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How long did you keep them in sleeping bags/grobags?

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oliveoil · 09/06/2004 11:04

dd is 19 months and nearly out of her sleeping bag. I washed it the other day and it wasn't dry so at night I put her in the cot with just a blanket and she slept ok. However since then she has been a bit whingy and it is a bit hit and miss whether she is going to go off to sleep, normally it's 'bye bye' and off she goes. Last night the only thing that sent her off was putting her in the bag.

Do you think that she is 'addicted' as it were, to the grobag and should I try and get rid of it now and get her used to sheets etc? Or could it just be a coincidence of the hot weather stopping her sleeping as normal?

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codswallop · 09/06/2004 11:19

Just took ds3 out a few months a go at a year - he was too hot and was getting po - ed with not being abole to move around I think

in colder nights he now has a ( naff but cute) tigger suit

codswallop · 09/06/2004 11:20

think it might be the light evenings Olive?

Hulababy · 09/06/2004 11:22

DD came out of a Grobag when she went into a toddler bed, aged 18months. She was fine about it and it didn't seem to affect her sleeping.

Ghosty · 09/06/2004 11:27

I know someone who had her 3 year old still in a sleeping bag.

Chandra · 09/06/2004 11:33

DS's current grobag is suposed to last until 3 yrs old but is becoming a bit dangerous as he tries to stand up while in his cot, steps on it and falls, but he moves so much that it is impossible to keep him covered with a blanket, he has been sleeping without it in this last hot days, if the weather continues as it is throughout the summer maybe he is not going to use it again... He is 15m old

strangerthanfiction · 09/06/2004 11:35

Dd is 20 months and still in hers. I can't imagine how to get her to cope with sheets as she's such a nighttime wriggler ...

throckenholt · 09/06/2004 11:35

my ds1 is nearly 3 - up until recently he slept in his grobag. He is able to take it off himself (although he can't work the zip to get it back on again). Some nights he just takes it off, other he leaves it on. He is not very good at pulling the quilt up over him - but I usually check an hour or so after he has fallen asleep and then pull the quilt up if necessary (and remove assorted tractors, books etc ).

All three of mine have been difficult to get to sleep lately - regardless what they are wearing - hot nights, light nights, over tired, too much going on that they might miss !

strangerthanfiction · 09/06/2004 11:36

Chandra, dd also moves around in hers. She's surprisingly agile at 'walking' from one end of the cot to the other in it though I've no idea quite how ...

zubb · 09/06/2004 11:38

ds1 came out of his at 26 months as he learnt how to undo the zip! We would put him to bed in it, and when we checked on him later it would be off and on the floor! We took the hint and bought a duvet for him, and have changed him to a bed.
The hot weather might have affected her sleeping, but if she still sleeps well in a sleeping bag I would leave her in it.

albert · 09/06/2004 11:40

I took DS out of his when he was about 2 but only because he kept taking it off. I wouldn't worry too much about keeping her in it if she's happy, the main thing is that she sleeps OK, probably the warm weather and light evenings are contributing to the problem. I seem to recal that you can buy sleeping bags in really big sizes if it becomes a problem.

Mo2 · 09/06/2004 11:44

DS2 is 22months and we stopped using his about a month ago. He doesn't really sleep under his duvet, which is fine at the mo (hot!) but on colder nights we were going in later and tucking it around him.

Have to agree - he takes much longer to go to sleep now - used to be straight into it and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

He's a bit obsessed with his babygros actually - when he's tired 'sniffs his sleeve' and says "hummmmmmmmmm" - in fact he actually goes to get it off the side of his cot when he wants to go to bed.... truly scrumptious, aren't they!?

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oliveoil · 09/06/2004 11:49

Thanks all, I think I will try and keep her in it for a bit longer, I need my sleep more at the mo and am not up for any shenanigans at night. The one she has is a bit warm I think so I will have a look in the shops at lunch to see if they have thinner ones.

She has eczema behind her knee and takes any chance to have a go so I have to put something on her legs. Also, she gets her legs stuck between the bars of the cot without her bag and wakes up.

She hasn't tried to walk in it yet, am I just lucky?

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bundle · 09/06/2004 12:00

oliveoil, we kept dd1 in hers for ages - till just before she was 3, about 2 yr 9 mth when we took the side off her cotbed and a month before dd2 was due. we put a duvet into the cot for a couple of nights before (a lightish one, with thomas tank cover ) we took the side off, and I let her watch me do all that too so she felt part of moving into her big bed

florenceuk · 09/06/2004 12:23

DS still in his grobag at 2.5yrs. He can walk in his - well, stagger - and I can't say it has ever caused us problems. In fact, if we had taken it off he would have been able to climb out of the cot so a good reason to keep it on. Putting his bag on is definitely part of the routine (as it inserting a large safety pin to stop him takng it off). Having said that, we are switching him to a bed next week!

sooz31 · 09/06/2004 12:50

maybe it's a routine thing? we stopped with DS's grobag when we moved him into his big bed in Feb and had no problems (other than his falling out a few times - poor thing!).

The complete change and excitement at having a bed and duvet like mummy and daddy seemed to be enough to not worry him. IMO hang on to the grobag until you want to move DD out of her cot.

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oliveoil · 09/06/2004 13:31

Have just got back from Daisy & Tom with a 0.5 tog summer one for £35, what a rip off. But it will last her till she is bumped out of her cot after the new arrival gets here in August and needs it.

Dh tutted at the price but I have told him we can use if for the next baby even if its a boy, it won't know pink is for girls .

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cathncait · 09/06/2004 13:48

I'm in agreement here too Oliveoil,
my dd is 22 months and still in sleeping bags. We did recently buy a new one with press studs for the winter (in Aust) but she could undo that and took forever to get to sleep when she is usually quick. I actually went in to check her after a while and found that she had not only taken off her bag but her pants and nappy too! She'll be in a 'zip up' sleeping bag for a while yet!

prettycandles · 09/06/2004 14:53

ds is 3.5 and he is still in his sleeping bag. He loves it! But then he loves anything to do with going to sleep in his cot (unreal ).

We've ordered his big bed, and it's a mid-sleeper so he'll have a ladder to negotiate, so I imagine he will soon be coming out of the bag.

dd is 17m and has worked out how to walk in her bag and how to start unzipping it. If necessary I will use a nappy pin to keep it closed, because she is not coming out of that bag at night come hell or high water!

She's been ok so far, hottest night was aobut 27deg and she was in just nappy and bag, but I imagine that the break in routine and the hot weather could be affecting Oliveoil's dd.

Nothing whatsoever wrong in a child being addicted to their sleeping bag - if anything it's a good addiction IMO!

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oliveoil · 10/06/2004 09:20

£35 well spent , went to sleep at 6.45pm not a peep and woke up when I was lumbering about at 6.30am.

Have told dh she will be in a bag till she is 5 .

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codswallop · 10/06/2004 09:21

lol at a 3 year old in it - I mo they need them til they suss how to pull up blankets

prettycandles · 10/06/2004 15:15

Ds really struggled with blankets until we got him a very thin cot-bed quilt. It is just that little bit stiffer than a blanket, which makes it easier for him to manage. Would you believe it, but he likes to sleep in pyjamas, sleeping bag and quilt!

emmatmg · 10/06/2004 15:27

Our DS3 is nearly 9 months and absolultey hates them and since I've just been putting him to bed in a babygro and blankets he's slept much better.

(still waking for a feed but for anyone who knows me/him it is better)

bloss · 11/06/2004 09:06

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