Hi

i was about to buy the 18-36m ones but not sure now if he wont wear them

E have you tried gro-bags with different fastenings on them? We have got some from Ikea - cheaper than normal grobags but v warm (used them camping and just started to use them at home now it's got chillier not sure of the tog rating am guessing 2.5) but the best thing is they zip up upside down, ie you thread the zip under their chin and when it's done up the zip ends up by their feet. Meaning it's difficult for a little person to unzip/climb out of! They're really bold colours and designs too..we had loads of comments when we went for a stroll at night when camping & the babies were snuggled up in them.

Shame you weren't closer otherwise you could've borrowed one to "try before you buy".

 

My boys are in 2.5 or 3 tog bags (depends which is in the wash) and wear a vest and a sleepsuit (the type with feet), they were still waking up crying at 3am ish when the temp dropped so now also have a fleece blanket (doubled over and a coverlet/quilt thingy on top off the bags) they are a pair of cold morsels! They still wake up with cold hands and faces, they did have another blanket, but then they were waking up really pink and flushed so we took them off. And we have had the heating on too! We are in a detatched property near the sea, and it gets cold!! The temp was 15c in their room at the weekend!

If anyone finds higher tog bags please let me know!!  

CLP  

 

Hi

I have been putting DS in a 2.5 bag, vest and pjs or babygrow, my problem now is he keeps taking his bag off, its been on 3 times tonight, that said everytime i go in to him in the morning hes wearing just a nappy 

what age do you normally quit with the growbags
i was about to buy the 18-36m ones but not sure now if he wont wear them
think might try him tomorrow with his quilt and see how he goes oh i dont know

another question is...... can you use a gro bag when they move to a bed

~E~

 

My girls (at 4!) are still in grobags (age 3-6 ones) and I use a 100% wool blanket over the top. They wear just PJs now, and are still in their 1 tog bags, but I'll change them tomorrow now I've read this  . In the winter they wear a vest, too, and when it's really cold, a cardigan as well!
Their room is quite cold in the morning as on the NW corner of the house, so I do wrap them up more than I would if they were i a warmer room
xx

 

If you look in your red books there is a page that give the tog values of vests, babygrows, blankets etc and tells you how to calculate a comfortabe cover for your baby. I found it very helpful.

Rhian xx

 

Does anyone use blanket as well with grobag.  Our house is freezing so 2.5 ok at the mo but won't be warm enough mid winter.
Dawn xxxxxxxxxx

 

already in short sleeve vest, babygro and 2.5tog sleeping bag, use a long sleeve vest when it gets really cold.  We have a cold house, even with central heating on!! He sleeps so much better the warmer he is!!
I will be putting my second quilt in my 2 part quilt this weekend, hate being cold,

strawbs xx

 

It is quite chilly now.

My DD is in 2.5 bag now with long sleeved pjs or a baby gro.  The heating now comes on at 6.30 so its nice and warmish when she wakes.

Axx

 

My DS's room has been going down to 16-17C overnight recently, so I've put him in a long-sleeved vest under his sleepsuit, and a 2.5tog bag - he's waking up a lot at night anyway, and I don't want it to be because he's cold.  If it gets any colder in his room I think I'll buy extra thick fleecy sleepsuits.  Anyone else finding it chilly at the mo?!

 

Mae don't feel bad, it really depends on how warm your house is!!  Aimee's bedroom is still 23 degrees (no heating on!), I have her in a babygro and a 1.5 sleeping bag, i've only just put this on in the last few days when it dropped from 24/25 degrees!!

Bev xx

 

M won't tolerate her gro bag anymore, so is in vest, PJs with feet, one celluar blanket and summer quilt until mummy gets her big girl winter quilt and pillow this weekend.

H is in vest, babygrow, 2.5 tog gro bag, and mummy has had the heating on this week as it's been a bit chilly!!! 

 

Archie sleeps in a vest, babygro and 2.5 tog - he woke the other night crying and since changing tog he has slept through again.

Not very warm here in Wales.

Can you get higher than a 2.5 tog?

 

Absolutely freezing up here, we've had heating on all weekend. DD has been in 2.5tog with long sleeve sleep suit for over a week now. We did go down to 1.5 over summer and I think there might have been 1 or 2 nights with no grobag  We've had an absolutely  summer up here though. Spent 1k + getting the garden converted from slabbed patio to new patio and grass on the back of the Met office prediction of a BBQ summer  wonder if I can sue them for it back   

I'm about to hunt out our winter weight duvet today for us too 

Maz x

 

Have to say I got out my 2.5 tog bag last night and it felt so thick. I put her back in long sleeved pjs and 1.5 bag.

It is cold in the mornings - I normally end up putting the heating on for an hour.

she's still in short sleeved T shirts with vests though during the day but can't see that lasting very long.

 

how bad do I feel...dd2 has just been sleeping in a sleepsuit..no vest or gro bag

think will go get a new gro bag tomorrow, apparently our local stockist is selling them off cheap at the mo to make way for new stock

Mae my DS was only in a vest and sleepsuit all the time through Winter and Spring until he moved into a big boy bed aged 2.5! He wouldnt use grobags at all and moved so much he wouldn't keep a blanket on

DD is currently in longer sleepsuit (without feet!) no vest yet and in 1 tog. In colder weather she'll move up to a vest and long sleepsuit but use the same tog. I find 2.5 too much in a centrally heated house.

The mornings are getting colder though, DS has to snuggle in a blanket when he gets up and has his milk!

C x

C x

 

DD is in a 2.5 tog and long sleeved PJ top with PJ shorts. Will add a vest underneath and long leg PJ bottoms when it gets colder and long sleeved vest and sleepsuit with feet at its coldest.  I did have her in a long sleeved vest only and 1.5 tog throughout the summer or when her room temp is over 20 degrees. When we did have that hot spell back in June it was 1 tog plus short vest or just nappy. 

 

DS is in a 1 tog with vest (recent addition) and sleep suit or long pyjamas but last night he fell asleep in the car in his clothes so was in T shirt, vest and 1 tog and was freezing in the middle of the night - had to come in with mummy to cosy up 

Dinky d - We have a 3 tog sleeping bag from TK Maxx and you can get higher togs online as well though can't remember where I saw them sorry    Our last house was freezing at night and if the 3 tog was in the wash I even, on the coldest of nights, put LO in a fleece sleep suit in a 2.5 tog sleeping bag.  An extra blanket didn't work for him as he does gymnastics in his cot    The 3 tog is very snuggly and cosy though - great for very cold nights.

 

DS has been in a 1 tog with short pjs but last night before putting him to bed his room was 16-17

so i got his 2.5tog out and put him into a sleepsuite (long sleeved)

~E~

 

hI A 2.5 now, as our house quite cold already.  Worry that when mid winter this won't be warm enough, and that's the highest tog isn't it.  Our house is freezing in winter, can you use blanket on top as well.
Dawn xxxxxxx

 

A 1.5tog Grobag, short-sleeved vest and a long-sleeved sleepsuit...his room is 18C at night.  Think he'll need 2.5tog bag soon though, and when it gets colder still I plan to put on a long-sleeved vest too to keep his arms warm.  Useful thread, by the way, thanks!

 

one is just in a 1 tog gro bag nappy and tee shirt, other two have 4 tog duvets but saying that is is so hot in my house its rare in the winter for the heating to go on only in morning and odd occasion

 

Hannah is in a 2.5 tog grobag, cotton PJs and a vest. She does not like being cold! 

 

Thomas is in a 2.5 gro bag, with a short sleved vest and a body suit with feet, he likes being quite snug at night and I tuck in a blanket over him too. 

 

We're in long sleeved vest and 1 tog at night, but thinking about upping to 1.5 tog soon 

 

K is just in PJs with a blanket and her beloved  blankie!!

She hasnt been in a gro bag since she was about 8 months old i think!! She hates having anything on her at night