Cot bedding
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Topic: Cot bedding
Posted By: tamiem
Subject: Cot bedding
Date Posted: 03 September 2008 at 9:05am
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Hi everyone,
we're just about to move our (nearly) 4 month old daughter out of her bassinet and into her cot but I'm not too sure how much bedding to use. We've just stopped wrapping her, but she started kicking the blankets off so we're borrowing my sister's GoGo bag (I think it's the summer weight one). We have a heater in the room - it's usually around 18 degrees in there. Our cot blankets are woolly but they are the ones with lots of holes in them (swandri brand I think) so not sure how many blankets to use? We usually just dress her in a singlet and a merino all in one at night, and she just sleeps in her clothes (I take off one layer before putting her down) during the day. Any suggestions of what you use on your cot would be appreciated - I usually bundle her up nice and warm, but don't want her overheating!!! |
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Posted By: sadie
Date Posted: 03 September 2008 at 9:28am
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Hiya,
My little guy's cot has a cotton blanket and fitted sheet on the bottom. At night he wears a thermal top and cotton AIO with feet, and his winter weight gogo bag. I then tuck him in with a cotton sheet (to try to keep him in one place as he keeps standing up!). Then usually I drape a merino blanket over his body as well - his arms are above his head and he is a tummy sleeper. There is a heater in his room set to 18, but it drops below that at night as three walls of his room face outside and there is no insulation. During the day he is in a summer weight gogo bag and his day clothes, trousers and jumper off though. hope that helps x |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 03 September 2008 at 10:29am
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Cooper wears a AIO singlet and what I call big boy pj's and is in a sleeping bag with a duvet over top and thats it. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: tishy
Date Posted: 03 September 2008 at 11:22am
| The girls are in a singlet, polyprop + AIO cotton, with a sheet, wool blanket and cotton blanket doubled over. We normally have the room at 18degrees |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 03 September 2008 at 11:32am
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I have Hannah in a long sleeved onesie, AIO PJ's (no socks) and she sleeps in a GroBag.
Her room is usually about 21 degrees. She sleeps under a sheet and one of those woll blankets that you have doubled over. If it's a cold night I throw a cottom blanket over her. ------------- 
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Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 03 September 2008 at 1:04pm
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Maddi wears a singlet, woolen singlet and AIO. She sleeps in a summer weight (I think) sleeping bad with a sheet and a woolen blanket. Really cold nights we add an extra woolen blanket. Her arms are usually tucked down under the blankets.
During the day, we usually take off a layer of clothing and put just the sheet and 1 wool blanket although the bedroom is pretty warm in the day so she usually kickes them all off. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 03 September 2008 at 2:40pm
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I think if the room is 18 degrees you would only need the singlet, merino AIO and the go go bag. If anything else, I'd think only a light blanket. The summer weight one is supposed to be for temps 18 and over.
my wee girl sleeps at night in a winter gogo bag, cotton AIO and long sleeve cotton singlet. Her room is about 18 degrees too. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 03 September 2008 at 7:14pm
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Caden sleeps in a singlet onsie and long sleeve onsie and a AIO, either cotton or fleece, he is swaddled and his cot has a flannelett fitted sheet and top sheet a thermal blanket and his duvet.
Once it starts getting warmer i will try and stop swaddling him and have him in a safe t sleep instead. ------------- |
Posted By: pekemoemum
Date Posted: 03 September 2008 at 7:39pm
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wow, I wouldn't have a clue what Tydes room temp is!! ;) terrible mother eh! :)
he is 18months old, and wears a peke moe and has a blanky over the top tos tart with , but is out of that by the time I go to bed! he has flannel pj's and a singlet underneat. At about that age, I think he would hvea a singlet, all in one (with feet) and Peke Moe, and perhaps a light cotton blanket over the top to 'hold him still'! :) ------------- Gina, Reef 15/6/03, Tyde 12/2/07 http://www.pekemoe.co.nz - Peke Moe - Unique NZ Made Baby Sleeping bags for babies who get out of swaddle/wrap |
Posted By: tamiem
Date Posted: 03 September 2008 at 10:09pm
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Thanks for all the help - I've put her to bed with her Gogo bag, a top sheet and two blankets - we'll see how that goes! I know it gets colder during the night and I don't want her to wake up cold! ------------- The Sale Fairy is a weekly email newsletter, advertising online sales & specials for baby, children’s and maternity products. www.thesalefairy.co.nz info@thesalefairy.co.nz |