Reply to 60 or 78 degrees for baby’s room temperature?

Forum Index » Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Reply to "60 or 78 degrees for baby’s room temperature?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a younger child and a similar issue (lol at everyone who thinks the massive corporation I rent from will even slightly care).  I go with the cold option and double swaddle like they do in the hospital.  I’m planning to ask my ped for advice about switching to the sleep sack in a few weeks but my guess is that I will layer: cotton pjs, fleece pjs, fleece sleep sack.  Baby also sleeps next to me (again lol at the assumption that this isn’t true in my entire apartment) and wakes up a couple times a night so I keep a close eye — in the double swaddle he’s never too hot or cold.  Per my ped, the best way to tell too hot/too cold for a swaddled baby (before it’s a medical emergency or ever that uncomfortable for the child): If their neck is sweaty, too hot.  If hands or feet feel cold: too cold.[/quote]

I have heard the opposite with regards to baby being too cold due to their poor circulation. Hands and feet are notoriously cold even if baby’s trunk is warm. So check the back of the neck or the chest/trunk to make sure baby is a comfortable temp (hot or cold).[/quote]

My guess is I got this advice because baby is still swaddled so hands/feet should be equally warm.  I did get told to check neck for too hot (and firm advice that the neck should NEVER be warm enough to be sweaty) so I imagine it’ll be the same for too cold once we transition to the sleep sack.  But yeah, if hands and feet are out, they’re not a great temperature sensor.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics