The right temperature

So its the first night home and we have an egg thermometer. This tells you the temperaure and glows a certain color: red for too hot, orange for too warm, yellow for ideal temperature and blue for too cold.

We got a leaflet about what to dress the baby in at certain temperatures, for example above 21 degrees you have a sleep suit, vest and sheet only.

The first night was a warn 23 degrees so we decided to leave the window open. It dropped to 19 in the bedroom which made me freezing but according to the sheet it was 1 blanket extra only. After about an hour our baby actually shivered so we scrapped the guide and wrapped her up

The next day we asked the midwife and the advise was golden, basically use your common sense. They always sleep in a vest and sleepsuit and these are like your pijamas. Now if your comfortable in bed with a blanket, she will so put a blanket on her. If its warm and you dont want you blanket put just a sheet and if your cold add a layer.

You can also feel the babies chest (not limbs or head) and if she is sweating / really hot then remove layers, if she is cold add layers

Also remember you baby will tell you if they are uncomfortable