what to wear under a sleep sack

With Summer here and the weather getting warmer (30 degrees today- blah), we have to check the weather report every night to make sure we know the minimum temperature before we select our baby's pajamas.

Pi has four different 'tog' rating sleep sacks: A 2.5og, a 1.5 tog, a 1 tog and a 0.5 tog.

We have three different brands too- Halo, Grobag and Baby Dee dee (another post on brands will come), but I am going by Grobags what to wear guide at the moment when it comes to what to dress Pichan in. This is from http://gro.co.uk/pages/what-to-wear

What to wear

Please find below a guide to what your baby should wear when sleeping in their Grobag Baby Sleep Bag. This information is for guidance only. This information is available in:  English  Turkish  Slovak  Czech  Polish  Hungarian
English Safe and sound The temperature in the room is shown by the number that illuminates. Do not place this thermometer over a radiator or in direct sunlight. Grobag Baby Sleep Bags are designed to be used instead of blankets and top sheets and you need to regularly check your baby to make sure he or she is not too hot or cold. What to wear A Grobag Baby Sleep Bag is a wearable blanket that will keep your baby at a comfortable temperature all night long. This table shows our guidance on the correct tog of Grobag and clothing to be used in different room temperatures. Short-sleeved and long-sleeved cotton body suits Long-sleeved cotton pyjama top and bottoms Gro-suit – All-in-one cotton sleep suit At the moment, the temperature is about 24 degrees when I put him to bed, but about 20 degrees over night. For this range I have him dressed in a long sleeved cotton onesie, and a 1 tog sleep sack. At the start of the night when it is warmer I have his fan going and the flyscreen door to outside wide open, but will turn off the fan and close the door as it gets colder. In winter it was really easy to select what to wear, as I had a heater in his room set to 22 degrees- so the temperature didn't vary overnight. In the peak of summer, we may turn on his air-conditioner, or have him sleep in a nappy and his 0.5 tog sleep sack. It is certainly a difficult thing, especially when you can't use blankets (Pi tosses and turns like crazy and the times that we trialed a blanket he ended up with his blanket over his head- we were watching with a baby monitor though and were able to pull it off).	Nursery temperature 3.5 tog 2.5 tog 1.0 tog 0.5 tog 24-7°C (75-81°F)       23°C (74°F)       21°C (69°F)       20°C (68°F)     Under 18°C (65°F)       Under 16°C (61°F)     Under 14°C (57°F)       This information is for guidance only. Back to top