What do you put under your baby's grobag at night?

[TrixieLox]

I always try to follow the guidelines at https://gro.co.uk/pages/what-to-wear. So as our room is about 18-20 degrees at the mo, she just wears a long-sleeved vest. But it just doesn't seem enough. LO's hands and arms seem quite cold lately (but body fine). I'm wondering whether to pop a PJ top on her too, especially with temps dipping this week. But paranoid about her being too hot as know that can be quite dangerous. And temps drop at night so am thinking surely they drop below 18 degrees and then what!? Cos you start the night at 20 so anything more than advised will make her too hot. But then she'll be too cold when temps drop during the night.

Arghhhhhhhhh!

What do you all do?

 

[iiTTCii]

We have the same problem because I put the heating on for bath time so she's not cold when she gets out but by the time she's ready for bed, its 21 degrees. It soon drops to 19-20 degrees though. Up until two nights ago, she just had a long sleeve vest on underneath but it's started really dropping in the night (well.. To 17/18 degrees) so I've put her a pj top on over a short sleeve vest.

 

[iiTTCii]

Also, I never go off her hands for temp.. I just check her chest x

 

[TrixieLox]

Thanks! I agree about not checking hands but her arms seem cold lately too.

 

[Pink Flowers]

I have been putting H in a long sleeved vest and sleep suit as the room has been dropping to 15 at night. But it didn't drop as much last night so I have put him in a short sleeved vest and a sleep suit.

 

[sue_88]

I put Millie in SS Vest, Babygrow and 3tog sleepsuit. I go off what she feels like not what the 'guide' says TBH.

She's a hot baby during the day but sleeps well when she's snuggly warm at night.

 

[wifey29]

DS has always been a cold baby, he sleeps in a long sleeved vest, a baby grow and a 2.5 tog grobag at 18/19 degrees. Sometimes he still wakes up cold and I have to put a pj top on as well.

 

[bitethebullet]

I put a sleepsuit but no vest on under my little girl's 2.5 tog sleeping bag. Her room is around 19 degrees.

 

[history_girls]

Long sleeved vest and babygrow in a room that's 18degrees. I turn her scratch mitt bits on her babygrow over to keep her hands warm.

 

[Girly922]

Our bedroom is always between 18-20° and DD wears a sleepsuit with integrated scratch mitts and a 2.5 tog sleep bag. I check her in the night/when she wakes for feeds and she's always warm enough.

I agree on the checking her chest for temperature, DD's hands seem to get cold overnight too.

 

[Lara310809]

at 18-20c our kids just wear pyjamas or a sleepsuit. That's a decent temperature in my mind so they wouldn't even require a grobag We don't have central heating, so in the winter, when it's 10c outside it's 10c inside, and at THAT point they will have a vest, a sleepsuit and a grobag, and possibly even a blanket over that (but only up to the ribs). We don't have much option in the winter

 

[Nicolalove353]

I usually put him in fleece pjs and a fleece sleep sack. I was worried about too much fleece would overheat him but when it got really cold I tried it and he is fine. His hands get really cold so I usually put socks over them. Is there anything you can do about there face getting cold? I feel bad that his cheeks are so cold when he wakes up. Also hats never stay on him when he sleeps

 

[pinkstarbinks]

The boys room is about 18 degrees usually on the egg thermometer we've got in there, we put max in a sleepsuit and gro bag with gloves on his hands, sometimes a short sleeved vest in addition. The grobag is 2 tog. He sleeps comfortably dressed that way x

 

[sue_88]

I usually put him in fleece pjs and a fleece sleep sack. I was worried about too much fleece would overheat him but when it got really cold I tried it and he is fine. His hands get really cold so I usually put socks over them. Is there anything you can do about there face getting cold? I feel bad that his cheeks are so cold when he wakes up. Also hats never stay on him when he sleeps

Babies do not need a hat of any kind when inside. The head is their mechanism of loosing heat where needed since they cannot control their temp, if they get too hot and the head is covered that heat will just stay in and overheat the baby.

I feel bad when her hands / face get a little chilly but that is better than causing her to overheat. If baby is truly cold (not a parents perception!) they will wake up and let you know.

 

[CaptainMummy]

Ella wears a SS vest, babygro and we wrap her in a doubled over cellular blanket... the temperature - bloody cold!

 

[Nicolalove353]

I usually put him in fleece pjs and a fleece sleep sack. I was worried about too much fleece would overheat him but when it got really cold I tried it and he is fine. His hands get really cold so I usually put socks over them. Is there anything you can do about there face getting cold? I feel bad that his cheeks are so cold when he wakes up. Also hats never stay on him when he sleeps

Babies do not need a hat of any kind when inside. The head is their mechanism of loosing heat where needed since they cannot control their temp, if they get too hot and the head is covered that heat will just stay in and overheat the baby.

I feel bad when her hands / face get a little chilly but that is better than causing her to overheat. If baby is truly cold (not a parents perception!) they will wake up and let you know.

I never thought about that! Thanks for mentioning it, I feel better now.

 

[sue_88]

I usually put him in fleece pjs and a fleece sleep sack. I was worried about too much fleece would overheat him but when it got really cold I tried it and he is fine. His hands get really cold so I usually put socks over them. Is there anything you can do about there face getting cold? I feel bad that his cheeks are so cold when he wakes up. Also hats never stay on him when he sleeps

Babies do not need a hat of any kind when inside. The head is their mechanism of loosing heat where needed since they cannot control their temp, if they get too hot and the head is covered that heat will just stay in and overheat the baby.

I feel bad when her hands / face get a little chilly but that is better than causing her to overheat. If baby is truly cold (not a parents perception!) they will wake up and let you know.

I never thought about that! Thanks for mentioning it, I feel better now.

You're welcome

 

[familygirl30]

My boys wears ss vest and babygrow

 

[Sarahdisco]

LO goes into a long sleeve vest and 2.5 tog bag. The room is between 18-20. I'm keeping an eye on it this week though and might change it to a short sleeve vest and PJ top, but she's been sleeping well so I'm not too concerned at the minute.