Make sure your baby s cot or moses basket isn t placed in a shaft of direct sunlight.
How to keep baby warm at night in summer.
Skin should be cool and dry to the touch.
For an adult it is easy to add a blanket in order to keep warm at night.
On warm nights keep it light and breezy a basic short sleeve cotton or organic cotton bodysuit or t shirt with a muslin or cotton swaddle or sleep sack layered on top is fine.
A bodysuit or tee.
It s tempting to bundle your infant up into a baby burrito.
However this is not advisable for an infant who could become tangled in the blankets with a related suffocation risk.
However they still need to breathe.
You can purchase a swaddling blanket with easy to use closures or use a square light weight blanket to make your own swaddle.
Abi s top tips for keeping babies cool.
To warm cold sheets place a hot water bottle or a heating pad in the bed for a while before bedtime.
Use a room thermometer to keep a regular eye on the temperature.
A cooler bath than usual before bed.
Swaddling helps your baby maintain body heat and allows her to sleep comfortably on her back.
Pajamas a swaddle and piles of blankets are overkill and increase the risk of sids.
Utilize lightweight layers i m sure you ve heard that generally speaking babies wear one more layer than you are wearing.
Instead of adding blankets add a layer of clothing.
Instead consider a lightweight sleep sack to keep them cozy and try something heartier when the weather is cold.
Safe bedtime clothes she recommends a 0 5 tog sleeping bag.
Put his pram in the shade when you re out and about.
Diagonally fold a square lightweight blanket into a triangle shape.
Open windows and keep blinds partially down make sure you do this several hours before nap.
You can use a space heater in a chilly room but make sure it s fireproof.
Use a clip on parasol or sunshade.