Babies and bedding.

[Writerwannabe83]

DS is 4 months old and for the last 4-5 weeks he has been sleeping in a Crib. However, after deciding he is now too big for it me and DH have moved the cot into our bedroom and DS will be sleeping in it tonight for the first time.

The temperature in our room is so warm and so all DS had been wearing to sleep in is a vest and a pair of socks. When he was in his Crib this looked more than adequate and he slept really well, but now he's surrounded by so much space in his cot I can't help worry he's going to get cold.

At what point is it to just cover them with a loose light blanket? I know there are risks of suffocation but DS frequently sleeps with a Muslin and is able to pull anything off that would be resting on or covering his face.

What do you all do with little ones in Cribs?

I know Gro-bags can be an option but in this heat, regardless of tog, I imagine they would be unbearable.

[SweetPeaPods]

Ds is in his cot with just a nappy. He has had just vest last few weeks but I just can't seem to get his room below 30.
The gro bag website has some advice on room temp and what tog you should use.
Ds prefers blanket though but he definitely doesn't need it tonight.

[ilovepowerhoop]

could you just cover with a sheet and tuck it in under his arms

[Writerwannabe83]

I was thinking about that ilove but because the cot is so wide compared to his body I worry that if I did tuck a loose sheet underneath the mattress he'd find a way to wriggle under it somehow...

[fledermaus]

At the moment mine is in just a nappy, but I will probably put a loose muslin over her when I go to bed.

[idontlikealdi]

Why socks?!

The 0.5 tog gro bags should be fine if he is over the minimum weight.

[ilovepowerhoop]

thats what they used in the days before sleeping bags and thats why you would tuck it in tightly under his arms at his armpits.

[fledermaus]

I wondered about the socks too!

[PenguinsHatchedAnEgg]

Yes, why socks?

DS is in just a vest tonight, though we co-sleep so he gets some heat from us.

With the DD's we'd have done just a nappy and light gro bag in this weather. They aren't much more than a sheet really. Or again, just a vest if really hot in the room.

There isn't really any reason he'd be colder in a cot than a crib (though colder that a moses probably).

[ILoveYouBaby]

What about a sleepsuit?

[micah]

I used to put mine in a pillowcase :)

Same as a light sheet over them, but same principle as a grobag, can't wriggle under or out of them

[LittleBearPad]

He'll be fine as he is. The cot is not colder than his crib. Objectively you know this.

In the past few days you've worried about his naps, then his sleeping and now this. Try to calm down my lovely. You are worrying too much. He's fine and you're doing good.

[Howaboutthisone]

Dd has been in either a vest or just a nappy most of this week. I understand the socks thing- often just a vest is fine and she feels fine all over except for her little feet which are freezing so she has been in a vest and socks on many occasions! She's not a great sleeper anyway but this weather has sent that even further back. That means that she usually ends up in our bed when we go to bed but otherwise I might put a light layer over her or leave her as is and think that she'll wake if cold an I'd prefer her slightly too cold than too warm.

[Howaboutthisone]

Dd has been in either a vest or just a nappy most of this week. I understand the socks thing- often just a vest is fine and she feels fine all over except for her little feet which are freezing so she has been in a vest and socks on many occasions! She's not a great sleeper anyway but this weather has sent that even further back. That means that she usually ends up in our bed when we go to bed but otherwise I might put a light layer over her or leave her as is and think that she'll wake if cold an I'd prefer her slightly too cold than too warm.

[Writerwannabe83]

howabout - that's my reasoning too, I'd hate to think of him having cold feet at night

littlebear I shall try my best

I've left him uncovered for now but he does have a muslin in there with him in the desperate hope that if he starts to stir he will smell it and feel comforted (smells of me and milk) and he will settle back to sleep as opposed to waking up and crying