new born?

[PennyS78]

It has been a long time since I have had a new born all the normal rules have changed. The body temp thing is killing me. I either have my baby to hot or to cold. What is a trick someone has learned to keep the baby comfy.  I know we only have a small window they are suppose to stay at.  Any advice is welcome please. I swaddled him last night so he wouldn't be to cold while we slept woke up I had him at 99.4.  I don't want to hurt him.

[mommabear27]

The best way to check is if his tummy or the back of his neck feel cold, chances are he will feel cold, if they are hot, thenn he will feel hot x

[mommabear27]

As long as your room temp is between 16-20 degrees celcius you should be ok.    The cooler the room, the more layers, the hotter the room, less layers.    Our winters can get bad here to the point of -10 so it'll be a vest and a thicker sleepsuit for the wee man.    At the moment its 33 degrees celcius here and wee mans room doesn't drop under 27 degrees celcius cause it's too hot so he has been wearing either just a very thn sleepsuit with no vest, or just a vest with a very light blanket over him x

[PennyS78]

Thanks.

[talisamartinez]

It's during the summer so what worked for me was just put him in a sleeper and when you lay him down cover him with a light blanket. That should keep him from getting to warm but still be warm enough. When you swaddle it tends to get them warmer. That's been my experience  anyways. Hope it helped.