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when to move to quilts/sheets

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madame · 06/08/2007 12:29

My dd is 23 months and still sleeps in a grow bag. She is completely happy with this and sleeps well. I need to go and buy a summer one but am wondering if I should be putting sheets and quilts on her bed now instead. I am worried though that she will throw them off and then become cold at night. Not sure which route to take really. Any advice appreciated thank you.

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Piggy · 06/08/2007 12:38

Ds1 has recently moved to a big bed (he's 2.9) and after a few nights I asked him if he wanted his grow bag or just a big boys' duvet. He chose the duvet and hasn't (yet) managed to kick the covers off, perhaps because he's so tiny and the bed is so huge! Tbh I thought the no gro bag thing might be a big issue as he's been in them since he was about 3 months old but it was remarkably easy.

tribpot · 06/08/2007 12:39

My ds is 25 months. Still in gro-bags and no plans to move him yet. I think the age range they put on the biggest size is 18-36 months? (Presumably a guideline rather than a legal requirement )

IdrisTheDragon · 06/08/2007 12:41

You can get grobags for age 3-6 years .

Piggy · 06/08/2007 12:42

I can almost fit in the 18 - 36 month grobags! They are massive (and a god send).

mumfor1standfinaltime · 06/08/2007 12:42

Ds (2.5) has never had blankets or a grow bag. He just wont keep them on, he is a kicker in the night. He lays on top of his blanket. He does have an airing cupboard in his room so I do worry he may be too hot, so this could be a reason!
At the moment he is in a cot bed with sides taken off with a sheet and one blanket he lays on top of. Have bought a single bed, just need to set it up.

Flibbertyjibbet · 06/08/2007 12:52

I went to quilt when we did potty training and taking the side off the cotbed - I wanted ds to be able to get up and go to the loo early morning himself and he can't do that in a sleeping bag!!
He was 30 months.
But don't think quilts etc are a cheaper way to go than buying a summer sleeping bag - I was recently so shocked at the price of cot bed/junior bed sized stuff that I have made my own... and got rid of the problem of the quilt slipping off in the night by making the duvet covers extra long so that I can tuck them in at the bottom of the bed. Works a treat.

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madame · 06/08/2007 13:17

Thank you everyone, it's nice to hear that other mums keep their toddlers for longer too. All my friends seem obsessed with getting them out of their cots and grow bags apart from me. I have gone and ordered her a 0.5 tog as she has 1.0 tog but was still so hot last night.

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madame · 06/08/2007 13:18

keep them in thier grow bags for longer was what I meant to say.....

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madame · 06/08/2007 13:20

Top tip Flibbertyjibbet, I think I am going to have a go at that when I do get around to potty training and transferring her into the cot bed. Its great getting all these top tips

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tribpot · 06/08/2007 13:42

madame - I'm in no rush to get ds out of his grow-bags. But as he can get himself out, it's neither here nor there really! Good idea about the potty training though; although he can do it I wouldn't expect him to be doing it quickly enough whenever he learns to use the loo.

DontCallMeBaby · 06/08/2007 13:48

DD came out of hers at about 2.6, I think. Our house is very warm, so throwing the duvet off wouldn't have been a problem until the dead of winter 3 or 4 months later, and it never did seem to be a problem. Having shared a room with her last weekend, and seen her wake up, put her pillow back on the bed, then rearrange her duvet and go back to sleep I don't think it's likely to become a problem!

Flibbertyjibbet · 06/08/2007 13:52

Dp would have left DS1 in a sleeping bag and trapped in a cot till about 5yo...

tribpot · 06/08/2007 14:19

The people whose house I've just bought left their ds in a cot until he was 4, apparently they had convinced him he couldn't get out?! I can imagine that working for some kids but my ds would just be like "ah, a challenge" not "ah, mum and dad have spoken, I shall obey"!

Flibbertyjibbet · 06/08/2007 15:23

I find that things you might do for the convenience of the parents often turn out to be rods we make for our own backs - wonder if their son went wild roaming the stairs and house at night after he was finally released from his cot

tribpot · 07/08/2007 06:37

Alas, probably not, as he is a very placid and well-behaved little boy.

Let's hope he turns into a teenaged tearaway

ladygrinningsoul · 07/08/2007 19:57

Madame, when we made the move to duvet for DS it was the winter and we had a transitional week with him in his 0.5 tog grobag AND a lightweight duvet.

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