Winter Baby

[chickpea]

Hi

I am starting to get together my list of things I need and was wondering about winter bedding?

I live in Bris where the house is cool in Summer and freezing in Winter.

My Nan is making me a crotched blanket and I obviously the baby wil be wrapped, but, how many layers of blankets would you use?

eg. In Winter we have on our bed a top sheet, cotton waffle blanket, down quilt and a heavy crotched blanket.

Some people have mentioned baby sleeping bags, but would they be enough to keep baby warm?

Thanks in advance!

[codswallop]

id use a baby sleeping bag if you are worried
they a thermal so they keep the heat in you can get them in different thicknesses or TOGs
but id wrap then just add a extra cot blanket

[Lilahh]

DS was a winter bub (early June) and my best friend was a Grobag Egg room thermometer. It has a guide of what bub should be wearing based off how hot/cool the room is. We wrapped DS till he was about 10 weeks so he would wear a singlet, nappy, one piece long sleeved sleepy suit, mittens and a wrap. He slept like that in his cot with no sheets or blankets. If the room is around 20degs, babies dont need more then that. Once he outgrew wrapping we switched to sleeping bags, they have a rating on how warm they are and what else you need to dress bub in. HTH.

[Myztiks#1Fan]

when coop was a new born(middle of june) we used fleece blankets and also got a sleeping bag from best and less. he was perfectly warm in them. even today nearly 3yrs on, we still use the same fleece blankets as they are so so warm. we just got the material from the fabric shop and i got someone to sew around the edges

[TripleTime]

Trip's came home in the middle of winter, they went from a constant 27 degree nursery to our cold hole house.

They weren very good at keeping their temps up, we had a heater in their room as well as woolen unerlays on their beds, flanelett bottom sheet, wrapped with a fleece blanket over the top & wearing a bonds wondersuit with a fleece suit over that.
We could JUST keep them warm.

You dont need to go to that extream with a full termer.

[Amara]

My son was a June bub & we are in Vic so it gets pretty cool at night.

The first two weeks he was wrapped but he kicked a lot so always got unravelled so he went in to a sleeping bag at two weeks & he was always nice & warm. During summer I took him out of it & just would put a light blanket over him.

[Bellini]

I wrapped DS until he was 3 months old, he usually wore a singlet with a long or short sleeved jumpsuit, depending on the temperature, and then the thickness of the wrap was also dependant upon the temperature.

From three months onwards I used a sleeping bag. There is absolutely no way I will use blankets or sheets, as they always end up around or on DS's face. He is a very wriggly sleeper, and the bags give me peace of mind in that respect. As far as I know, sleeping bag TOGS are 0.5, 1.5 & 2.5, with the latter being the warmest. They have a guide on the packet which advises what to dress bub in depending on the temperature. I.e.: if it's cold, I dress DS in a singlet, bonds wondersuit & 2.5 sleeping bag.

And just so you know, all of the sleeping bag companies explicitly state to avoid using blankets in conjunction with a sleeping bag.

[chickpea]

Thanks for that info guys, looks like sleeping bags will be the way to go!

[Lipsmacker01]

Yep for winter look for the 2.5 tog rating in the bags, we like the grobag, which has recently changed its design and now includes press studs on one shoulder and at the top of the big side zip. They're a good sleep association tool also and were advised by our sleep school and great for babies as they like to 'kick'!! We found the grobag egg handy too, its not just a gimick. The bags state to not use anything on top of them they are all you need. I have 2 just in case one needs washing and have the ended up getting the 6-18 months sizes. My girl is 4 months and they are fine for her. They are a bit longer than what they used to be. If you want to use it for your second child maybe get unisex prints on them as they fetch for around $60 each

[TripleTime]

You possibly wont need a 2.5 tog sleep bag for a brisbane winter, I dont use them & we're in Newcastle.

We have the .5 for summer & 1.0 for winter (i think)

[Angiepop]

I bought a wool sheepskin (small one) that I am planning on putting underneath the fitted cot sheet.

[Boobycino]

I agree, sleeping bags are the way to go. Take the guess work out of it.

My biggest worry in winter was overheating bubba because I've over dress/wrap/cover him and then come in and he was sweaty so I'd have to strip him right back.

I never used a sleeping bag, because I didn't know about the temp thing until winter was practically over.

I might still introduce one for this winter, he'll only be 18 months old and considering he fought hard with wanting to still be swaddled to sleep up until a week ago, I imagine he'd like a sleeping bq