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At what age do you get rid of a cosytoes?

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Payney · 08/12/2004 13:15

Sorry to be a pain, but I am still in a quandary about what cosytoes to get for my Quinny Formula. I read a review the other day where someone said that her son had outgrown his cosytoes at 18 months. My ds is a large 18 month year old, so it has just occurred to me that perhaps he shouldn't even be using a cosytoes anymore??!! We live in Wales and Saturday mornings are spent traipsing up and down the side of a footie pitch as my other ds perfects his goal-scoring technique. Whilst there is nothing else I would love more than to be doing this (:o) it is bloody freezing so I would like something for my youngest. I already wrap him up in jumpers, hats etc, which my dh says is plenty, but I worry about that inch and a half of leg that pokes out below his trousers, above his socks!

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PamiNativity · 08/12/2004 13:17

Dd2 is 19 months and refuses point blank to use a cosytoes. We stopped using one with dd1 at a similar age, although she wasn't as feisty so got away with it for a bit longer. Have you tried using a blanket instead? Or tights?? Grin

NomDePlumPudding · 08/12/2004 13:17

TBH I would say that a cosytoes can be used for as long as your child fits in one. My DD is also tall so we had to stop using it at around 18 months as it wasn't long enough.

suzywong · 08/12/2004 13:17

tights
black tights from woolies, get them age three

vict17 · 08/12/2004 13:18

Hope it is 18 months! My ds is 8 months and it is driving me mad - seems to slip down all the time. Would be nice to think this is the only winter he'll need it!

Bagpussinboots30 · 08/12/2004 13:19

When its cold I make dd wear polartec trousers from JojoMamanBebe - they go over clothing and are super warm. I had to stop using the cosytoes at about 18 months also.

katzguk · 08/12/2004 13:22

still using one with DD aged 2!! she loves hers. Gets in the pushchair saying 'cosytoes hmmmm all warm now'

WigWamBam · 08/12/2004 13:24

I was only able to use mine for the first winter - when I got it out to use it the second winter, dd was 17 months old and way too big for it. I agree with what others have said - put him in tights. Or you could always cover his legs with a blanket.

morningpaper · 08/12/2004 13:24

I have a 2 year old and still haven't worked out what a cosytoes is.

What the hell is it?

Pidge · 08/12/2004 13:35

We use a fleecy blanket for my dd (age 2.4) - to be honest we found the cosytoes for the M&P pliko was a pain in the proverbial and made getting the straps round her absolutely fiendish!

LIZS · 08/12/2004 13:40

Used ours for dd on the Quinny last winter - she is now 3 yrs 3 months - so until just over 2.5. We didn't use the Maclaren one much though as it was narrower and we used it for shopping mainly when she will walk more anyway. Wasn't easy to get her in with winter clothes and snow boots. She loved it because it was sheepskin (v. unpc)and snug.

lol morningpaper. It is aka a footmuff, one of those attached sleeping bags for a pushchair.

morningpaper · 08/12/2004 13:54

Hmm I've never OWNED a cosytoes - have I left it too late?! :o

Caribbeanqueen · 08/12/2004 13:56

Dd is 20 months and we just bought one! Didn't need one last year though.

WigWamBam · 08/12/2004 14:00

morningpaper - a cosytoes is sometimes called a footmuff, it's a padded sleeping bag type thing that goes over the foot of the pushchair and your baby stays snug inside.

Pagan · 08/12/2004 14:20

Never used one. Made do with fleecy blankets and all-in-one snow suits if it was really baltic (live in Scotland).

Demented · 08/12/2004 14:35

I stopped with both of them when they were wearing outdoor shoes, the shoes made the cosytoes business more difficult and if they had been running round in the park the cosytoes got dirty and I figured the shoes kept their feet warm and just made sure they had a snowsuit or something on instead.

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Payney · 08/12/2004 15:23

Thanks, everyone! I am so glad I asked you all first before I spent a fortune on something I would end up flogging on ebay before the winter was out! Incidentally, LIZS, which Quinny cosytoes did you have? I have the Formula pushchair, but don't think my ds would like the idea of being mummified in their cosytoes, whereas the Freestyle one looks a bit less claustrophobic. He may not like either - it hadn't occurred to me that toddlers wouldn't actually like them (personally, I would love to be wrapped up in a fleecy cosytoes...). Does anyone know of anywhere selling "nice" snowsuits that go larger than 18 months? I had thought of this option but haven't yet found anywhere that makes them large enough :)

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LIZS · 08/12/2004 15:28

Didn't have a Quinny footmuff but a sheepskin one. We have the Fashion 3 wheeler with bumper bar and it fitted fine. There was a thread a little while back on snowsuits \link{http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk?topicid=1012&threadid=42359&stamp=041103095135\here}

Bagpussinboots30 · 08/12/2004 15:28

Jojo do snowsuits as well as the trousers I earlier mentioned. dd had the snowsuit last year and has ds's old trouser/jacket combo this year. If you order one I would actually order two in different sizes as depending on how long legs are they can ride up a bit in the buggy. Snowsuit has handy turn over mits as well which I thought were good. Oh, you'll also get the 10% discount through Mumsnet of course! HTH

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