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Recommendations for putting baby to bed
How to put baby to bed for the night?
Before deciding on the choice of outfit, it is important to ensure the safety of baby while he sleeps with simple but strict rules. Up to two years old, no more cushions, sheets, duvets and blankets. They are replaced by a sleeping bag adapted to the baby’s size, to avoid the risk of suffocation and because a toddler is not yet able to cover himself or herself. Simply provide a draw sheet for the mattress of its crib and a fitted sheet with elastic edges to cover it. At bedtime, put your baby on your back and we protect him from the cold generated by the air conditioning by ensuring that the device is not oriented towards his bed. Finally, know that before a year, a baby is not able to regulate his body temperature. It is therefore important to ensure that choose your outfit for the night so that it is neither too hot nor too cold.
How to dress baby for sleep when it’s hot?
How to dress baby when it’s 23 ° C?
In summer, heatwave episodes are more and more frequent! To avoid over-covering your child as soon as the temperatures rise, here are some guidelines to adapt your outfit to the temperature of your room :
- Above 20 ° C : we opt for a body with short sleeves, light pajamas and a mid-season sleeping bag.
- From 24 ° C : dress baby in a short-sleeved bodysuit and put on a summer sleeping bag (because in the early morning, the temperatures tend to drop)
- From 26 ° C : a short-sleeved bodysuit is enough!
- If it’s hotter, do not hesitate to leave your baby in diaper and visit him at night, to check that he is not cold by touching his extremities or if he needs to be hydrated.
In any case, in summer, choose cotton or linen bodysuits and pajamas, breathable and natural materials!
Freshen up the nursery
- In summer, keep the shutters and windows closed and draw the curtains. Know that there are thermal curtains that help you block the passage to cold or heat.
- At the end of the day, think about it ventilate your child’s room (at least 10 minutes) and create drafts in your home.
- You can install a quiet fan in his room, a good distance from your child, which has the advantage of circulating the air.
- Beware of cold snaps with air conditioning, which also tends to dry the air and mucous membranes of toddlers.
How to dress baby to sleep in winter?
How to cover baby at night?
The golden rule for dressing your baby when it’s cold outside, is to ensure that he wears the following three layers of clothing : a long-sleeved bodysuit, pajamas and a sleeping bag. No need to overheat your room, rather adapt the material of his pajamas – in velvet – and choose a high heat index (TOG) on the label of his sleeping bag. If it is really cool in the room, you can cover your newborn baby’s head with a small cotton hat and put on light mittens. To ensure their comfort and well-being, touch their feet, hands and neck, which should be warm.
Which sleeping bag to choose for the night?
In general, sleeping bags (or sleeping bags) are divided into families and sizes.
- Sleeping bags from 0 to 6 months: which include those for babies from 0 to 3 months (50 cm) and those in size 1 which are suitable up to 6 months of the child (about 75 cm)
- Infant sleeping bags, for babies from 6 to 12 months
- The evolutive sleeping bags, for babies from 12 to 24 months and from 18 to 36 months.
For sleeping bags scalable, the size generally adapts to that of the child thanks to a system of press-studs, and some are equipped with removable sleeves to cross the seasons.
Light or warm sleeping bag: find your way with the TOG
The size of TOG determines the thickness of the sleeping bag, and therefore its heat. The TOG, between 0,5 and 3 informs you about the thermal potential of the sleeping bag. The larger the size of the TOG, the warmer the sleeping bag will be. The lower it is, the lighter the sleeping bag will be and better suited to summer temperatures!