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Sleepyhead: Wean off or upgrade?

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SPARKS17 · 15/01/2019 22:17

If you had a sleepyhead did you wean your child off it (if so how?) or did you upgrade?

We have had great success with our sleepyhead but I am reluctant to upgrade it, as the next size up is insanely expensive and I'm not sure what happens next sleepwise, once the baby is up and moving in a cot is the large size worth having?

Any advice from previous sleepyhead users appreciated!

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confuddeledconfuddel · 16/01/2019 00:20

Bumping as I would love to know as well

TinyBearCub · 16/01/2019 09:37

We took it out of DD's next2me when she started to look cramped around 6 months. We went 'cold turkey' and she didn't appear to notice. A couple of weeks later we moved her into her cot, which was also straightforward. Until she started rolling onto her tummy and getting stuck, that is!

Pockybot · 17/01/2019 20:47

I upgraded to larger size and it’s been worth it. DS moved to a bigger cot at the same time and it made the transition unnoticeable. It’s useful when we go away as something to sleep on too.

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Littleelffriend · 17/01/2019 20:48

We upgraded would recommend

Navy123 · 17/01/2019 20:54

We went cold turkey - he'd been in his cot in his own room for a few weeks (at 6 months, he's just small so fit in the sleepyhead a long time!) then I took it away for a nap and never gave it back - I'm not sure he even noticed. Someone said to me the best thing to do when you want to change something is to just do whatever you wanted as if it's the normal way of doing something and only worry if they make a problem out of it - often (and this is definitely me!!) we think it's a bigger deal than they do and they are surprisingly adaptable.

SPARKS17 · 21/01/2019 20:52

Its a tie! Thanks for your replies, my baby hates day time naps but consistently goes down at 7pm and I am reluctant to mess that up. I do feel we got our moneys worth with the original, I suppose I have nothing to lose going cold turkey and if it all goes wrong will get the grand posted out!

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Zara85 · 21/01/2019 23:30

We weaned off!
The main reason being that when we used to go away for nights or have baby sleep at grandparents house (albeit rare), the basic sleepyhead was easy to stick in the car.
However the bigger one was massive, as in the side of a cot pretty much and we decided that him getting attached him that for the next god knows how long was not feasible.
We tried weaning off using towels rolled up under the sheets with a view to spacing them wider each night, however on night one he cried so much we just removed the towels altogether as they didn't do a fat lot and kept reassuring him all night. Night 2 was still not great but better. Night 3 he had forgotten what a sleepyhead even was and has slept absolutely fine without it ever since :-)
He was 7mo then and is now 3

SPARKS17 · 22/01/2019 19:55

Thanks @zara85 will give it three nights before I throw in the towel then!

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CottonSock · 22/01/2019 19:59

Upgraded and loved the bigger one for trips away.

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