I know this sounds stupid but I guess its not dangerous for them to just wear a short sleeved vest to bed? My wife is very paranoid about him being too cold, I'm the other way round.

I think we have been drummed so much from the mid wives to keep them wrapped up at night, even when I told the health visitor today about the temp in our room she said vest and sleepsuit.....

Mankysteve

summerspring wrote: »

I sometimes wonder if these midwives have ever had children of their own! If it's too hot the baby needs to wear fewer clothes. Babies can't sweat (or shiver) so they shouldn't be allowed to get too hot or too cold.

Having children of their own wont make them good midwifes. Probably daft ideas past down from their parents and lack of decent training

Spendless

Honestly he'll be fine. Trust me in another 15 years you'll be complaining about him not wearing a school coat in mid-winter.

peachyprice

CDaniels1987 wrote: »

I know this sounds stupid but I guess its not dangerous for them to just wear a short sleeved vest to bed? My wife is very paranoid about him being too cold, I'm the other way round.

I think we have been drummed so much from the mid wives to keep them wrapped up at night, even when I told the health visitor today about the temp in our room she said vest and sleepsuit.....

It's more dangerous for them to overheat than it is to be a little too cold.

You'll know if he is too cold, he'll be restless and will make little noises, just pop another layer of blanket on him if he starts to get wriggly.

Your midwife needs shooting btw.

Spendless

CDaniels1987 wrote: »

I know this sounds stupid but I guess its not dangerous for them to just wear a short sleeved vest to bed? My wife is very paranoid about him being too cold, I'm the other way round.

I think we have been drummed so much from the mid wives to keep them wrapped up at night, even when I told the health visitor today about the temp in our room she said vest and sleepsuit.....

Well I'm sure they change how to bring up baby daily on the 6 o clock news and my eldest is 12 (years) but the big thing then was don't let baby get overheated. If baby is cold in the night, you'll know about it, cos he'll cry and let you know. We are talking about a house in the UK in summer right? Stop worrying.:) If it causes problems between you and Mrs CD ditch the vest and just put the sleepsuit on.

CDaniels1987

peachyprice wrote: »

It's more dangerous for them to overheat than it is to be a little too cold.

You'll know if he is too cold, he'll be restless and will make little noises, just pop another layer of blanket on him if he starts to get wriggly.

Your midwife needs shooting btw.

thanks, vest it is then until we sort out some sort of AC unit, going to give him a bath tonight before bed and then just a short sleeved suit, we have blankets ready if he needs them.

meer53

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Easy-Homemade-Air-Conditioner-from-a-Fan-and-Water-Bottles

mtbbuxton

meer53 wrote: »

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Easy-Homemade-Air-Conditioner-from-a-Fan-and-Water-Bottles

Was just about to suggest the above method too - it really does work

M x

barbiedoll

CDaniels1987 wrote: »

Ditch the vest under sleepsuit? We were told by midwives that they should always wear a vest and then sleepsuit over the top, if its far too warm then ditch the sleepsuit and use a long sleeved vest or something..... but then again we were also told by one of the midwives not to bath him for the first 6 weeks, and also not to give him more than 30ml of milk!!!!

If you speak to 5 different midwives, you will get 5 different opinions. Not all of them will be right!

There is no reason for your baby not to have a bath for 6 weeks (unless he has a medical condition,) nor should you limit his milk intake to 30mls (again, unless he was premature, or has a medical issue). They probably told you not to feed him more than 30mls at each feed, this is fine for the first week or two but he will need more food as he grows so please don't limit his feeds, let him feed when he is hungry, if he finishes a feed and is still hungry, give him more! Please trust your instincts, you know your baby better than anyone else, including midwives. If you want to bathe him, then do so!

The general advice is that babies need to wear clothing equivalent to what an adult would be comfortable wearing, plus one layer. So, if you're warm enough to be naked, your baby would be fine with just a vest or sleepsuit, he really won't need both. And definitely no blanket, especially if the room is very warm.

Make sure that he is well hydrated, he may feed little and often if he is thirsty, so don't be alarmed if he only takes a small amount, then wants another feed half an hour later.