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Posted: Jan 21 2008 at 2:47pm | IP Logged Quote doris
I've bitten the bullet and ordered a co-sleeper having dithered about it for ages. (To buy or not to buy? Full size or mini? Secondhand or new? Bla bla bla...)

My latest wibble is -- what to put over the baby? I've found that sheets and blankets are fairly useless for my wriggly gang, but if I dress him in a sleeping bag (which my crib-sleepers always used to wear) and then he falls asleep in bed with me, won't he overheat?

Please advise (and excuse this pregnant-woman paranoia -- you'd really think I should know what I'm doing by now...)

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Posted: Jan 21 2008 at 6:18pm | IP Logged Quote Maryan
I dress in flannels and socks and have baby in a sleeping bag (LOVE the bag -- great for quick changes and staying warm). I just do a blanket over the bottom half of me. I've done this for all my winter babies and I haven't noticed any overheating. Philip sleeps in my arms (rarely makes it back to the co-sleeper). My third was also a winter baby and followed the same routine... I didn't notice any overheating with him either. We also keep our heat below 64 F... HTH!!

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Posted: Jan 22 2008 at 8:54am | IP Logged Quote Barbara C.
I've never used a sleeping bag. Basically, I used thinner sleepers during the day and thicker ones at night. They have often spent a lot of time cuddled with me, and if it ever felt super cold, I would share a thin blanket with them.



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Posted: Jan 24 2008 at 11:47am | IP Logged Quote Maria in WI
I have a co-sleeper, and I always swaddle my babies until they are too big for the blanket, or kick it off themselves. I find that when I have the baby in bed next to me, I keep the sheets down around my waist, so I don't worry about them overheating. Swaddling seems to also help them stay asleep when I move them back to the co-sleeper (if I am still awake!).
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Posted: Jan 26 2008 at 6:24am | IP Logged Quote Becky Parker
We keep our house cool - 65 degrees - so I dress my 6mo warmly at night. We have a 4yo who insists on sharing our bed so the baby is in the co-sleeper except for when I nurse him. With the co-sleeper he is close, but not close enough to benefit from our body heat. I don't have a sleeping bag for him but if I did I would use it. As far as the "pregnant woman paranoia", I had it too! Don't worry, baby will be born and your instincts will kick in and you will just "know" what to do . It wont be long now will it?!

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