What age to ditch the sleep sack?
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DS just turned 2 and sleeps like a rock in his crib, so we don't have immediate plans to turn it in to a toddler bed. He's busting out of his sleep sacks, though. He still wears them for both naps and overnights. I'm afraid if we start going without the sleep sack he'll a) not sleep as well and/or b) start climbing out of the crib.
As I'm sure you can relate, once your kid finally sleeps well you don't want to mess with anything. But I also don't want to invest our life savings in increasingly larger sizes of sleepsacks. At what age did you give it up and how did the transition go? |
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We dropped it at about that age. No issues with the transition. (we didn't have issues getting him out of the swaddle either). If he's a great sleeper and likes his crib, you should be ok.
My DS is now 3 and still in a crib. I think we're going to take down one of the sides soon but he's never tried to climb out so we have had no urgency to do so. |
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my 2.5 yr old still sleep in a sleep sack. He loves the thing so we keep using it. He is in on the smaller side and wears an xl now. FWIW he can climb out of the crib in it but has only tried it once. not sure what the cost issue is.... we have 2 in each size so not a huge investment. Obviously we don't us a new one every night. |
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| Gave it up when it got too hot this past summer and DD was 18 months. There was no transition to speak of. She's now 22 months and we have a sleep sack that's large enough, but she's in a bed now and don't think it would be safe to have her in a sleep sack since she can get up and freely walk around in the dark (not that she ever does.) It would solve the problem of kicking the covers off, but honestly she runs hot so may be kicking them off because she's too hot. |
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Said tongue-in-cheek as I envisioned sending him off to college with a sleep sack. Right now DS hasn't tried to climb out of the crib and come to think of it, he barely even stands up in there. We'll probably get a couple more in the larger size and then ditch them when we transition to the toddler bed. |
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| My tall 2 YO is still in his XL Halo, and it's too small, but attempts at ditching it have resulted in a lot of sleepless nights. He's a warm kid normally, and he wears just a long sleeve t-shirt, socks and diaper under the cotton sleep sack. Putting PJ's on him, even just cotton ones, made him really hot. I also know he can climb out without it, although he hasn't tried it yet. I have actually contemplated sewing an extra length to the bottom of his sleep sack! |
Anonymous
| OP do you have the halo sleep sack with the foot holes? we just got that for our very tall toddler and its great. Its thick fleece and very warm but we need that in our drafty old house. Got it on amazon. its Halo. |
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PP here
this is what we use http://www.amazon.com/SleepSack-Micro-Fleece-Wearable-Blanket/dp/B00B1M2NT2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1414506514&sr=8-1&keywords=toddler+sleepsack My kid is about 31 inches and 30 lbs and seems to have plenty of room to grow. |
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Our daughter turned 2 last month and her feet reach the end of our largest sleep sacks. I tried to put her to bed (crib) without one and she was having NONE of that. Plaintive little toddler mumbles about sleepy sack on, sleepy sack on, pleeeese, pleeeeese. Adorable but frustrating! Next step: enlist sewing specialist grandma to make some mega size sleep sacks.
This is our fourth and final kid, though, and all the others we completely OVER sleep sacks by 2. Of course, they had all been kicked out of the crib by 2 as well, so maybe they recognized that the sleep sack limited their ability to roam. |
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| FWIW my older son wore one util 2.5 then on e day he said "no sleep sack" and that was the end of that. |
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| got rid of my son's sleep sack at almost 2 1/2. he was not pleased but i felt it was time. gave him a special blanket and made a huge deal of it. now 4 months later he is STILL stoked about his blanket at nap/bedtime. i'm sure he would've been more than happy to stay in that thing up until college though! walked, jumped and carried on all usual activities all while scooting around in it. so cute! |
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| My two-year-old still wears hers, although it is getting a bit short. She's still in the crib (if it ain't broke, don't fix it) but can walk around the house in it, no problem. I'm not crazy about the ones with feet--I like that the sleepsack keeps her toes covered. But I suppose when she outgrows it, we'll just have to deal with it. My mom could probably sew some pretty easy--there's not a lot to them. |
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| We gave it up a little after 2 years old - he was just too big. Put a little blanket in instead and then moved him to a toddler bed at 2 1/2 after he crawled out of the crib. No real issues with either transition that a little extra TLC didn't fix. |
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Our 18-month old is still in his sleep sack and I hate that I'm going to have to spend $$ to get the next size (and yes, in the scheme of child costs it isn't that too, but still!). We tried to transition him this summer and it was an absolute freaking nightmare. We will never transition again until he asked to get out of it. I'm thinking that I'll have to make one out of a sleeping bag when he's 10 years old.
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Anonymous
| For those of you looking for larger sleep sacks, check out Grobag. They have a size up to 36 mo. Sleep sacks are worn much longer in Europe so it's possible to find large sizes from some European brands. |