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Alternatives to sleeping-bags for wriggly babies who get all twisted up?

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bumbleweed · 10/09/2006 12:08

dd has always slept in a gro-bag or similar, but recently she is wriggling in her sleep so much, that the end of the grobag is getting twisted round and round and this is waking her up

my mum says she had us in furry all-in-one sleep suits with arms and legs but with no covers on

just had a look in the usual shops and can see ordinary sleepsuit/baby-gro type things but not sure warm enough to put dd in without any covers

any ideas anyone?

sounds trivial - but need to try to put right every slight thing which could be affecting her sleep, as myself and dh both up at least 3 times each during the night settling her and both extremely tired and desperate

thanks in advance

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bumbleweed · 12/09/2006 10:09

nappies that's great news

thanks for your support I feel encouraged now to try something else with dd

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NappiesGalore · 12/09/2006 17:39

NappiesGalore · 13/09/2006 08:49

would this be ok? or too warm, do you think?

NappiesGalore · 13/09/2006 09:10

this! fleece sleepsuits

EmsTomot · 13/09/2006 09:14

We have fleece sleepsuits for our baby and they work wonders - we put a vest, baby grow and his fleece on when it is cold and this does him lovely. The only problem is his little hands feel like ice sometimes. I have put scratch mittens on him but he ends up pulling them off with his mouth and chewing them, which makes me worry about choking...any suggestions?

Olipop · 13/09/2006 09:17

sorry haven't read full thread but mothercare and matalan have all in one fleecey suits. DS sleeps in one and loves it...they feel lovely and snuggly when you go and pick htem up too!

NappiesGalore · 13/09/2006 09:19

hi Bumble - i just ordered a suit from that last site - Donnan - so will let you know how that is, as a replacement for blankets.

NappiesGalore · 13/09/2006 09:23

Ems - dont know if theres anything you can do for the icy hands really - blankets wouldnt do much to help it either unless he lay parfectly still all night, which i doubt! raise tha embient temperature of the room he sleeps in, while reducing the layers under his suit?

or that suit i just ordered from Donann.co.uk has foldover mitten ends on the arms. might just P him off tho if he like to bite the gloves off and get to his hands!

EmsTomot · 13/09/2006 09:26

The fold over mittens sound interesting, especially for the winter months...will def. check that suit out.
Matalan fleece suits are lovely and inexpensive which is handy. Would recommend buying the next size up as well as the size your baby is, because they can be awkward to put on when baby is sleepy because of the zipped front.

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bumbleweed · 13/09/2006 10:24

hey Nappies, they do look good those ones from donann - JackieNo posted a link further down also I think to the same site

a friend gave me a fleecy all-in-one to try, quite thin fleece iykwim, and I put dd in it last night - I'm pretty sure she was more comfortable in it ...

... but she still woke up the same number of times, aaaargh

I think I will try one of those you have bought, but I think I will need to try 18-24m as dd was very snug in her 12-18m one last night, and that was with only a vest underneath. Not keen on the lurid colours and designs but I think I could cope with lemon yellow

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NappiesGalore · 13/09/2006 15:21

i know what you mean - what the hell are some of those colourful designs about??

oh yes, well donr me for finding a site JackieNo already linked to. der...

thank you for the size tip, EmsTomot. dont want it to be too big tho, or they end up more twisted than in a bag. ive oredered one of each size i think he could fit on the logic that if he fits the smaller, he'll grow into the bigger, and if he fits the bigger i can sell the smaller on here. probably to one of you lot on this thread!

and Bumble - ho hum at LO still waking anyway. at least if we've covered absolutely every other angle, when it finally comes to grit-your-teeth-and-bear-it sleep 'training' it'll probably work faster and be easier, eh? (thats the theory anyway)

MuminBrum · 20/09/2006 14:56

Child kicking quilt off - is there such a thing as a quilt restrainer? I am sure I remember seeing an elastic strap with clips on each side to hold the quilt sides down (strap goes under the mattress) but I now can't track it down to a particular catalogue. Anyone out there know what I mean?

NappiesGalore · 24/09/2006 17:01

yes muminbrum, i know the thing. now which catalogue was it in...??

try blooming marvellous and jojomamanbebe. if neither of those post again and i'll think further...

JackieNo · 24/09/2006 17:11

Noticed yesterday that Primark have fleecy all-in-ones with feet for their usual ridiculously low prices.

JackieNo · 24/09/2006 17:15

and the duvet gripper thing is available from GLTC

kellywellyboots · 26/09/2006 22:13

update - the fleecy thing from donann arrived 2 days ago and is great. i like the flap-over hands and on the bigger size (hes not in yet) flap-over feet. enough room for jammies underneath too.
but if you can get more or less same thing from primark, than wahey! think i'll take myself off down there

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