well before you do. Check baby regularly but if they start fussing they may be trying to tell you they’ re cold. Check baby’ s fingers, toes, ears and face regularly and head indoors before they get uncomfortable.
Heading indoors? Once inside, even if it’ s just a quick stop at the supermarket, take at least one layer off your baby and the rain cover so baby doesn’ t perspire, otherwise the dampness can make them colder when you go back outside into the winter air. If you’ ve covered baby with a blanket in the car and a hat, then take them off as soon as you come indoors or the car warms up.
Baby’ s room and bedding Only use a heater to take the chill off your baby’ s room, as babies shouldn’ t sleep in hot rooms. The recommended room temperature for a baby is 16- 20 °, with around 18 ° being ideal. This may feel chilly to you as we’ re often used to room temperatures of around 22 °.
If you feel your baby is still cold, put more clothing on them or additional layers of bedding.
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Bedding guidelines
The following guidelines were recently published in Australia’ s Practical Parenting Magazine and are based on baby wearing a nappy, singlet, stretch‘ n grow and a cotton sheet( remember that their swaddle is 1 layer).
If the room is 12 °, baby will need 4 layers on the bed 14 ° = 3 – 4 layers 16 ° = 3 layers 18 ° = 2 layers 20 ° = 1 – 2 layers.
If your baby is sweating or their tummy feels hot to touch, take off some clothing or bedding.
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