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GROBAGS????
Hi I am confused! Bought 2.5 tog grobags as looking in books it indicates that these are more commonly used than the 1 tog. HOwever, after using my thermometer in room it is about 21 degrees in room when heating is on in house but radiattor not on in bedroom but then drops to 16-18 when heating is off in night. According to instructions if its 22 or more then they shouldn't be in a 2.5 . but if its 18-22 they should but wearing only a long sleeved vest???? but if its 16 then it needs a babygro and a 2.5 tog?
I want to put baby in a babygro at night then in a bag. Should I go for 1 tog?
Has anyone used them? What do I do? Thought these would be easy!
Thanks
I want to put baby in a babygro at night then in a bag. Should I go for 1 tog?
Has anyone used them? What do I do? Thought these would be easy!
Thanks
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Dont feel like i've helped very much lol, i'm waffling!! xx
I cant help much on this as im just expecting my 1st baby in Feb. I wondered tho for you ladies who have used them, did you use them straight away. Some places say they arent safe til a certain age and others say from birth. I was thinking baby might prefer to be swaddled but i just dont know what to buy!! grobag, swaddle blankets, normal blankets!! arghh!!!
Anna (26+5)
Before she was in the bag we swaddled her with her arms out in a normal blanket and sometimes placed another blanket over the top. If she was swaddled with her arms in she would fling the blanket off. If you are planning on using bags as soon as you can then i would just buy normal blankets rather than swaddle blankets.
Anna x
We use grobags with our son. As your room is mostly in the 17-21 bracket, I'd follow the instructions for that temperature, and not worry if it drops to 16 - you'll have covered most of the temperature range, and it's more dangerous to overheat your baby.
We use long-sleeved sleepsuits with our son, which have no legs in and just do up with poppers between his legs, so I guess these are long-sleeved vests. As it's more dangerous from a cot death point of view to overheat a baby, if you're going to use a babygro then I'd use a 1 tog bag - I think baby's tend to be overheated, as people seem to worry too much about them being cold.
We never worried about checking our son's temp in the night - when we fed him in the night I guess we could tell if he was too hot/cold, but to be honest he was always fine, and when he slept through from 6 weeks we didn't check him xx
Also my baby lets me know by crying if she is too hot or too cold. Like Niblet says it is more dangerous for a baby to be too hot than too cold but you will soon get the hang of it once baby is here.