How are people keeping their babies bedroom warm overnight

We moved LO into her own room just over a week ago. She has been waking up around 4 am and her room is so cold. Her poor little arms are ice cold. I end up bringing her into our bedroom and we co sleep for the last couple of hours. I have the heating on in the evening when she's asleep but we always turn it off when we go to bed. Her room at that point is always around 18°c. Overnight it just drops so much and I have no idea how to keep it warm for her.

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I found the nursery gets cold so easily. I have the heating set so if it gos below 18c it comes on to warm his room a little. I'm going ti get the radiator reflectors to help also x

Have you tried the 2.5 tog sleep suits (like baby grows) from Sainsburys! They’re supposed to be really good x

I second the tog sleepsuits. They’re really good. And if the room is a bit warmer you can just put them straight in the suit without anything on underneath xx

We’re having the same issue!
We now put her in a short vest, babygrow & a 2.5 tog sleepsuit and keep the heating on to kick in if it goes below 17 degrees x

My LB is in long sleeved vest, baby grow and a 2.5tog sleeping bag. We’re in a detached property that can get really cold. We don’t have a dryer but have a heated airer (dry budi) and will use this over night with a dehumidifier on which helps with keeping upstairs warm. Also bills down a little being run over night. We also have an electric heater on the landing which we’ve set on a time to come on. Plus leaving the thermostat in our LBs bedroom so the heating kicks on if it’s below 16.5 degrees. I’m dreading our next energy bill but nothing you can do when you’ve got a baby x

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