Any advice about grobags or slepping bags?

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Any advice about grobags or slepping bags? We're just at the stage of buying all this stuff for our baby due in 7 wks. I like the idea of a maintaining a constant temperature, not being able to kick the blankets off or get tiny fingers stuck in cellular blankets, or having to maintain the feet to foot position because there is nowhere to slip under. But someone has expressed concern about the possibility of babies slipping down inside of them. I think proper grow bags seem to have poppers under the arm to prevent this on newborns? Does anyone else have any experiences of using them which are either positive or negative and advice on where to buy the cheapest - they seem to be quite expensive! Thanks.

I LOVE GroBags. Worth their weight in gold. No, there's no way they can slip down inside them. Got a towelling one for DD when she was first born b/c she was born in the hottest summer on record. She's 2.5 and still loves hers, although she's graduated to the one she can get in and out of herself.

Hi SS, we've used a grobag from the start. The newborn one had poppers which came over the top of the shoulders. DS is a very restless sleeper and they never once came undone.

Since he was about 7mths, we've used the zip up one. My only disappointment is that the gap for the arms is very wide and in this weather has been letting the cold in a little.

If you're worried about the poppers, the newborn one from Jojomama... is a zip front.

Good luck with the birth.

Cheapest I found were in Asda, £10 or thereabouts. If you get them to fit on weight, there should not be any worry on baby slipping down.

xx

We've also used grobags right from the start. I think Grobag are the only company that make newborn ones although they aren't the cheapest. Most of the others are only suitable from 6 weeks (I think).
Worth it though - check on Ebay as I recently sold my newborn ones on there - they wash really well and don't show much wear at all so you can pick up some bargains.

TK Max often have original grobags and kidicare are cheaper,

You beat me to it Zippi! TK Maxx do Grobags really quite cheaply. I saw some for £15 last week which is a bargain.

My Grobag was for babies over 10lbs and I didn't want to fork out for a newborn one (if they do one) so just used sheets and blankets to start with. In my experience, they don't move very much in the early days anyway so you shouldn't have too much of a problem with kicking bedding off.

i had the same thoughts about my dd3 slipping down inside her grow bag but seeing as it was summer i have only just started using it and she is now 5 months old . i paid £25 for mine from babies r us because i loved the pattern lol

I've used grobags from birth with DD (bought the grobag newborn one), and she's still in them aged 2 1/2. I love them - no slipping under the covers, kicking them off later etc. They're not cheap but you can sell them on.

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IMHO - an essential purchase. My dd1 is 13 months and has slept through from about 2 months - and I swear that being in a sleeping bag has made a massive contribution. Can buy bags up to 3 years - and I am going to. Bought mine from John Lewis - bit more expensive but do have a good selection. Will be reusing mine when I give birth to dd2 in Jan/Feb.

Hotmama you can actually buy grobags up to about 5 / 6 years.... its the size called 'large child'!

Another fan of Grobags. We used them with our DD from 6 weeks (before they made them suitable for smaller newborns) until she moved into a bed at 18 months. So long as you get the appropriate size for the age and weight of your baby, he/she will not fall through the neck hole.

Another fan of Grobags. We used them with our DD from 6 weeks (before they made them suitable for smaller newborns) until she moved into a bed at 18 months. So long as you get the appropriate size for the age and weight of your baby, he/she will not fall through the neck hole.

NannyL - for future reference - where can you get those from? Fab news

I think it depends on your lo. Ds always hated growbags, wanted to be swaddled as a newborn and never liked them at any stage, even tried them at 12mths. Luckily have kept his first 2 as they were worn a couple of times each and will try them with this baby due in 4wks.

I love grobags, have found that the branded ones made by grobag are the best tried cheaper ones, ds was in one from birth they do a newborn one. He is a great sleeper. HTH

Love them both of my children have slept through from 6 weeks usuing growbags. Must get another couple as DS seems to have more explosive nappies then DD did and on the odd night when they are both in the wash he is unsettled as he keeps kicking the blanket off and getting himself cold. They also mean that wheb you lift them out to feed/change them they aren't being returned to a cold bed and therefore settle much quicker.

DD is in one at 18 months and has been from 4 months. She was born in May so I didn't bother that first summer. DS was in one until he went in a bed at 2.3. That was May. But then the following winter he was waking up with the covers kicked off. So we put him back in a summerweight one under the duvet which meant that the duvet stayed in place - his kicking was contained within the sleeping bag. So he finally came out of it when he was 3.

Another good thing is that when you lift a baby for night feeding the bedding comes with them and stays warm and you don't have to lay them back down on a cold sheet.