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nsmonkey
09-06-2009, 19:39
At night I dress the boys in a singlet, long-sleeved shirt, tshirt, jumper and long pants. Some nights they will wear socks other nights they seem to take the socks off before they go to bed.
On their beds they have (in this order bottom to top), blanket, fitted sheet, polar fleece blanket (they sleep on top of this), fleece blanket, mink cot blanket (not quite the size of single bed), doona.
In the next couple weeks I am getting my layby off which has another single doona each for the boys.
So, what do you think? Are they warm enough?
What do you dress your kids in and what do you have on their beds?
Mummaholic
09-06-2009, 19:44
Wow, must be cold where you are. My boys wear fleecy jumpsuits with feet or long sleeved PJs. DS1 has a full sized doona and a little blanket, he prefers to kick off big blankie thoug. DS2 is wrapped up.
Bunnyhugs
09-06-2009, 19:44
Oh my goodness, I almost started sweating just reading that!!
My son has on his bed a woolen underlay, a fitted sheet, flat sheet and doona. We check on him when we go to bed and pull his doona up, sometimes throwing a polarfleece blanket over him as well.
To bed he wears socks, long flanelette pj pants, singlet and flanelette pj shirt.
We live in regional NSW, so gets pretty cold at night.
little bean
09-06-2009, 19:46
Just stick your finger down the back of their neck once in a while and you'll be able to feel if they're hot and sweaty or a bit cold.
I was lucky I had reverse cycle AC in bub's room when she was little so I didn't have to figure out how many layers to put on her...except when we went camping and then I spent half the night checking that she wasn't freezing!!
She now wears a tracksuit with a long-sleeved tshirt underneath. She has one fleecy blanket and if it's cold out I add another one (although she usually kicks the blankets off anyway!). We're in Qld so it's warmer here than other places.
singlet, ls shirt and flanner or fleece pjs.
2 blankets and a doona
we also keep ducted heater on 17 deg all night
nsmonkey
09-06-2009, 19:54
Really, its not too cold, its only hitting around the 3-5 degrees in the early mornings. I just don't want them to get cold. :(
I get up to DS1 pretty much every night with him whinging, as hes under his pillows and hes kicked the blankets off.
DS2 has started coming back into our bed, thats how come I thought they weren't warm enough.
~Temet Nosce~
09-06-2009, 22:21
It's 0 degrees here tonight and I don't even have dd dressed that heavy, (repeating from another thread lol) shes wearing a long sleeve body suit, a wondersuit, socks, a snug suit, doona and 2 blankets. Sounds like alot but its freeeeeeeeezing here.
The 0 is not a typo :laughing: I wish. Minus 2 tomorrow night! Oh joy.
NonnyMouse
09-06-2009, 22:25
I'd say they are PLENTY warm enough!
DS is in a fleecy all-in-one with feet, a singlet underneath, a pair of scratch mittens for his hands cause he sleeps with them out of the covers, plus flanelette sheets and a light quilt. He sleeps in our roomstill and we have an oil heater set on low heat just to take the chill off.
DD (who lives in the deep south of NZ where it's blardy freezing!) goes to bed in undies and a singet, flanelette sheets and a doona (but she has an electric blanket to warm the bed up before she gets in).
I put on a singlet and a thick warm all in one (with feet) because DD doesn't normally keep the blankets on and if I put a two peice on her she just takes it off same with socks they don't stay on. She has 3 blankets when she keeps them on that is lol and a flanette fitted sheet. She is warm enough but in QLD it doesn't get 'that' cold.
Rydens Mummy
09-06-2009, 22:33
I have DS in Singlet, Bodysuit, Fleecey PJs and socks,I also put him in a sleeping bag (a thin one) on his bed these a wollen underlay botten sheet, top sheet, blanket and 2 quilts(not think). He kicks alot of them off, and i find if he stays under tem, he is nice and worm, if he kicks them off he has a cold nose and hands, but the rest of him is still warm. If he dosnt have his sleeping bag on him, i leave the central heating on 16. He use to have only one of the quilts on his bed, then he started waking, so i added another one and he hasnt woken again during the night since.
I also notice that he wakes if he dosnt have the sleeping bag on, So i guess i hae it just right for him at the moment.
Stacey
nsmonkey
10-06-2009, 07:55
Well the boys slept right through last night so maybe they are just warm enough. I did check on them during the night and they were still under the blankets.
NonnyMouse
10-06-2009, 10:31
Well the boys slept right through last night so maybe they are just warm enough. I did check on them during the night and they were still under the blankets.
This might not necessarily mean they're warm enough... when I'm *too* warm, I sleep like the dead and wake up feeling hungover from dehydration and overheating.
It's getting coooold hey? I am sure it will be below 0 again soon. My kids wear a t-shirt and singlet under their flanno PJs and socks....also they have a blanket and a doona. I am sure they are still cold.:(
Our house is an old church though so it gets freezing!
Noah sleep with a long sleeve bodysuit and flannel pj's over the top in a 2.5 tog grobag....I worry he isnt warm enough and he's hands are FREEZING in the middle of the night when he wakes, but i've started setting the heater to go on about 2-3am so that has been helping...we are in melb
Wow that is alot of clothing and bedding.
DS has a singlet and flannel pjs and socks with a sheet and doona. I've put a small heater in the room because I don't like to overload them in bed. I hate being that rugged up. I find if a room is cold I don't sleep well even if I'm warm in bed because my face feels it.
nsmonkey
10-06-2009, 14:57
The fleece blankets are only like throw rugs though, they aren't thick at all.
We have wall heaters but we won't be using them this year as last year one blew and now theres a black mark along the top part of the wall. Just aswell we were home.
SmileyBJ
10-06-2009, 17:54
I think it depends how badly you feel the cold and what sort of house your in too.
We're in a really cold old house, and i freeze!!! We've been having 2 degrees in the mornings and ds sleeps in socks, singlet, long sleeve jumpsuit, an all in one plus a flanalette sleeping bag. In the mornings his feet and hands are still like ice so im thinking of rugging him up even more!!
Oh, my daughter always wear warm t-shirt, but I afraid she don't enought warm. Because she sometimes crys all middle night. So, I'm worried. I'll show to the doctor. I hope she wear enought warm.
BabelFish
10-06-2009, 18:13
I wonder if your son kicks off his blankets because he's too hot? That's an awful lot of stuff for them to be wearing to bed. It gets down to 3 or 4 degrees here, too, and DD is in a singlet suit and a sleeping bag at night. That's it. When she wakes up in the morning she's toasty.
I was always told (and read) that the rule of thumb for babies and children is if it's cold then you put them in one more layer than what you would wear. It seems to have worked well for us.
Also, their feet and hands are NOT an indicator of how warm they are. They are extremities and do not give a good temperature gauge and shouldn't be used to judge. If you want to check your baby's temp, pop a finger down the back of their neck. If it feels warm, then they're warm enough. If it feels cold then they're not.
It's going to be 8 degrees here tonight and only got to 14 today so depsite having the heater on all day our house is cold. DD1 moves around so much she kicks off the blankets (and freezes). Tonight she's in a ainglet, spencer and flanelette pj's. On her bed she has a fitted sheet, flat sheet, hospital blanket and her doona. She is an asthmatic so keeping her really warm is very important...and she has no fat on her body what so ever.
DD2 is in a singlet, wondersuit, flanelette pj's and 2.5 tog sleeping bag. She's asleep on me now and very toasty. Her cot has a fitted sheet on it and that's it. I may throw a light blanket over her before I go to bed. We don't have heaters in rooms, nor are any left on o'night.
BabelFish
10-06-2009, 20:56
Awwww she's asleep on you. I miss that! Something I'm looking forward to again with number 2. **wipes eyes**
~Temet Nosce~
10-06-2009, 20:58
Going to be minus 2 degrees here tonight... I'm sooo ******* cold :( and my girl is sick too with a bad cold, and our house has stupid 14ft high ceilings so it gets really cold. I am considering putting on another blanket on top of her snug suit, doona and 2 blankets she already has..
Awwww she's asleep on you. I miss that! Something I'm looking forward to again with number 2. **wipes eyes**
Yep she's a real cuddle bug...even at 21 months she still constantly asks for cuddles and will randomly give you a kiss. We don't co-sleep anymore because she's too busy rolling between DH and I giving us kisses. :goodvibes:
Tam-I-Am
10-06-2009, 21:05
DD (4yrs) has flannie jammies with a singlet on underneath. She sleeps with a doona, and a heater running in her room at 15 degrees overnight.
DS (1 year) is in a singlet, bonds wondersuit and a snugtime blanket sleeper - http://www.snugtime.com.au/home.html - they're properly TOG rated, and keep him toasty. He also has a heater in his room running at about 15 - 18 degrees.
NonnyMouse
10-06-2009, 21:07
Another way to keep them a little warmer is to use a very light "curtain" on a circular frame that drapes around the bed like the mozzie netting ones, only using fabric rather than net. This creates a bit of a micro-climate where the heat can stay in better. You can decorate it so they feel like it's their own little tent or princess bed or whatever.
(Obviously only for older kids, not those still in the SIDS risk age group, since it's loose fabric).
I know many will consider heaters left on a fire hazard, but young children and the infirm are not meant to sleep in rooms colder than about 16 - 18 deg, and this is even more important if they have asthma, or are suffering coughs and colds.
BabelFish
10-06-2009, 21:17
Yep she's a real cuddle bug...even at 21 months she still constantly asks for cuddles and will randomly give you a kiss. We don't co-sleep anymore because she's too busy rolling between DH and I giving us kisses. :goodvibes:
Ohhhh stop it!! **dies**
~Temet Nosce~
10-06-2009, 21:31
Another way to keep them a little warmer is to use a very light "curtain" on a circular frame that drapes around the bed like the mozzie netting ones, only using fabric rather than net. This creates a bit of a micro-climate where the heat can stay in better. You can decorate it so they feel like it's their own little tent or princess bed or whatever.
(Obviously only for older kids, not those still in the SIDS risk age group, since it's loose fabric).
I know many will consider heaters left on a fire hazard, but young children and the infirm are not meant to sleep in rooms colder than about 16 - 18 deg, and this is even more important if they have asthma, or are suffering coughs and colds.
Great, it was 10 degrees in my dd's room earlier :(
reAllytee
10-06-2009, 21:53
Yeah we leave a column heater on in the boys room because G gets sick to easily so we dont risk it ...
Its going to get down to approx 1 or 2 here & is already down to 3 ... awesome :rain:
Boof ( 4yrs ) is wearing singlet, long sleeved tshirt, flannie jammies & socks with flannelette sheets, doona & blanket.
G ( 22mths ) is wearing singlet, long sleeved tshirt, fleece jammies with feet & socks with flannelette sheets & a blanket. He is naturally a hot box so I keep an eye on him through the nite anyways as he wakes still !
I will probably throw on another blanket for them both before I go to bed as I will turn the air-con off then so the house will drop dramatically but as I said I always keep their room heated with a column heater to apprx 14-15 degrees !
~Temet Nosce~
10-06-2009, 21:55
I have an oil heater and its on at the moment but after last winters bill in this house being afround the $700 mark, I can't afford to have it very high :( it's got the room to about 13-14 degrees at the moment.
biscotti
10-06-2009, 21:58
It's tricky isn't it.
I've got my girls in Snugtime suits and the ducted air clicks off at 10pm and clicks on at around 5am but I still worry - are they too cold, are they too warm etc, it just goes on and on :dizzy:
TripleTime
10-06-2009, 22:19
I reckon they are plently warm enough & maybe evan to warm.
I think checking their temp might be a good idea & if its between 36.4 & 37.8, than yet they are warm enough. Wait untill they have gotten cumfy in their PJ's & snuggly before you take their temp.
reAllytee
10-06-2009, 22:27
I have an oil heater and its on at the moment but after last winters bill in this house being afround the $700 mark, I can't afford to have it very high :( it's got the room to about 13-14 degrees at the moment.
Can understand that ... Can you maybe find a suitable heater thats energy efficient ?
Our column heater is great in regards to efficiency so we are lucky I guess ... Either that or the powerpoint in the boys room is being charged to someone else LOL !
NonnyMouse
10-06-2009, 22:32
Check out the temps in your city on the BOM site and you'll be able to see exactly when it gets cold, then set your heater on a timer to only come on during those colder hours. In Bris, for example, it only got below 13 deg between midnight and 7am... but generally it's coldest between 4am and 7am. Here's the link to the Brisbane one... it shouldn't be too hard to find your own city in there.
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ60901/IDQ60901.94576.shtml
Bubs are loosing lots of heat through their heads:)
so a light cotton hat is working for us when it is really cold night:)
Also her hands are cold sometimes I do not worry as long as her feet are warm...
It's cold here but probably not as cold as most of you are experiencing.
My DS1 is in fleece trackpants, socks, long sleeve t-shirt, single and with a grobag. As for bedding he has a flannellette sheet underneath him and a fleece blanket over him.
DS2 is only in a singlet and cotton body suit and is wrapped in a flannelette wrap but he sleeps with me so has my body heat and is always toasty. Love co-sleeping!
nsmonkey
11-06-2009, 09:15
We don't have heaters in our house, so maybe thats why I rug them up. And no DS1 has always always kicked his blankets off right from the word go. Our house is cold. The boys room is pretty much the coldest. As one wall is almost all windows. I do have a kingsize doona cover hanging up over the windows but you can still feel the coolness coming through that.
Depending on what money I have tomorrow I was going to buy a couple or just the one heater from Big W for the boys room.
On our bed we got 1 doona and a mink blanket, but we also have the electric blanket on before we get into bed.
My 14 month old ds wears a singlet, spencer and either a jumpsuit or flanny pj's with a 2.5 tog sleeping bag and sometimes a light blanket.
I warm his room with a heater to about 20'c before he goes to bed. I never ever leave the heater on at night as i have a phobia of things catching on fire :eek:.
I would much rather ds call out during the night if he is cold than over heat him.
Just about to call the airconditioning guy to come and put a duct in the roof near ds room so I can keep it at a more even temp.
HATE HATE HATE WINTER!!!!!:mad:
MummyGoingMad
13-06-2009, 00:42
Our house is freezing cold which is great in summer but not so great in winter. The kids wear singlets and long sleeve flanelette pj's and then just sleep with thick down doonas and they're fine. We also have a column heater in their room but if its on it will be left on a really low heat. Its higher tonight but only because they both have colds :(
nsmonkey
15-06-2009, 15:10
Thankyou everyone for your replies. I put my finger down the back of their neck last night and yes they were sweating a bit, so I took 1 layer off. I never knew that was a way to check if they were hot. So thankyou. :)
lizzymcfizzy
17-06-2009, 12:02
NS Monkey I'm glad to hear that u have it sorted. I was about to post and also add that they might be too hot.
I worry alot abou DD being too cold and check the news weather report every night before she goes to bed. generally we have a wood fire in the main room or a wall heater that heats the house up but I also have a colum heater with a timer in her room that i set to come on around 2am to 3am then again at 5am to 6am. I don't know what temp it is but i shes sleeping through so she must be ok.
she used to wake if if she was too hot.
lately its been a minimum of around 4 average.
She wears those fleecy/almost like a tracksuit longsleeve tops amd pants with feet (frombest and less) with a shortsleeve shirt underneath and a 2.5 grobag and flanno fitted sheet.
I used to set my alarm to get up in the middle of the night and put a blanket on her! mad I know. Now I just rely on the heater (after spending 10minutes in her room making sure nothing is near it to avoid fire lol) I also have a fire alarm in her room. if its goin to be a cold night i put the blanket on her before i goto bed. its only a thinnish polar fleece.
she is 2 and in a cot. when shes in a bed I'll have to get rid of the grobag but she should be old enough to stay under a doona i hope!
Bubs are loosing lots of heat through their heads:)
so a light cotton hat is working for us when it is really cold night:)
Also her hands are cold sometimes I do not worry as long as her feet are warm...
Please tell me you aren't doing this!! They loose heat through their heads to self regulate their temp. If you sleep her with a hat she can overheat. It is a SIDS risk.
NonnyMouse
17-06-2009, 16:27
Please tell me you aren't doing this!! They loose heat through their heads to self regulate their temp. If you sleep her with a hat she can overheat. It is a SIDS risk.
:iagree: Suffocation danger too!
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