Baby room in winter

[LovesMeSomeCake]

So, newborns can't sleep with blankets, so how do/did you keep baby's room warm enough? We usually keep the thermostat set pretty low in winter and use the fireplace.  are there safe space heaters? please advise.

[lakegirl]

Warm pajamas and a Velcro swaddled or fleece sleep sack depending on how old he was. We do have a space heater that I would use to warm up his room before bed, especially on bath nights. Luckily even though I keep the thermostat low, the nursery stays pretty warm. I only left the space heater on for a handful of bitter nights but it has an automatic shut off so you can set the temp that you want so it's not constantly running.

[heybulldog56]

+1 to the fleece pjs and/or sleep sack/ swaddle. We kept the house pretty warm as well. Also, DS slept in our room for the first 4 months so we were always pretty aware of the temp, which I found comforting. To be hoenst, I remember being more worried about him overheating than being too cold. Once we moved him to his room, I was constantly creeping in there to make sure he wasn't hot and sweaty.

[ellabee]

+1 to warm pjs and a fleece sleep sack.

I'm a wuss about being cold, so am probably more liberal than I should be with the thermostat...

[silvermelody]

Baby will room-in with us and we'll do long sleeve pjs with either footies or socks, and then some type of swaddle.

DS still uses a sleep sack though he's about to outgrow the biggest size. He's so wiggly I'm not sure how transitioning to a blanket is going to go.

[MissDemeanor]

I'm hearing reports from friends just having babies that hospitals are now recommending no swaddles for babies.

I have a Feb baby and I remember keeping the heat up in our house, although it doesn't usually get to cold here (Vancouver). We also used a space heater, but we slept in the same room as him (still do at 2 1/2 *sigh*)

[siouxsieq]

Temperature is a never-ending saga for us in our old-old house. Ceiling fans are one of the things recommended to reduce the risk of SIDS, but they are also a pain if you have a cold baby's room. So we always had the fan going but also got one of those space heaters that shuts of when it gets to designated temps. It also shuts off if it isn't exactly upright, and it never, ever gets hot to the touch.

[osumegs]

We never swaddled with DD (she hated them and could break free even as a newborn). She was a February baby and slept in our room, so we knew roughly what her room temp was. Our house is set really warm in the winter, and we were fine with fleece fitted jammies.

[summergirl1211]

We will probably just do warmer pajamas and keep the heat up a little at first to see how well he/she stays warm. Our rooms are on the second floor and it stays warmer up there anyway, so I'm not overly concerned. When our DD was little and her room would get really cold we would just use a space heater to warm up her room for awhile, but never left it on after putting her to bed. I just wouldn't feel comfortable.

[geekmama]

DS's room gets really cold 8n the winter because the people who built this house put too small of ducts to the bedrooms. We used one of the auto shut off with built-in thermostat space heaters , footie pj's and a swaddle.

[sandj918]

As a newborn mine sleep in a footie pj (terry cloth or fleece in the winter, cotton in the summer) and swaddled. Around 3-4 months just a footie pj is enough with a sleep sack if needed. But, I'm on the Gulf Coast and it gets mighty hot down here so you might needed a thicker material if you have cold Winters.

[rinny]

A lot of what everyone else said. Fleece jammies. Warm swaddle, or warm sleep sack.

[judyblume14]

Fleece footies. Sleep sack if necessary.

+1 to being more worried about over-heating than being too cold.

[meeggaannw]

We live in Florida so I'm no help. But on our few cold nights I'll do fleece pjs and a good swaddle. I am for sure on team swaddle!