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Topic: Newborn Winter Singlets Posted: 20 February 2008 at 1:51pm |
Hi there, just wondering what everyone thought about newborn singlets. Im trying to decide whether to have long sleeve cotton with a short sleeve wool singlet on top, or whether to just get a long sleeve merino singlet (as i have heard the "breathe" better and are soft enough to put against the skin without itching etc). Just wondering what others have done or are doing out there with their winter babies?
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Bobbie
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Posted: 20 February 2008 at 3:07pm |
JK have just put out a merino range and I'm going to get some of that instead of a wool singlet. Normal wool affected my skin a lot when I was a child and even now so I don't want to take chances with Rowan. Merino has always been great for me though.
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Posted: 20 February 2008 at 3:31pm |
With Maya I used some great Cotton/Wool blend ones that I got from Target in Oz, the gremlins just had 100% cotton and I layered it up.
I have decided I heart merino tho and this bub will have cotton singlets and merino gowns/clothes. I especially love the Mokopuna Merino range that we stock in our OHbaby! store. I am coveting some of their newborn gowns and hats and the gremlins have their legwarmers and hats in Ruby Stripe.
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Posted: 20 February 2008 at 3:36pm |
PS. The JK merino range looks cool too, and great prices! Am hoping to check it out this weekend.
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Posted: 20 February 2008 at 4:13pm |
Lol Emma,...u just cant resist can u ?!!
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Posted: 20 February 2008 at 6:35pm |
Just as Seb has grown out of 12-18 months... wish JK had these last year! or in bigger sizes...
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Posted: 21 February 2008 at 10:24am |
Naive question ahead - how well wrapped up do winter newborns need to be? If you had them in a long sleeve cotton singlet and fluffy stretch in gro in the house (with fire on) then swaddled up in bed (and a jersey/blanket/hat when going out), would that do? I live in Auckland. I'm just cautious about wool cos I had alergies as a kid but merino is pricey given they'll only wear it for a short time.
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Posted: 21 February 2008 at 10:45am |
Sounds OK to me Flissty, maybe with a hat as well, and socks/booties and if it's really cold a cardi or jacket. Bub should be OK with woolen cardies coz they don't actually touch the skin like singlets do.
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Posted: 21 February 2008 at 10:45am |
Oh and I used to swaddle Maya with fleece blankets her first winter, she would have been 4-5 mths old in the middle of winter. Used muslin wraps for the gremlins coz it was summer.
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Posted: 21 February 2008 at 10:54am |
I am also wondering about the wool/singlet issues - I had really bad eczema from wool as a kid, so probably would be leaning towards merino, but agree on the pricey thing! But cotton as a first layer makes sense.
I am a knitter, so already have 1 woollen blanket almost done, but might have to start on some more complex woollen things!
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Posted: 21 February 2008 at 11:17am |
Ooh the other thing I absolutely heart that I have for the gremlins is a Grobag Egg from Baby Stuff. It tells you the temp in baby's room and changes color so it's super easy to tell if the room is too hot/cold. In the winter we used to run an oil fin heater in their room to keep it at the optimum 16-20 degrees, and if the room got too warm/cool we could adjust the heater accordingly.
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Posted: 21 February 2008 at 11:26am |
Blondy, you're good doing blankets - I did a wee beanie but gave it to my sister for her baby and have the wool for a jersey sitting on the coffee table, but DH lost my lovely new babboo needles (that's my excuse for procrastinating!). We'll have to have a July 08 knitting, yoga and coffee group
Maya - thanks for the tip about the gro eggs. And we'll go with lots of hats and socks/booties (pink or blue) to make up for all the white clothing this baby will wear initially!
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Posted: 21 February 2008 at 5:30pm |
Lol re: the knitting/yoga/coffee! I have had to resort to metal needles, as I tend to snap them! (For the blankets, because the needle gauge is quite small, and the wool is so fine, the stitches end up so tiny, and I tend to place too much tension on them anyway! )
Gro eggs sound like a plan also!
Will have to start finding patterns for cool newborn hats! (I still have issues knitting anything not completey flat!lol )
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Posted: 21 February 2008 at 5:36pm |
I love the gro bag eggs - I think you hooked me in your original post months back
Sadly my monitor has a temperature display so I can't convince DH that we need one (pretty is not a reason apparently)
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Posted: 21 February 2008 at 6:12pm |
I love the Cotton on Kids singlets. You can get them sleeveless or capped sleeved.
I got Cooper a really cool sleeping bag from Baby Factory for $20. He loves it now, and won't go to sleep without it.
I used to put it in a onesies singlet, a stretch & grow and wrapped. His bed was flannelette sheets, a polar fleece blanket and a quilt. He seemed fine in that. I used to wrap in when we went out too. That was September, so it was slowly starting to get warmer.
Around home when he was in the lounge, he was always wrapped. He preferred it that way.
Oh rambling.
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Posted: 22 February 2008 at 1:20pm |
Thanks for all your help! There are so many options out there these days it does get confusing! Im going to use cotton singlets with wool on top (only because i have wool ones left from my first baby) and will use a merino wrap.
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Posted: 22 February 2008 at 9:22pm |
mareed wrote:
Thanks for all your help! There are so many options out there these days it does get confusing! Im going to use cotton singlets with wool on top (only because i have wool ones left from my first baby) and will use a merino wrap. |
Thats what we do here.
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Posted: 23 February 2008 at 3:26pm |
I have got a couple of merino ones for Caden, they are little T-Shirt ones though. The we have some normal singlets for under his clothes.
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Posted: 23 February 2008 at 3:43pm |
just wanted to say that i gave my winter baby heat rash in winter!!! poor guy had hormonal spots and heat rash, boy did he look a sight... i would make sure whatever you use is breathable cause i think thats where i went wrong.
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Posted: 03 April 2008 at 1:14pm |
Does anyone know if it is possible to buy merino wool singlet bodysuits? Going to dress Ella in the Merino Wool PJ this winter, but wanted to put a merino singlet bodysuit underneath (in case the top rides up and she gets a cold tummy) but can't find them anywhere. Any suggestions???
On a different note- it is pain the no one does a merino all in one sleep suit for 12 months+. If anyone has seen one, could they please let me know......
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