Safe sleeping guidelines for your baby
Follow these steps to ensure your baby is sleeping in the safest possible way.
Posted: 17 February 2011
by Georgina Maric and Cassandra Kempster-Roberts
The right temperature for your sleeping baby
Keep your baby's head uncovered and avoid letting your baby get too hot.
“Prevent your baby from overheating by making sure you use the correct bedding and keep the room at the right temperature,” says Professor George Haycock, from FSID.
A temperature of between 16-20ºC (60.8-68ºF) is recommended, 18ºC (65ºF) is just right.
Use a room thermometer to check, and see our guide below for the right amount of bedding to use:
- 12°C: A sheet and four or more blankets
- 16°C: A sheet and three blankets
- 18°C: A sheet and two blankets
- 20-22°C: A sheet and one blanket
- 23°C-plus: A sheet only
So what do you think?
Ann Mitchell
If you have to use pillow, please look one with anti-suffocation certification so that it can be use without supervision.
10 months ago
