Grobags - how many, what TOG for Oct baby

[willow5]

I second what Taurean said about other brands too! Slumber Sacs are really cute and cheaper than Grobags if I remember right, Also (I'm a little addicted too ) I cruise ebay for bargains got a 0-6months 2.5 TOG for $10 the other week (+$7 potage) but still a bargain!

DD is an explosive pooer so often we need to wash her bag due to collateral damage so we have 3 of the 2.5s (freezing here in winter) DS didn't really have exploding nappies so we really could have gotten by with one or two, but we had 3, probably because I couldn't help myself

[LionsandBears]

Thanks for all the replies. I have no idea if this bub will want to be swaddled or in bags. A friend's 2 week old recently started sleeping in bags.

i just bought 2 x 1 TOG in the 0-6 month range. Probably I should have bought them in a larger size, but I think I have issues imaging we'll actually get that far. The grobags were $55 each. I'll definitely look at other brands too.

[Pholi]

Our September born DS was swaddled for the most part over the spring and summer, and we found that to be the most versatile and best value way of adjusting the warmth - we were given lots of wraps and blankets. When they're little and can't move much, I reckon it's ok the use a blanket tucked in over a well-swaddled bub (feet at the foot of the bed, still, as per SIDS guidelines.) Once he started to wriggle more, and we wrapped him arms out, that was when the sleeping bags came into their own. We have 2 very light ones (probably 0.5) and 2 2.5togs, in the 6-18 month age range that is available in the Plum brand (available at BabiesRUs.)

We find on the colder nights in Perth, it can get down to 11 degrees in his room, and below 16 deg he wears a singlet, wondersuit, and the sleeveless sleeping bag, plus a warm winter hooded jacket over the bag to cover his arms and head. He's warm enough with that, but I wouldn't want it to get any colder. Above 16deg, he's ok without the jacket. (SIDS guidelines say not to cover their heads, but I think they're expecting babies rooms to be heated, which our bedrooms are not!)

I definitely find the room thermometer on our monitor a really useful tool for gauging what he needs to be comfortable.

[Miss.B]

I'd recommend the 1 TOG hun, they are great all year round bags, not too thin and not too thick.