lullaby trust says not to warm crib with hot water bottle?

I read somewhere that it has something to do with babies not being able to regulate their temperature if their sleep space is pre-warmed. But I was also advised to use the hot bottle to warm her crib (which didn’t work for us), so ended up co-sleeping now that it’s cold 🤷‍♀️

LO falls asleep on me but wakes when I put him into a cold crib so I’ve done this a few times

We did this when our LG was a few weeks old and it definitely helped her stay in a bit more, especially as it gradually got colder. I’m not promoting it as I don’t want to go against advice for SIDS but maybe it’s worth making sure it’s not scorching hot?

I did this with my son because his mattress would get so cold I highly doubt it was warming up the mattress enough to overheat him though if anything just warming it back up to room temperature

For god sake. The guidelines change all the time. I can’t bloody keep up! 😵‍💫

My baby doesn’t need her bed to be warmed up before sleeping. We make sure the room is the right temperature as well as sleeping clothes and grobag. She sleeps well this way.

@Courtney 😂😂😂

I thought about it but read the guidelines. I’ve put a blanket on top of her cot sheet so it’s not as cold. Room is at temp when she goes up and has her 3.5tog bag on.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's because some parents may forget to remove it if they're sleep deprived and may end up overheating the baby. But weird that they're not stating why not to do it

@Chrissy they are stating why Risk of overheating, which increases SIDs risk https://www.instagram.com/p/C0tR4T-MlrD/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

@Aimee ah I was going based on comments saying they hadn't said why. Seems logical to me though

I can see why with a really small baby this wouldn’t be ideal as they can leave the surface really warm and a tiny baby couldn’t roll/ move away from that and that could lead to overheating but we do this with my 12 month old and it’s the only way to get her to stay in her cot after night feeds otherwise she’ll wake as soon as you put her down but she’s older so she could move away from the hot spot if it was too warm for her

If needs be I'll sit on my daughter's blankets to warm them up. Alternatively, I'll wrap her up in them first, settle her & then put her into her bed. It keeps her snug & is less disturbance for her aswell.

As a side note, lullaby trust also have information on co sleeping if that's what's working for you. The HV should have pointed you in the direction of the safe 7, unless of course you specifically asked how to get baby into the crib. Safe co sleeping is what works for so many families over any other option.

@Charlotte we are currently having to co-sleep again because she had a sleep regression where she would only sleep in my arms we are only now starting to be able to put her down in our bed. i have nothing against co-sleeping but for me i just really don’t enjoy it as we have a small double bed (we can’t fit a bigger one) and i like my space i like to move around a lot and cosleeping i’m stuck in the C shape position! she did go down in her snuzpod for all of 2-3 weeks which worked she was still very close which i loved still being close to her but i could also have my own space. i think some people consider an attached next to me crib as cosleeping which 100% worked for me especially with breastfeeding and being able to quickly pick her up xx

So she's not in a next to me style now? Do you have room to side car the crib to your bed? I took the side off our cot and tied it to the bed. Wedged the mattress up to mine then we could co sleep with our own space and when he woke I shuffled into his cot, fed him and then shuffled back into my space. Worked really well for us. X

My baby is 6 weeks old and we warm his mattress up with a hot water bottle before bed every night for the last 3 weeks.. I also replace the hot water bottle when he wakes for a feed during the night to keep it warm. He loves it!

Personally I would say it depends on how hot you make it. Obviously it would just have to be like a kind of room temperature or something. Babies will literally sleep on your chest for hours and you might be warm or hot... but they don't say that's not safe

I used to put a warming blanket in my son’s bassinet and crib before he went to sleep so when we transferred him from us to the crib it wasn’t completely cold. He now sleeps in his crib on his own no problem and we don’t have to warm it up

We used to do it. Putting her down in the cot was always a risk, she would wake up straight away a lot of the time, but it being pre warmed definitely helped as she wouldn’t notice the difference so much. I guess it’s just common sense not to make it too hot.

I haven’t done it yet but was thinking about it because it does sometimes get quite cold in his room at night and I thought it might stop him from waking up when I put him back in the cot after a night feed

@Lucy it’s honestly a life saver!! Works so well for our little one x