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Why are grobags dangerous for 18-36 months?

24 replies

fizzbuzz · 20/10/2007 19:11

Read this on here, but no one knew why.

Dd has to have these as roams around cot like wildebeest, and blankets next to useless, as she usually spins through 180 degrees, several times a night. Does anyone know why they are meant to be dangerous?

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stripeymama · 20/10/2007 19:13

Are they? my dd (now 4) used them from 4 months til she was three - she loved tem and so did I. Wherever we were, if the Grobag was there she'd know it was bedtime and go to sleep.

fruitymum · 20/10/2007 19:15

is it because they might trip and fall getting out of bed? Would be loathe to stop using them - DD unzips her in the morning anyway!

pooka · 20/10/2007 19:15

Haven't a clue and am somewhat alarmed, having just put ds to bed in his. He was 2 in September.
DD had a grobag until she went into a bed at 2 and about 4 months.
When ds goes into a bed, he'll probably no longer have his grobag - just so that he isn't hobbled too much. But if he wasn't in a grobag now, he would certainly climb out of his cot.

chocolateshoes · 20/10/2007 19:16

Have no idea but ds is still in one at 2.4. Should I now be worrying?

LaDiDaDi · 20/10/2007 19:18

No idea but dd is in one for similar reasond to your dd. I'm also hoping it will hinder her cot climbing skills. Unless there is evidence of a child being killed by a grobag then I'm going to keep using them!

CarGirl · 20/10/2007 19:20

I put mine in them back to front to stop them unzipping them - certainly made it a less frequent occurance.

barking · 20/10/2007 19:24

we had stopped using ours about 5 months ago as ds3 (2 years) was unzipping himself and climbing out of cot.

It was a total nightmare as wriggled out of duvet and would wake most nights cold or very early in mornings.

Two weeks ago my mum came up with genius idea of turning sleeping bag round back to front (so zip is at back) and putting him into his travel cot which has a lower base and higher sides which are covered so cannot climb out and doesn't get as distracted.

Now sleeps 12-13 hours a night - does anyone want to buy a very expensive beech bedside cot with organic mattress?!

CarGirl · 20/10/2007 19:29

barking if he fathoms out unzipping it whilst on back to front my next tactic for the persistent offender is using a nappy pin through the zipper as well!

MillieMummy · 20/10/2007 19:29

We used one with DD until she was 2.5yrs - no problems. Ds is now 12 months and happily wearing his. I think they are great - wish they did big ones for adults who get the duvet pulled off them at night !

JacOLantanne · 20/10/2007 19:31

I have never heard of them being being dangerous - dd2 loves her and it still in it at nearly 3.

Seona1973 · 20/10/2007 19:52

if they were that dangerous they would not be able to be sold. bumpto3 now do them up to age 10. I suppose they could trip up in them but that would be the only danger I could see with them.

Marne · 20/10/2007 19:56

I dont use one on dd2 as she trys to stand up and walk in it,falls over and bangs her head , now i just put her in a fleece sleepsuit and no covers.

maxbear · 20/10/2007 20:00

I can't see any harm in them. Dd will be 3 in January and we stopped using them about 3 months ago. They were a godsend until then. She used to get out of bed and walk round her room very slowly and carefully, it was quite funny to watch. I don't know how people in the old days coped without them. Must have had lots of night time wakings to put the blankets back on.

RustyBear · 20/10/2007 20:00

That was the reason I was told marne - that older children will try to stand/walk in them & trip.

CarGirl · 20/10/2007 20:00

I obviously had gifted children, they soon learned to walk around in them without falling over

PanicPants · 20/10/2007 20:07

I don't know either. Just put 2.2 ds down to sleep in one

kindersurprise · 20/10/2007 20:11

Never heard of this, my DCs were in them until they were about 2.5. They both perfected a kind of shuffle when wandering about.

ChasingSquirrels · 20/10/2007 20:13

mine both walked in them as soon as they could walk, ds2 (20m) has trouble now walking in the 18-36mo one as it is so big on him, but doesn't hurt himself.

IwansMam · 21/10/2007 13:33

I'd read that you shouldn't put babies in grobags once they started to crawl/walk if they hadn't been in them before then because they weren't used to having them.

TheEvilDediderata · 21/10/2007 13:40

I didn't use a grobag when ds was a baby. He never liked anything over him, and I guessed that he'd feel claustrophobic.

The Ann Diamond Sleep Clinic at St Michael's Hospital in Bristol have been conducting research into gro bags over the past few years. I think there have been mild concerns about babies over-heating in them, but as far as I'm aware, the concerns proved to be unfounded.

CarGirl · 21/10/2007 13:55

I do think that some people use 2.5 tog bags when there house is probably warm enough for a 1 tog one, I think that's why those room thermometers are handy until you get a feel for how warm your house really is. I also use a lighter tog for day time naps than at night.

Jacksmybaby · 06/11/2007 20:48

Ditto what Marne said - DS not walking yet (9mo) but pulling up to standing in cot, getting feet tangled up, tripping and falling.

andiemisletoe · 06/11/2007 20:50

ooh I think this is a bit silly they wouldn't sell so many if they were a serious health hazard I used them for my ds till he was 3 with no probs

MaeBee · 07/11/2007 20:06

it can;t be about toddlers walking in them and tripping cos don't most start walking about 13mths? 18mths would be a bit random! my boy has been walking properly since 10mths, and is 13mths and in one.
now im mildly anxious!!

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