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Latest post on 15 April 2012 - 11:25

Does anyone else have experience with their baby being wet from sweat in the night when you feed him? My LO is just over 1 week old, we have a good quality cot and mattress from Mamas & Papas but when I pick him up at night to feed him he is damp, sometimes soaked on the side he's sleeping on. It's not his diaper as his diaper has been dry.

Our Air Con isn't very good in our place so we tend to turn it off and on but mostly leaving it off at night. I put him down in a long sleeved onesie that has his legs exposed and just a pair of socks and then a light blanket. I've got pottery barn kids sheet on the mattress.

I'm at a loss as to what to do. I don't want to keep changing his clothes at night as it disturbs my little guy and I don't want to leave him in wet/damp clothes as I'm worried he'll get a rash. Help!

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Latest post on 17 April 2012 - 13:52

Sleeping like a baby, great news! :) As far as the moving to his own room, I started by doing all naps in his own room and then at around 4 months I moved with him to his room as we were still night feeding so it was easier. Never had any problems with the transitioning between rooms. I think its recommended you sleep in the same room as your baby for at least 6 months and it def makes it much easier with breastfeeding and also your own piece of mind when you can hear them snuffling away next to you or reach a hand over to feel they are not too hot or too cold. Congratulations on your newborn, I'm sure you are doing a great job!

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Latest post on 17 April 2012 - 12:49

Thanks so much everyone for your helpful input. Kiwispiers, I was hoping you'd chime in as I value your advice and as usual it was great! Yes, baby is sleeping in his cot in our room for now. We'll move the cot to his own room after 4 months or so. The problem with our AC is that I find it too cold to have on all the time even turned up to the warmest setting. I've now realized that it's necessary to have on for bubs. Without the AC on our room was 24 degrees and with it on all the time we've got it at 22 degrees which is tolerable for me, although a bit cool but baby seems MUCH happier. I was also clearly over-dressing him as I was following the old advice that Kiwispiers mentioned which is baby should have on one more layer than me. I figured if I had on pj's and was sleeping under a doona then baby would need a onesie, a sleeper and a blanket. I've now just put him down in a footed-sleeper with no blanket and the AC on. Last night he literally slept like a baby! He slept for 4 hours and then had one feed and slept again for another 3 hours! Yay!!! The few nights previous when he was hot and sweaty he was waking up and then feeding every hour or two. He seems so much more comfortable now. Thank you, thank you everyone.

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Latest post on 16 April 2012 - 09:45

When I'm talking about temperatures I'm talking about the actual temperature of the room, the number on the AC is irrelevant if it is not the true temp. When I set my AC to 22 the room actually is 22 (my monitor measures it) and it doesn't fluctuate more than one degree. There is no perfect temperature but if your baby is soaked in sweat then clearly the room is far too hot. People seem to have this idea that babies need to be kept ten times warmer than adults, I see these poor little pink sweaty babies wrapped in fleece and bundled in padded quilts while the parents are wearing t-shirts. I think the guideline is that a baby's room should be a comfortable temp for a lightly clothed adult and baby should be lightly clothed themselves but we all feel heat differently so you do have to check how hot your baby is getting, again cold hands are considered ok. A well ventilated room has been shown to reduce the risk of SIDs though so in that respect AC or a fan is better than still air. <em>edited by kiwispiers on 16/04/2012</em>

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Latest post on 15 April 2012 - 22:29

if you keep your AC off, dress your LO into light cotton no-sleeves vest with no socks and just keep light cotton sheet over him. I always do that. I agree... This is what I would do too. Air con is no good for a 1 week old baby. Even now with my 9 month old twins I have the air con going in the hallway which goes into their room without going directly on them. And I think 21 is way too cold for a baby too. Mine is set at 25 and that is still too cool for them. You need to try and get a good temperature with out going from too hot to too cold otherwise that's when they get sick. Sorry mine is set to 24

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Latest post on 15 April 2012 - 22:25

if you keep your AC off, dress your LO into light cotton no-sleeves vest with no socks and just keep light cotton sheet over him. I always do that. I agree... This is what I would do too. Air con is no good for a 1 week old baby. Even now with my 9 month old twins I have the air con going in the hallway which goes into their room without going directly on them. And I think 21 is way too cold for a baby too. Mine is set at 25 and that is still too cool for them. You need to try and get a good temperature with out going from too hot to too cold otherwise that's when they get sick.

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Latest post on 15 April 2012 - 19:04

21 degrees really isn't freezing :-) we have DD's room at 22 (low fan so it isn't 'Windy'). She sleeps in a sleep suit, no blankets or anything else in the cot. As kiwi said, cold is safer than hot, and now is definitely the time to get that ac issue sorted.

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Latest post on 15 April 2012 - 18:49

if you keep your AC off, dress your LO into light cotton no-sleeves vest with no socks and just keep light cotton sheet over him. I always do that.

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Latest post on 15 April 2012 - 16:55

Do you guys really put your ac on at 21 degrees, as that is just freezing. I have a temperature gauge in his room even though I set the ac on at 26 degrees it gets down to 22 degrees....

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Latest post on 15 April 2012 - 16:41

24-26 is actually pretty hot for a baby's room, around 20-22 would be better (the guidelines are actually more like 16-22 I think but I think you have to consider the wind-chill of the AC in which case a room temp of 16 would probably be too cold unless baby is dressed and swaddled. Are you sleeping in the same room, what are you sleeping in yourself? From a SIDs perspective its much safer for your baby to be too cold than too hot and its fine for them to have cold hands or feet to touch, they should feel warm if you touch the back of their neck. If you don't want to turn the AC on then ditch the socks (they need to be able to lose heat through their hands, head and feet) lose the blanket and turn on a fan, get the AC fixed though, its only going to get hotter and I can't imagine sleeping without the AC even now. My guy was born in August and we swaddled him with just a nappy underneath and the AC at 21. He never wore socks.

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Latest post on 15 April 2012 - 14:42

Yes all my kids sweat at night ...I had my second baby in June and third last September his 6 months ....I'm not putting air con on at the mo at night will not put it on till about June. I wouldn't put any clothes on your LO I think it's way to hot to have something on and a blanket...my little one was sleeping in a light sleep suit in December with no blanket as its warm at night. Now his just in his nappy with no clothes on... and just clammy n hot a little bit ....how do u feel at night? If I'm hot and don't want a blanket I think nor would my baby. With my second shes was born in June I did the same put no clothes on her..till the humidity got really high then a light all in one sleep suit and air con on...

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Latest post on 15 April 2012 - 13:45

try and regulate temperature on 22 for you and hubby and 24-26 for baby...see whether that works....or...ask google at what temp such a young baby should be comfy at...in light clothes I would say!

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Latest post on 15 April 2012 - 13:37

Do you think maybe just a sleeper with feet on it and NO blanket? With the AC it's either too cold or without it gets too hot. We've got a fan so I can try that too. I'm just a worried momma bear and I know that babies can't regulate their temperature but I'm not sure how to go about helping him without making him too cold or too warm.

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Latest post on 15 April 2012 - 11:35

Please try and sort this problem out, babies cannot regulate tHeir own temperatures,. reduce the clothing, put an fan in the room, try and get some air circulating.

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