How to Dress Your Baby for Winter Sleep

Is your baby waking at 3 or 4am for no obvious reason? The answer might be sitting in their wardrobe. In this episode Sally and Bec break down exactly how to dress your baby for winter sleep — tog ratings, layering, Merino wool bags, room temperature, and why your monitor reading might be lying to you.

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What You'll Learn:

• Why autopilot dressing habits can cause cold-related wake-ups

• The tog rating guide — when to use 2.5 vs 3.5 vs Merino wool

• How to layer underneath a sleeping bag for different room temperatures

• Why room temperature readings can mislead you (and how to fix that)

• When to add heating vs when to let the bag do the work

• Why cold hands and a cold nose don't tell the whole story

• The two Merino wool sleeping bag brands Sally and Bec genuinely recommend

Chapters:

00:00 Intro — bed making, king pillows and the sweaty bat

08:15 Why families slip into autopilot with baby dressing in winter

09:42 The fear of overheating and why we're almost always adding layers

10:41 Singlets, onesies and the base layer explained

11:09 Why Merino wool sleeping bags are worth the investment

12:20 Woolbabe and Woolino — the brands they recommend

15:08 Room temperature: what range to aim for

16:46 Why thermostat readings can't always be trusted

18:40 Where to place your thermometer and what cold extremities really mean

19:36 Layering guide by temperature with a 2.5 Tog bag

20:32 When to move to a 3.5 Tog or Merino bag

21:27 Taking the chill off vs overheating — finding the balance

27:19 How Sally and Bec investigate temperature as part of sleep work

28:52 Wrap-up

ABOUT NAP TRAPPED:

Nap Trapped is hosted by Sally Woods (The Sleep Concierge) and Bec Maher (The Sleep Centre) — two experienced baby sleep consultants who cut through the noise with evidence-based, practical advice for tired parents.

Links:

Camp Snooze: https://joinsnooze.com

Sally on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesleepconcierge/

Bec on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_thesleepcentre/