Baby Sleeping Bags/ Grobags

[buzz]

We are so confused!
We have a 9.5 week old who is rather long and has pretty much outgrown his Moses basket. We are hoping to put him in his cot in the next week or two and have been looking to buy sleeping bags/grobags for this purpose. He currently sleeps under one doubled over cellular blanket with a doubled over sheet underneath it when it is colder. He wears a vest and an all in one to bed. Our room is generally 16-20 degrees but obviously we are heading towards (hopefully!) warmer weather so this may change. We are really struggling to work out which tog rating to buy. The first size is 0-6 month. He will be 6 months old at the end of June and trying to predict what the British weather will do is pretty impossible but we don't want to waste money, so for those of you in the know and with more experience than us we'd love to know:
- what tog rating for this time of year?
- what does your baby wear underneath?
- when do you change to your summer weight bag?
- anything else we need to know/consider before we buy?
Thanks!

 

[Staceylou27]

My lo is 5 months and sleeps in a 2.5tog sleeveless sleeping bag. She wears a shot sleeve vest and a sleep suit/pjs underneath.
Our room is usually around 17 degrees I would say.

I would have thought which ever tog you bought you could adapt the clothes underneath for the weather? If it's warmer just wear a vest and if it's colder add a baby grow?

This is what I plan to do. So long as there not over warm, my lo does like to be snug though

 

[Onedaysoon25]

My lo has always been in a 2.5 tog all year round as you just adjust what they wear underneath. When you buy one they usually have a guide for what to put them in according to the temperature. I was really worried about this also when mine was your babies age but I stuck to the guide and also what I thought was best.
The only time I have never used a grobag is when we were holiday and it was far too hot so she slept in a vest.
Hope this helps x

 

[Mayflower85]

There's some useful info here: http://www.gro-store.com/grobag-guide

 

[littlemonkey]

We didn't start putting our son into sleeping bags until he was about six months. When we moved him into his own room its was a red hot summer and he was happy to sleep in just a vest and sleep suit, some nights even just a vest! As it got cooler we started putting him in the sleeping bag.

I've always just put him in a 2.5 tog one and changed his layers underneath.

 

[buzz]

Thanks for the input so far everyone. He's quite a warm baby so I'm wondering whether a 1 tog with varying layers underneath would work?

 

[nicejuicypear]

My girl is 4 months and out of her 0-6 month ones already, she's a long baby. So I'd suggest getting a 6-12 now

 

[nicejuicypear]

Posted too early!

Yeah so if it's too big you can keep it for later. The main thing to look for is that it's not too big around the neck so he can't slip through it and suffocate.

Since its getting warmer a 1.5 would probably do. Our room has been around 16 17 degrees and a 2.5 has been fine, you can layer clothes under. We'll be getting a 1.5 this week.

 

[buzz]

Thanks nicejuicypear I hadn't thought about it not fitting but yes he's a rather long baby so he might well no it fit it or outgrow the 0-6 quickly. Food for thought! I haven't seen any 1.5 togs. I have seen grobags in 1.0 and 2.5 and M&S seem to do 1.2 and 2.5. Where do you get yours from?

 

[i.love]

We bought a 1 tog bag. Here is another link with advice on clothes/togs/blankets for different temperatures: http://gro.co.uk/img/downloads/EGM_EN_001_web.pdf (pages 4-5, 'yellow' column). Hope it helps x

 

[Pumpkin9]

M&s do a 1.4tog as well I think (pretty sure that's what my sons got on now) he's a little older and throughout the autumn and winter he was in a 2.5 tog plus short sleeves vest and sleepsuit/pjs. But just after his birthday I noticed he was getting too hot at night as he was waking up all the time so I swapped to the 1.4 tog and he's been fine.

His room is normally 18-20c

 

[nicejuicypear]

I get mine second hand on ebay so it just depends what is on offer there. A 1 tog would probably be okay too. He's used to sleeping with blankets so if you feel the bag isn't keeping him warm enough just yet you can put blankets on top.

 

[kumber]

We have 2.5 tog for our LO and he's in a vest and pjs. On colder nights he gets a fleecey blanket with multiple folds as an extra. He's an extremely warm baby and we've been finding that just the bag is working well for him. He's 9 months and is in a 12-18 month bag because he's so long, he's got loads of room now and the extra space helps keep his sweaty feet cool.

 

[mellie_88]

If you're looking at getting 6 months plus then it's worth getting Grobags as theres are 6-18 months whereas Asda etc are 6-12 months. So it'll be a little more expensive but you only need to buy one not two!

I brought a 2.5 tog in 0-6 months as it was winter. And I have just purchased a 2.5 tog and 1.0 tog in 6-18 months for summer and next winter.

 

[buzz]

Thanks everyone. We went for 2.5 in the end and he seems fine.