Fall/Winter Sleeping

[lilrubberduckie]

how is everyone dressing baby for overnight sleeping?

We keep our bedroom the coolest out of all the rooms at night. Last winter we obviously had warm sleeper and a sleep sack on her. now that she is older do we buy a big sleep sack for this winter or will she be okay with just a warm sleeper?

My gut says if i have covers on, she should too but not sure what is the norm. also is it too early for a blanket instead of a wearable sack? she moves ALL OVER the crib in her sleep so i assume not. can you tell i am conflicted and have no clue. haha 

[swivelchair5]

Sept 11, 2016 19:53:51 GMT -5 lilrubberduckie said:

how is everyone dressing baby for overnight sleeping?

We keep our bedroom the coolest out of all the rooms at night. Last winter we obviously had warm sleeper and a sleep sack on her. now that she is older do we buy a big sleep sack for this winter or will she be okay with just a warm sleeper?

My gut says if i have covers on, she should too but not sure what is the norm. also is it too early for a blanket instead of a wearable sack? she moves ALL OVER the crib in her sleep so i assume not. can you tell i am conflicted and have no clue. haha 

DD has been sleeping with a blanket for several months. We tuck it under her arms. It usually moves with her as she scoots around the crib.

[trtlcrzy]

S is in the rnp still and sleeps with a footie sleeper and a blanket. When we move her to the pnp she will then get a sleep sack. As you said they move all over the place so sleep sacks are your best bet. When it gets a little colder I will be putting fleece footie jams on her and the sleep sack.

[chocolate]

DD is in a light cotton footed sleeper and a fleece halo sleep sack. She's been in that all summer, when she gets up in the morning her body does not feel overly warm and she seems to sleep fine that way. In a couple months, or depending on her development, I will switch her over to the halo early walker sleep sack (feet holes so they can move around) and continue with the footed sleeper. I will continue to have either the pj or the halo fleece, one or the other. I sleep under a down comforter and can't imagine just lying there all night with not much on. But neither me nor my children are prone to running hot. My nephew on the other hand is sweaty all the time it seems. Just varies on the person I guess.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

DD2 sleeps in a light cotton footed sleeper and light cotton sleepsack. She's never felt hot in the morning. On cold nights this fall/winter, we'll do a fleece or terry footed sleeper with a cotton or fleece sleepsack.

[britterrss]

Right now we are doing a cotton footed sleeper with a muslin blanket. He sleeps well but if I get hot I assume he's hot and pull the blanket off. He runs hot. For winter we'll do the pjs with a sleep sack. Not sure about when it gets really cold but I would imaging we'd do something fleece. I have no idea what to expect with the cold in Colorado as I've always lived in TX.

[tkford216]

Once it gets legit cold where we have to turn heat on, we will put him in footie pajamas and then add a blanket when necessary. We tried him in a warmer long sleeve footless sleeper tonight since it's been cooler in the mornings, but within 5 minutes of dressing him and putting him to bed he was screaming, and when I went to check he was sweating like a pig. So we are back to pants and a t-shirt for now. Kid is just a little furnace.

[auchick913]

We're just coming out of winter here. It's usually mild but can get down into the 30's. On those nights, I'd usually do a footed fleece sleeper, with a short sleeve onesie underneath. On warmer nights I'd just do a cotton footed sleeper. I did buy some wool PJ's to go over my cloth diapers so I now use those as PJ bottoms with a tshirt now that he's outgrown the sleepers.

[morwen]

Just started putting DS is sleepers again- when it was hot I kept him in onesies overnight with a cotton sleep sack. Ordering the warmer wearable blanket sleep sack because he seems to be getting cold at night (our temps just started dipping the last couple days)

[piperhalliwell]

I think L prefers to be warm when sleeping so she has always been in footie pjs and the swaddle or sleep sack. Every time I try to put her in just a onsie and sleep sack she wakes way more times than usual, so I attribute it to her being too cold. I probably won't change much for winter unless she acts cold, in which case I'll just get warmer pjs.

[swim]

In the winter we do fleece footed pjs. We also have the heat on.

Right now he just sleeps in light cotton sleepers.

[krl52014]

Right now I do sleepers. If it's too hot in her room, I turn the fan on. I will not be doing blankets until she is 1. I did the same with DD1.

[lilrubberduckie]

Thanks so much! Got her sleep sack back out and just about cried at how big she is in it now. It will fit her for maybe a few more weeks.

Kinda on this same topic of winter dressing. I got G a snow suit around Easter when they went on sale. (Oshkosh pants and jacket) but it doesn't have feet in it. Is it practical to get her winter boots for this year? We live in northern Ontario so it can get pretty cold. I was looking at these well.ca/products/stonz-toddler-black-booties_115070.html do you guys know the brand from your older kids? Good brand?

[chocolate]

Sept 13, 2016 20:42:23 GMT -5 lilrubberduckie said:

Thanks so much! Got her sleep sack back out and just about cried at how big she is in it now. It will fit her for maybe a few more weeks.

Kinda on this same topic of winter dressing. I got G a snow suit around Easter when they went on sale. (Oshkosh pants and jacket) but it doesn't have feet in it. Is it practical to get her winter boots for this year? We live in northern Ontario so it can get pretty cold. I was looking at these well.ca/products/stonz-toddler-black-booties_115070.html do you guys know the brand from your older kids? Good brand?

I know of the brand and have seen those before, but don't have experience with them. I think you may need to buy the insulated fleecy lining separately. But I believe it's a good brand, DS has a pair of mittens we had gotten on super sale.

Since you don't have a suit with flaps over the feet, you'll definitely want something more than socks. I'd say our babies most likely won't be walking outside this winter, or at least not until winter is nearing an end and wouldn't be ungodly cold. DS was a December baby and was walking by his birthday, and we got away with just a pair of tennis shoes and got boots for his 2nd year winter. You could even just get some fleece booties. I guess it depends on if you guys do a lot of outdoor things during the winter.

Eta I live almost in Canada and we get -30 to -40 degree F temps so harshly cold.

[trtlcrzy]

I would personally do something more like these: www.cartersoshkosh.ca/en_CA/carters-baby-boy-shoes/V_GB10285_CA.html?dwvar_V__GB10285__CA_color=Color&cgid=carters-baby-boy-shoes&dwvar_V__GB10285__CA_size=0-3M#navID=header&start=82&cgid=carters-baby-boy-shoes

As chocolate said he probably won't be walking this winter, even if he is you'll probably be carrying him outside anyways. Also keep in mind (I don't know what kind of snow suit you got) that you can't have any puffy coats in the car seat.

[trtlcrzy]

I decided today was the day to switch S out of the rnp and into the pnp so I dug out the wearable blankets. I totally forgot I had these but they are great for winter sleeping also.

[tkford216]

I plan to get winter boots for this year. Even if we don't use them much, I'd rather have them to be safe.

I have to look into some sleep sacks for when it gets cold.

[morwen]

I'm debating a snow suit for this winter - are the ones that come with the little booties enough if they actually walk at all or are they just to keep his feet warm. Not sure if I should be looking at separate shoes/boots with a snow suit without feet or just do the one-piece.

I know for the car nothing puffy but if we go out in the backyard to see/play in snow I want him to be warm enough

[chocolate]

Sept 21, 2016 11:14:12 GMT -5 trtlcrzy said:

I decided today was the day to switch S out of the rnp and into the pnp so I dug out the wearable blankets. I totally forgot I had these but they are great for winter sleeping also.

This is what I use for DD for naps. A lot of times she's in pants and a short sleeve onesie at home so I'll just take off her pants and put her in this with just her onesie on. I have 2 and they were DS's that I pulled out of the basement. I still use the halo at night. I'm getting close to buying the halo early walker sack for her so she can move better. She's really close to crawling now.

[trtlcrzy]

Sept 21, 2016 12:51:50 GMT -5 morwen said:

I'm debating a snow suit for this winter - are the ones that come with the little booties enough if they actually walk at all or are they just to keep his feet warm. Not sure if I should be looking at separate shoes/boots with a snow suit without feet or just do the one-piece.

I know for the car nothing puffy but if we go out in the backyard to see/play in snow I want him to be warm enough

Honestly I never saw the need for a snowsuit the winter when DD1 turned 1. We were outside long enough to get from point A to point b. I did let her go outside for like 10 minutes to see the snow but she just has a coat and boots on, no snowsuit. My DD1 was older, turned 1 in Nov, so she was walking pretty much all winter, but we carried her outside 90% of the time.

[chocolate]

DS was a late December baby and for his 1 year winter we had a thin fleece bunting that was safe for strapping him in the car seat, and used that for to/from daycare and that sort of thing. We also had a coat, hat, and mittens if I didn't want to use the bunting.

I did end up with snow pants closer to the end of winter for him because I found a pair super cheap on clearance. We used them maybe once? And it was to take a walk pulling him in his little sled. He wore tennis shoes and I also had a blanket over his lap/legs/feet. We could've gotten away with no snow pants. And definitely did fine without boots.

The only days we took him out were the super warm days, and he was carried or if he walked it was briefly where there wasn't any snow or ice.

Also, a new 12-13 month old walker generally can't walk well enough to do it in boots.

[trtlcrzy]

Because she's cute, here's DD 1 the first winter she wasn't a tiny infant. This is the day before her first birthday. She's wearing fleece jams, boots, coat, hat and mittens. She wasn't really walking independently yet which is why DH is holding her hands. I'm pretty sure we were outside long enough to take pics and then came back inside.

[britterrss]

This thread is starting to make me nervous as a Texas girl that has recently moved the the mountains. I have no idea what to expect. Someone tell me what baby gear I need. All I have is sweaters and thin pants for him, cotton footed PJs, and one fleece PJs. ETA and a few thin and knit hats.

[chocolate]

Sept 21, 2016 21:05:33 GMT -5 britterrss said:

This thread is starting to make me nervous as a Texas girl that has recently moved the the mountains. I have no idea what to expect. Someone tell me what baby gear I need. All I have is sweaters and thin pants for him, cotton footed PJs, and one fleece PJs. ETA and a few thin and knit hats.

Your clothing sounds fine. You'll probably want a winter coat, winter hat, and mittens. A fleece bunting is nice to have as it covers the whole body (feet included) and is ok to use strapped in the car seat. But there's always blankets to cover up with too.

Depending on what you'll choose to do outside in the winter, you could do a boot of some sort, whether it's something with a sole or just a fleece bootie to keep his feet warm, or even just shoes and socks.

[trtlcrzy]

Sept 21, 2016 21:05:33 GMT -5 britterrss said:

This thread is starting to make me nervous as a Texas girl that has recently moved the the mountains. I have no idea what to expect. Someone tell me what baby gear I need. All I have is sweaters and thin pants for him, cotton footed PJs, and one fleece PJs. ETA and a few thin and knit hats.

If you're like me then you will stay inside when it's cold unless you have to go out. Long sleeve onesies/shirts and pants are great. Get a fleece bunting: old navy, Columbia, north face are some companies that make them. Hat and mittens. Footie pjs, I prefer fleece when it's cold. I also like to have a little zip up hoodie, I have one that's really warm from gap. He doesn't really need shoes but if you want you can get him some warm fleece booties. Bonus points for a winter coat but you may not need one if you get the bunting.

[chocolate]

Mittens that open up are much easier than something with just the standard opening. Something with a big slit along the top of the hand that opens up and velcros shut.

[eyelashedviper]

lilrubberduckie I didn't have any personal experience with them but figured they might be the way to go so I asked a family friend of ours who is a daycare provider (she takes the kids outside everyday unless the weather is extremely cold and knows her gear!) about them. She had good things to say. She always put kids into them with their usual socks and robeez that they wear at daycare with a warm pair of socks overtop before putting the booties on. She said she never had problems with cold feet. They can walk in them and they will only get wet if they are submersed for a bit. I went ahead and bought pairs for my two.

DD1 was younger her first winter so I never bothered with outdoor boots just put her in a hat, baby fleece and lined robeez with a car seat cover. We didn't really do outdoors but this year I will have to being home with the three kids. Once she outgrew the car seat cover my mom made her a car seat poncho. This year the kids will have car seat ponchos with a fleece base layer and hat, mitts, neckwarmers, boots as required. For those in Canada Mountain Equipment Co-op makes a good fleece bunting suit that is crazy popular around here. They also have great snowsuits.

[dreadpiratebuttercup]

We lived in Denver until just after DD1's first birthday (March baby). We had long sleeved onesies, pants, a few sweaters, a winter coat/hat/mittens, booties, fleece sleepers, and fleece sleep sacks. We had a bunting as well, but she had pretty much grown out of it by the first snow.

I didn't feel like we needed more, but that winter was a bit on the mild side.

[alpies]

Does anyone have a link to a fleece bunting you like? I'm not sure I know what you're talking about.

[chocolate]

Sept 24, 2016 19:03:07 GMT -5 alpies said:

Does anyone have a link to a fleece bunting you like? I'm not sure I know what you're talking about.

DS had a Columbia brand, this one I believe:
www.columbia.com/tiny-bear-ii-bunting-—-infant-SN0214.html?cgid=kids-baby&dwvar_SN0214_variationColor=032#start=0

I got DD a North Face (quite same to the linked above) for under $25 (because past season color) on backcountry.com. Check out the infant stuff on there, it's my go-to site for awesome deals as they have some old season colors but also have current. They'll have Colmubia and other brands on there as well.