Feeling your baby's chest or ears is the easiest way to see if your baby is the right temperature. Red and sweaty is too hot and if they are cold to the touch then your baby is too cold! Babies who are too hot are likely to be grizzly and unsettled, they may be sweating and their skin may look a bit mottled.
If your baby has become dehydrated from being too hot, their fontanelle will have a 'dent' in it. Your baby has immature circulation, so try not to worry if her hands or feet are chilly. This is not an accurate indicator of the rest of the body's temperature.
Also use your own temperature as a guide. If you are cold and need to put on an extra layer, then your baby is likely to be cold too! We advise only using a heater to take the chill off your baby's room, as babies should not sleep in hot rooms.
The recommended room temperature for a baby is 16 to 20 degrees, with around 18 degrees being ideal. That may feel chilly to you, as we are often used to room temperatures of more like 22 degrees. If you feel your baby is still cold with the recommended room temperature, adjust their bedding and clothing.
You will need to judge this based on so many factors - room temperature, how warm or cool your baby feels, what sort of clothing you use Babies generally need one more layer than adults, but this layer may be a swaddle rather than another garment. Cot bumpers can be a risk factor for SIDS, as they are soft and usually padded with a synthetic, unbreathable fabric.
We do not recommend you use a cot bumper until your baby is one year old. It can drive parents crazy trying to decide what clothing to dress their child in when it's either really warm or really cold. In fact we get questions about this year round, as lots of babies are very sensitive to being at just the right temperature. And this is a topic that keeps lots of mums awake at night!
Suffocation from babies having their face covered by bedding is one of the main SIDS risk factors. So if you are using blankets and sheets rather than a baby sleeping bag, it's very important to make the cot up as safely as possible.
We love wool at The Sleep Store and we beleive using breathable, naturally temperature regulating clothing and bedding with your baby is best. Recent research also suggests that babies sleep better in wool.
Baby Bedding. God am i a bad mother???? We've not got a room thermometer i just go by how i feel in bed. I will be changing Harrison to a summer 1 soon as we'll be changing our quilt too. We have just removed her vest over the last couple of nights so she is now just in her babygro and her 2.
She was far too warm with her vest on. Must buy a summer grobag soon tho! Join now to personalise. February Birth Club How many layers, what does your baby sleep in, how much bedding. Once its warmer I will use a thinner blanket. More posts in "February Birth Club" group. The views expressed in community are solely the opinions of participants, and do not reflect those of What to Expect.
Learn more about our guidelines Just so you know, What to Expect may make commissions on shopping links on this page. This discussion is archived and locked for posting. Archived discussions are usually a bit older and not as active as other community content. Hi everyone, I have purchased my crib bedding and crib mattress, but what other layers are there? Is a mattress pad necessary? I've seen both cotton and wool mattress pads.
Any opinions on which is better? Thanks ladies! Newest First. I also recommend a plasic type barrier so big accidents will not leak all the way through. Between cotton or wool, it depends I need cotton, because wool has allergens in it that I am allergic to and possibly so is my LO. What you put on the mattress besides the crib sheets is personal preference, but to keep the mattress in an excellent condition I say the more protective layers help.
I also would use the waterproof flannel lap pads in the crib for a NB with all the spit up, you don't want to change the sheets everyone they do. Carters used to make waterproof crib pads and lap pads that were just thick tightly woven flannel, but I had my first ten years ago, so I am not sure if they still make those. We just use a mattress and sheet.
A friend once suggested to me making the crib and then repeating a layer for those late at night changes so all you had to do was pull off the 3 layers and presto the bed was already - I personally never did this but she swore by it - she is also a germaphob sp so it is shocking she did this but you never know what works for u unless yout try it. I do recommend not using the bumper that comes wiith most sets - they recommend not doing this due to SIDS -- I have seen they make bumper bads for each individual slat so you can protect from the hard wood.
Hope this helps!!! Our mattress is also plasticky and waterproof so I just use a sheet. I also put a thin blanket under baby so I'm not constantly changing the sheets. My son had a LOT of up the back poos and stuff so it helped. Not sure of fabric but it's the babies r us no frills brand and is just fantastic! Thanks everyone for responding, and please keep posting your ideas if you have found something different that worked for you
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