We keep our house 74 during the day, 71-72 at night. We were told at the NICU that the best temperatures were 68-74 for the house and infant should wear one more layer than we are comfortable in. If you are comfortable in one light layer, then your child should be in one heavy layer or two light layers. So, we keep them in onesies and sleepers. We also tend to swaddle them in receiving blankets. When their a little older, we'll convert them to using sleep sacks, but right now, they need the swaddling as they tend to get overexcited and then cannot calm themselves with their arms and legs flailing about.

We always went with sleeveless + onesie instead.

Anonymous wrote:where can you buy fleece wearable blankets with sleeves? they are tough to fin for bigger than 6 month olds. i need a 12-18 month size. TIA!

We do 72 and cotton footie PJ plus ligtweight cotton sleep sack for a 6 month old. Clearly on the warmer side in this crowd!

where can you buy fleece wearable blankets with sleeves? they are tough to fin for bigger than 6 month olds. i need a 12-18 month size. TIA!

My house is set at 70 year round but the temperature fluctuations in DS's room are significant with the outside temperatures (70 year old house) so in the height of summer, he sleeps in a short sleeved onesie or t-shirt and a cotton sleepsack and in the dead of winter he sleeps in fleece footie pjs and a fleece sleepsack. In the middle, it is some combination of pjs and sleepsack. He is 18 months old.

Last winter I visited my sister who lives in a very swanky area in London in a flat that's worth about $2 million. It's charming, lovely--and small and older. Like everyone else there, they turn on the heat for a big blast before bed and then turn it off. It gets into the 50s in the apartment! They and their baby slept just fine. They had her in a down wearable blanket and good PJs.

Everything I've read says ideal temp. is 68-72.

We set our thermostat for 71 on the (vain) hopes our house would stay around 71. But we have an old house, w/ radiator heat that is inconsistent, and rooms that have been chopped up/expanded since the radiators were installed almost 100 years ago. So, my 2.5 yo DD's room is usually 66-68 in the winter (she has a larger room in back of house w/ 3 walls exterior exposure, plus a too small radiator) and my 8 mo DS' room is 72-75 (he has the smallest room in the middle of the house w/ only 1 wall w/ exterior exposure, plus a radiator that is too big for his pretty small room). The inconsistency in temp room to room drives me crazy! But we installed 2 zones, and a new boiler, last year and still have the same issues...I'm coming to learn it's par for the course in a 100 year old house...though also going to try and swap a smaller radiator in his room, as I'd really like to get his temp. down to 70-72 degrees.

As for sleepwear, we put DD in a warm one piece fleece footy PJ. She kicks off her regular sheet and blanket, but will sleep w/ her smaller, warm lovey blanket (3 feet by 3 feet). I may start putting her in 2 pairs of fleece pj's when it gets colder, though, that's a good suggestion from PPs given that her room is the coldest. My DS sleeps in cotton PJ's, just one layer, no sleep sack, given that he has a very warm room.

Anonymous wrote:We usually let the heat go down to 55 at night in winter. When our kids were infants, we made it 58 instead. But we dressed them warmly and put a baby-sized down comforter on them. But we come from Europe, where people believe it's healthy to sleep in cool air. (though in the summer we also use the AC less than others, letting it get to 80 at night. 78 in the day)

We do this too. My kids sleep fine in cold temps. 2YO DS sleeps in cotton pjs and a fleece HALO sleep sack through the winter and has a fluffy blanket that he pushes off in the night. DD, who is 5, rarely gets cold and often throws off her heavy comforter at night.

agreed. what is the ideal temperature for sleep and SIDS prevention? am debating what to stock up on now as we approach the cooler months. i am always cold so it is hard for me to judge....

WOW! I can't believe how cold some of you keep your houses!!! YIKES, I'd die!

I'm struggling with this too for my 14mo DS, got some good ideas, thanks!

Our problem is we live in a large rental home that has very uneven heating which makes it hard to keep the bedroom temps steady, otherwise I'd have the whole house at 70 yr round.

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Anonymous wrote:62-65 degrees - 2 pairs of warm one piece pajamas with feet.

What? So you put on pj's and then another pair on top? That's seems uncomfortable!

Yep - he sleeps great so no signs of being uncomfortable.

Wow, if I dressed my kid in 2 sets of pj's he would wake up in a puddle of sweat...

House is set to 72 in the summer and 68 in the winter. DS (14 mo) sleeps in shirt/shorts in the summer and a long sleeve sleeper in the winter. Fleece sleepers on really cold nights, but anything more than that and he gets sweaty. I also get hot when I sleep, so I guess it's genetic

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Anonymous wrote:62-65 degrees - 2 pairs of warm one piece pajamas with feet.

What? So you put on pj's and then another pair on top? That's seems uncomfortable!

Not the PP you're quoting but we do the same and our child sleeps wonderfully (12 hours straight) so I don't think it's uncomfortable. Toasty and cozy.

I set our thermostat to 74 until 2 AM. When I wake up, it's usually about 75 in the house. 2 year old wears long-sleeved PJs and a onesie (and socks).