Dressing baby at night

[Bluedaisy]

Thanks for starting this! I'm very curious as we don't swaddle either, here it's been warm enough that in his bassinet I've just put footie sleepers on him but when he moves to the crib he will need something warmer I think.

I'm planning on trying a sleeper and then a sleep sack over it.

[erbear]

She's in a sleep n play from Carter's and a swaddle since she's still in the RnP. It's also still 90 degrees here!

When we switch to the pnp she'll still wear the same sleepers, but we'll use a sleep sack swaddle.

[bendherova]

Sept 8, 2015 3:23:58 GMT -5 erbear said:

She's in a sleep n play from Carter's and a swaddle since she's still in the RnP. It's also still 90 degrees here!

When we switch to the pnp she'll still wear the same sleepers, but we'll use a sleep sack swaddle.

ditto Erbear on the clothing and outside temps. Out t-stat is set at 72 right now, and DS2 is in a footed sleeper. I noticed his hands were a little cool when we got up at 4, so I'm going to look for our cotton Halo Sleepsacks leftover from DS1 sometime today. DS1 used one until he was over 2!! We had fleece sleepers and fleece sleepsacks in winter for DS1, but his room was the coldest in our old house in winter by 5deg no matter what our t-stat was set to.

[billyhorrible]

Sept 8, 2015 3:03:19 GMT -5 Joolschweets said:

I'm in the UK and it's well & truly Autumn here, starting to drop cold at night. We're still using a footie sleeper but he's in a 2.5 tog sleep sack, the armless ones still though. He always seems pretty toasty. Our sleep sack brand, Grobag, include a room thermometer with their bags with a chart showing layers needed. Most helpful thing ever!

I love Grobags and will be switching over soon since we're officially done swaddling. Currently BH sleeps in a t-shirt and Halo swaddle sack, but when the weather finally cools down he'll be in a footed sleeper and sleep sack.

[stinybean]

Sept 8, 2015 3:03:19 GMT -5 Joolschweets said:

I'm in the UK and it's well & truly Autumn here, starting to drop cold at night. We're still using a footie sleeper but he's in a 2.5 tog sleep sack, the armless ones still though. He always seems pretty toasty. Our sleep sack brand, Grobag, include a room thermometer with their bags with a chart showing layers needed. Most helpful thing ever!

Could you possibly post a picture of chart?

[Widget123]

It's not cold here yet so LO has been sleeping in a onesie, sometimes pants, and tucked into the Rock n play with an A&A swaddle blanket. Eventually we'll switch over to fleece sleepers, probably closer to November, with an added onesie layer underneath if necessary. I've never really been into using sleep sacks. I insist we keep our house fairly warm in the winter anyway.

[Deleted]

Our house is between 72-78 at night since its still pretty hot here. So we have been doing a cotton long sleep onesie and a halo swaddle sleep sack but swaddled w arms out.

Once it gets colder we will switch to adding pants w the long sleeve onesie or adjust doing footie pajamas w the sleep sack

[dmoney]

We swaddle but cant anymore (she rolled over in her sleep last night) But up until now we have been putting her in footy pjs and then a cotton sleep sack. Our house is kept pretty chilly during the summer around 64 (my husband likes it cold) and she has never had a problem. Since we cant swaddle her we have a fleece sleep sack that we got as a handme down (its a Juicy Couture one) that we will probably put her in a lighter pjs set so that she doesnt get to hot with two things of fleece.

[baytosa2013]

DD is only in long sleeved footie pajamas. Our house is set at 76 at night and it's still been I the 90's outside at 8pm so she seems fine. Once it cools down we will probably keep the heat at the same temp so she can stay in the same jammies.

I have a question about the sleep sacks though. Do those help keep baby from rolling over? Ever since she first rolled over on Thursday she is doing it NONSTOP and does it at night now and wakes herself up

[dmoney]

Sept 8, 2015 8:22:27 GMT -5 baytosa2013 said:

DD is only in long sleeved footie pajamas. Our house is set at 76 at night and it's still been I the 90's outside at 8pm so she seems fine. Once it cools down we will probably keep the heat at the same temp so she can stay in the same jammies.

I have a question about the sleep sacks though. Do those help keep baby from rolling over? Ever since she first rolled over on Thursday she is doing it NONSTOP and does it at night now and wakes herself up

It doesnt keep them from rolling... It is supposed to act as a wearable blanket for when it gets colder out since we cant have them under an actual blanket. 

[mrsdee1982]

We keep our house around 73 at night. Charlotte is in light cotton footy jammies and a swaddle.

[tiffbot]

Add me to the footed pjs with a sleeveless halo sleep sack club. The temp made a mega drop this weekend and while it's slightly improving the next couple weeks it's certainly turning fall here! We even had to turn the heat on this weekend, sigh!

[tatersalad]

This thread just made me order a Grobag. Damn you, Amazon Prime. You make internet inspired shopping too easy.

[jessila]

Footed pjs/gown with socks or onesie under a Swaddle Up swaddle.

Somewhat related question - when does the startle reflex stop? LO isn't rolling yet but still startles himself awake without the swaddle. Just curious.

[silv3rlining]

Right now cotton footed PJs and swaddle me or sleep sac. Once it starts getting cooler it'll be fleece footed PJs and swaddle or sleep sac. If it gets really cold we'll add a long sleeve onsie under PJs like we did for DS.

[Flick]

Either footed pajamas or a onsie with a sleep sack over top.

[billyhorrible]

Sept 8, 2015 11:48:54 GMT -5 jessila said:

Footed pjs/gown with socks or onesie under a Swaddle Up swaddle.

Somewhat related question - when does the startle reflex stop? LO isn't rolling yet but still startles himself awake without the swaddle. Just curious.

I think it's supposed to be gone by 4 months, but I know LBB still had a really strong moro until 6 months.

[Deleted]

Sept 8, 2015 11:48:54 GMT -5 jessila said:

Footed pjs/gown with socks or onesie under a Swaddle Up swaddle.

Somewhat related question - when does the startle reflex stop? LO isn't rolling yet but still startles himself awake without the swaddle. Just curious.

I've been reading most are gone by 4 months.
Mine just lost hers at 3 months 1 week so that's when we stopped swaddling

[ravinraven216]

We usually go with a long sleeved cotton or terry footie pajama at night. Tonight my little jerk face baby decided to go to sleep before I changed him for bed, so I swaddled his legs and torso to keep them warm. Even with AC and a ceiling fan, LO's room is around 78 degrees, so he doesn't need much.

When it gets colder, we'll switch to fleece pajamas or sleep sack.