Transitioning out of the sleep sack

[Anonymous]

When do you do this? And when you do, do you give them a blanket or comforter, or just dress them warm enough to go without? My baby is 13 months and seems happy in the sleep sack, but I was just curious.

[Anonymous]

When our child tried (and succeeded) to climb out of her crib despite the sleep sack, which was around 22 months. Also, even if your child is not a climber, once you start potty training, it’s easier to do without. We provided a blanket, which DD wouldn’t really use at the beginning.

[Anonymous]

I only do sleep sacks in winter (no need for blankets in summer since we don’t like to fight the weather too much). The winter my daughter turned 2, she was getting a bit long for the sleep sack she’d been wearing the previous winter so I just never put her back in it in the fall. I gave her a quilt and since I was up due to pregnancy/new baby frequently I just put the quilt back on her a couple times a night when it was cold.

[Anonymous]

I’m thinking college.

[Anonymous]

Around the time DD turned 3 years old she started wanting a blanket (we gave her regular or slightly larger baby blankets) at night, though it didn't always stay on her. She was still in the crib at that point (not a climber). Soon after she turned 3 she transitioned to a full size mattress on the floor. Sometimes she wanted to wear a sleep sack and sometimes not but less so with the summer weather. We kept using the baby blankets for a while but recently got her a full set of sheets/cotton blanket for the summer and she is getting used to that. Before this transition she was often still in sleep sacks and even still liked the ones without holes for the feet.

[Anonymous]

DS slept in a sleep sack until almost 3 - we had the very largest size you could get. He liked being cozy in it and even slept with a blanket on top in a twin sized bed. He could unzip himself in the mornings. It became impractical once we were doing night toilet training.

DD stopped around 18 months, she liked being free and was a climber. She preferred the crib sized comforter

[Anonymous]

My almost 4yo sleeps in a bed and still wears his sleep sack. I have a massive one from Amazon but I think this is the biggest it gets so once he outgrows it I guess that’s it! Follow your kids lead on it don’t think this one is a big deal one way or the other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m thinking college.

Lol this made me chuckle

There is no right or wrong way here. Mine never wore a sleep sack aside from the swaddles in the first few weeks. He ran hot and cried every single time we put him in one

[Anonymous]

We also use them til about 3 because they are a helpful deterrent for cllimbing out of the crib (put it on backwards so they can’t unzip) and we like to use the crib as long as it works for them. I’d deter starting the “I need help putting the blanket back on!” Game as long as possible personally!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We also use them til about 3 because they are a helpful deterrent for cllimbing out of the crib (put it on backwards so they can’t unzip) and we like to use the crib as long as it works for them. I’d deter starting the “I need help putting the blanket back on!” Game as long as possible personally! [/quote


Pp here and just wanted to add that then once we move to a big bed at 3ish the blanket is no big deal. They are pretty ready by then. Some calling for help with it initially and off and on (when it’s really more about I want your attention) but then they get the hang of it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m thinking college.

Same. My 2.5 year old asks for his sleep save. If it ain't broke...
My older kid on the other hand had to be moved to a full size bed at 2 because she slept so poorly.

[Anonymous]

Mine happily wore one until 2 but also was not a baby that tried to get out of the crib.

[Anonymous]

My kid is 2.5 and we're going strong in a sleep sack. We did add a pillow around age 1.5 (basically when he stopped being all over the crib, and generally had his head in the same place in the morning as he did at night - it's a bit helpful, I think, when he has a cold).

My plan is to leave him in the sleep sack as long as he's in the crib. It helps prevent climbing out, it avoids the "mooooooooom my blanket is wrooooooong" issue, it's simple, it works. When he moves to a toddler bed, he'll switch to a blanket.

My plan is to leave him in a crib as long as humanly possible, which (considering he's not a climber) probably means until night potty training, sometime north age 3, maybe even 4 or close to it? I will keep my societally acceptable baby cage as long as possible, thank-you-very-much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is 2.5 and we're going strong in a sleep sack. We did add a pillow around age 1.5 (basically when he stopped being all over the crib, and generally had his head in the same place in the morning as he did at night - it's a bit helpful, I think, when he has a cold).

My plan is to leave him in the sleep sack as long as he's in the crib. It helps prevent climbing out, it avoids the "mooooooooom my blanket is wrooooooong" issue, it's simple, it works. When he moves to a toddler bed, he'll switch to a blanket.

My plan is to leave him in a crib as long as humanly possible, which (considering he's not a climber) probably means until night potty training, sometime north age 3, maybe even 4 or close to it? I will keep my societally acceptable baby cage as long as possible, thank-you-very-much.

Or keep him in the crib until your back breaks hoisting him in and out of there!

[Anonymous]

Mine is 14 months and plan to keep her in as long as possible. Eying the 2-4 year sleep sacks .