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When did you stop using sleep sacks for your babies?

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snarferson · 04/01/2017 20:46

Just as the title says really. My 1.5 year old has started unzipping hers at night. It's still fastened at the shoulders but largely when I go in she's semi removed it.

I was very PFB? anxious for ages that if I used a blanket she would kick it off and get cold or suffocate in it but I think I'm starting to get over that now . My DPs and DMIL are dead so I'm generally just muddling along at being mum and feeling generally clueless about simple things.

Would it be ok to start using blankets now?

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fluffandsnuff · 04/01/2017 20:49

You could use holey blankets if you're worried. I used gro bags up to 2.5 years when DS started taking them off. Now I sneak up before I go to bed advice he always throws off the blankets and I have to put them back.

NapQueen · 04/01/2017 20:50

Could you put it on back to front?

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snarferson · 04/01/2017 20:56

I was given lots of holey blankets when she was born!

That's a good idea about putting them on backwards but some have the zips on the side so don't think it would fool her for long

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Shedoesntgetthatfromme · 04/01/2017 21:03

If you want to stick with sleeping bags try the Grobag travel ones, they're pretty secure and my Houdini daughter never managed to escape from them even though she was out of the standard ones in a few minutes.
But if you want to give up on the sleeping bags then you can lay the duvet or blanket longways across the cot/bed so you can tuck the ends in under the mattress so she can't kick it off. Don't tuck it in too tightly though, it needs to be loose enough so she isn't constricted and can shuffle back under it by herself if she needs to. My daughter's got a single duvet on her cotbed so it's long enough to be well tucked under the mattress, and she's never managed to kick it off (yet).

Soubriquet · 04/01/2017 21:05

Dd was just over 1. She unzipped them too so we just gave her a duvet from then. Which ended up on the floor until recently

Ds is 2 in March and still uses them. He loves his gro-bags and are part of his routine

JollyHockeyGit · 04/01/2017 22:09

DS is still in his at 18 mos, they keep him cosy and safe and he's not started unzipping them yet! Will probably keep him in them until he grows out of them, he's a wriggler so would probably kick blankets off.

Sparrowlegs248 · 04/01/2017 22:11

Ds is 17 months and still in his. He is such a wriggled, there is no way he'd stay under blankets, ticked in or not. And out house is cold.

isthistoonosy · 04/01/2017 22:14

Around 1yr for both kids they both started screaming about the grow bags as soon as they were in anyway mobile - I can only assume.they we're already planning an escape. 😊

neversleepagain · 04/01/2017 22:38

At 3 when they moved from cots to beds.

JohnLapsleyParlabane · 04/01/2017 22:40

DD is 14months. We stopped using sleeping bags at about 9 months. JojoMamanBebe do padded sleepsuits which we like for cold weather and we use Cellular blankets to cover her if we think she's chilly.

OutnumberedByFurchesters · 04/01/2017 22:43

I stopped using them around 13/14months.. as she was getting too tall for the 12-18 month ones. And also it was summer time, so she was getting to hot and therefore had no covers at all, now and again a thin blanket.

Started with a duvet at 17months ish, no problems. And she loves it and sleeps much better with it. :)

AliceInHinterland · 04/01/2017 22:43

At about a year as he was always tangled up in his sleeping bag and annoyed.
We used a light quilt from John Lewis, it seemed quite breathable, and layered up clothes (vest under PJs etc).

albertcampionscat · 04/01/2017 23:10

mintthins · 04/01/2017 23:14

We stopped using them at around 18 months when we figured DD was safer when escaping her cot if she had full movement in her legs. We gave up the cot too when we realised she was safer in a bed.

Runningbutnotscared · 05/01/2017 00:43

Just bought a new one for my two year old as I really like them and I think they prevent him from climbing out his cot (they have to be the travel gro-bag ones put on backwards though as he happily removes all the others)

snoopyokay · 05/01/2017 07:54

I have never used one - couldn't work out how to get 9 month DD into it without waking her up? She sleeps fine anyway blankets or no blankets

Frazzled2207 · 05/01/2017 07:57

When we took the side off the cot and gave him a quilt which was when he was about 2. Would have been longer but he had to vacate the cot for dc2.

TooMinty · 05/01/2017 08:04

Snoopy - I think most people put the baby in the sleeping bag before they are asleep

I try to stick with sleeping bags as long as possible as they restrict movement/escape potential! But I think the advice is that duvets are ok from a year old.

TooMinty · 05/01/2017 08:05

Use fleece pjs with feet if you're worried about it getting kicked off.

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