2.5 tog Grobags

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How come I need a 9 tog duvet and ds only has a 2.5 tog grobag. Should he have a blanket too?

It's much warmer than a duvet because it completely surrounds him - top and bottom and is close to the body. Try wrapping your duvet round you so it's like a tube round you and you will see how much warmer it is. I have a heavier weight grobag for cold nights as ds likes to be warm, but the 2.5tog is fine for normal mild autumn nights in a centrally heated house IMO.

I thank you.

We use a 2.5 tog grobag for even the coldest weather - and a 1.0 grobag in the summer. They are really cosy! Don't use a blanket as well - they are designed to be the only bedding, with the baby wearing a vest and pyjama top.

Lots of good info here (mind you, I don't mean that this brand is necessarily the one to go for - indeed I have always used other brands myself and find these have been liked by my sons - just that their info is very good).

butterfly

just had a look at the link, butterfly mum, lovely things.
can i ask you when you put your children down and if they are not quite drowsy enough but it is bedtime do they get tangled up in the bag if the start to stand up or wriggle around?
my dd stands up if she wakes and if i put her down sometimes she just plays with a few toys and then nods off. i'd be worried (for me not her as i like my evenings back after the first year!)it might keep her awake if she starts hi-jinking ....?

Aloha,

where do you get heavier wieght grobags from please? I thought 2.5 was the heaviest available but obviously not.
thanks

hermykne, the grobags are designed to allow enough space for a child to stand up apparently and 'wander' around the cot but they wont be able to climb out, thank goodness.

DS (almost 2) has learnt to undo his Grobag! Has been too busy playing with the zip to do any sleeping during the day. I was forced to take him for a walk in the buggy instead as he refused to settle. Grrr...

hermykne, my youngest son (15mths) has been in his sleeping bag for daytime and night sleeps since just over a month old. I always put him down "awake". Yes, as mckenzie says, the bags allow room for the child to stand up and move about, but they do not usually end up in a tangle. My son seems to enjoy the "coziness" of his bag and usually settles over to sleep fairly quickly. In the morning, he is quite happy to sit/stand/walk in his cot with the bag still on and play with some toys until I get dressed etc. Likewise, after a daytime nap, he is quite content in his bag until I lift him.

As I have said on another 'sleeping bags' post on mumsnet, I discovered bags when my middle son was about 4mths old and since using them have never looked back (other than to wish that I had had them when my first son was little).

Hope this helps.

butterfly

My 27month old dd used to undo the zip until i got a nappy pin and now she can't get it undone.

My dd loves her grobag as well, but don't you find their hands get cold? I have the central heating on (very low) and she is lovely and warm but her hands are freezing. I do put mittens on but these are always off by the time we do the night feed. Why don't they make winter grobags with sleeves and built in gloves??

I DO find their hands get cold but I understood that this would be he same in any bedding (blankets, duvet etc) as they usually poke their hands out. Someone posted about wonderful long-sleeved double-sack sleeping bag available from Urchin I am still thinking about. Also wanted to ask if the "Walk-In Sleep Suits" on the Mothercare website are the thicker, fleecier ones?

magnum - heating on too! blimey. are you somewhere very arctic?

Do you leave the central heating on all night? I can't get my head round this 'tog' rating thing (but I've got another three months to work it out!). NB I do live somewhere rather arctic, the Nth-East.

just thought i'd revive this thread to say i have two 2.5 tog grobags for sale if anyone is interested. see the noticeboard from the mumsnet home page. both in really good condition bought jan last year and used for six months only.

I thought it was just my 3 month old whose hands are really icy in 2.5 tog. I thought the same thing that they would still be poking out of blankets.

DS slept on a 2.5 bags during his first 3 months (feb-may) , we then bought a 1.0 and a 0.5 for the holidays, now that he is older he finds the 1.0 too hot so until a few days ago we were using the 0.5 with a sleepsuit and he was perfectly fine (well the central heating is on at 21 degrees but hey... we come from very hot countries )

ds2 has been in his 2.5 tog grobag for a couple of weeks now (they can be used once they hit 10lb) and is lovely and snug - no central heating on, his room gets down to about 17-18 degrees (I have a small heater I put on just in his room if its going to be a very cold night). his hands ARE icy though....

ds slept in a grobag from 6 mths and stiil uses his most of the time now
i remember putting gloves on him last winter.....
not meant to be used with a blanket.....

Writing one handed as d2 sleeping in my arms. are differenr brands better or all the same ?

I'd like to know the answer to that too Hercules. I've got a Grobag one which was a present but if I want to buy more are the Woolworths ones as good? They're 20 quid I think, so cheaper than Grobags.

TK Max sell them for ten pounds. They don't look very nice and can they be as good as others for that price? How small things confuse us!

We have had two winter grobags and 1 summer one and have always bought 'grobag' ones.....
It is the tog rating that matters I think - though I liked the comfort of having a well-known, well-reserached brand......just my reasons though

I've got 2.5 tog Grobags and I HATE trying to do the zip up when I've given her a bottle to stop her crying although I do see why the zip is upside down. She's also started rolling around in it and gets a bit tangled up, will this get better when she's more mobile or is it good to limit their mobility like this?

I bought a Gro-bag for dd2 a couple of days ago from Mothercare for £20. Call me a snob but it looks much better than the Woolworths ones, apart from the looks, dd2 sleeps much better (not that she was a bad sleeper anyway), she doesn't wake up after kicking her blankets off. I also wondered about whether to put a blanket on or not, in the end I put a thin one over her.

Forgot to say, the Mothercare ones have press studs instead of a zip.