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How to dress baby???

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 22 June 2011 - 22:42

I'm a little confused ladies....

My DD is now 6 weeks old and every night I have the same questions going through my mind:

Is the AC on too high/low and what should I dress her in to make sure she is not too hot/cold?

At the moment she sleeps in a babygrow(long sleeved) with no vest. I stopped the vest as she was sweating quiet a bit. She also has a blanket wrapped lightly around her. The AC is set at 24, but even at 24 at times I feel sightly chilly. Her cot is not directly in the flow of the AC. I can not swaddle her as she broke her clavicle bone at birth and was told not to swaddle as it may interfere with how the bone heals. And now she hates having her arms and legs wrapped up tightly!

So how do/did you dress your LO's during the summer months when we can not do without AC?

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 24 June 2011 - 09:58
our AC is on 24* and baby in a long sleeved bodysuit and 1 tog sleeping bag and I'm under a 10 tog duvet!
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EW EXPLORER
Latest post on 24 June 2011 - 09:40
um... i set the temp at 22c... its to hot otherwise.. altho DH freezes.. but both the kids, DS 2 and DD 4months tend to throw of thier duvets.. in fact i find DD sweating at times.. she sleeps in her cotton onesie.. DS in shorts and Tee
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 June 2011 - 23:53
Thank you so much ladies, so im not too far off then. I have a 1tog sleeping bag so will give that a go. twin_butterfly i know what you mean, DS was on his tummy at 8 weeks and was just fine. DD i found sleeps better on her side, i use wedges to stop her rolling forward as she is not that strong yet. Thank you all once again
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 23 June 2011 - 23:42
I have seen some really big ones, how old is DD?
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 June 2011 - 21:53
I also suggest a sleeping bag. They often come in different thicknesses for different climates 1 being the lightest and 3 being nothern hemisphere winter grade warmth. We used the light ones here and then just a one piece suit (short or long sleaved, depending on the AC), no pants , no socks, escept in winter. I only came accross them when DD was a bit older, about 5 months. But I would be carefull when selecting one for a very young baby, to check if the bag is not too big - especially at the neck and arms. If the sleeping bag is too big there is the risk that the bag slips over the baby's head. I wish they made them big enough for DD now, sigh , would save me many trips to her bed at night to put her blanket back.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 23 June 2011 - 14:07
We set the AC at 25C (not sure if the temperature on our AC panel is accurate though), and DS sleeps just in a thin cotton vest, similar to what we wear to sleep. Sometimes he is swaddled with a very thin blanket but he usually kicks it off in a few hours. He's been sleeping like this since he was 4 weeks (now he is 7 weeks) - he seems happy. We used to dress him a bit warmer but he started getting heat rash and I used to find his back damp with sweat at nights. I do get up to check regularly and we co-sleep so if we feel hot or cold, we assume DS feels the same. So cool is better than warm for us.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 23 June 2011 - 12:30
I've never used a vest on DS btw, just a thin cotton onesie and the swaddle or bag or with long pants and a cellular blanket. Def don'tthink you need a vest too.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 23 June 2011 - 12:28
I think when you are using AC though there is more movement in the air and thus a "windchill factor" even if the AC is pointed away, so 24 degrees feels colder . I am sleeping in the same room with a duvet, so would def use a sleeping bag on baby or put long pants on, but everyone varies in their ability to feel cold at various temperature (including babies) and we acclimatize to warmer temps here. I am freezing and wake up with a runny nose with the AC set at anything lower than 20.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 23 June 2011 - 10:29
Hands and feet being cold aren't a problem... even when they room's really cold - like 16-18 degrees. At 24 degrees, I dress my children in short sleeves and short legs and no sleeping bag, even from an early age (although they do have a blanket they can (and do) kick off. It's TWENTY FOUR DEGREES! That's UK summer! I can't say I've ever dressed then in a vest and then a long-sleeved onesie. One winter when it was really cold (14 degrees in DD's room) she was in a long-sleeved onesie, 2.5tog sleeping bag and an extra cellular blanket over the top... and she was snug. It's far, far better for a baby to be slightly too cold than too hot.
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 23 June 2011 - 09:18
if you're not swaddling you could use a baby sleeping bag combined with a long sleeved onesie. it is okfor their hands to feel cold but the back of their neck should feel warm. I always have the AC on 24 with the vent directed away. Do yo have a room thermmeter so you can check the ac is correct?
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EW GURU
Latest post on 23 June 2011 - 08:55
From what I have experienced with our 8-week old baby is that he sleeps best when the AC is off and the room temperature is at 26C although this makes my DH suffer as he likes the cooler temperatures, so occasionally we have the AC on at 24C to meet half way. When we do have the AC on I always make sure DS wears long-sleeved onesies. I stopped wrapping him up as he did not seem to like it anymore, at about 6 weeks old and now he is very happy to just have the blanket over him and tucked under his arms when he sleeps on his back. However, he seems to sleep longer when he put him on his tummy - although I know some people are nervous about this, but he has his head turned to one side 99% of the times and when not, he seems to realise very quickly when he is not breathing and turns his head accordingly. Hope this helps!
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 22 June 2011 - 22:51
What you are doing sounds fine to me, Better to be slightly cooler than too warm. Is 20 degrees inside where i am (not air con tho) and I have my 3 month old in similar to what you have described.
 
 

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