GoGo Bags & Wrapping

Hiya

I'm keen to transition Little Mr Fidget to his gogo bag as he's into the stage of kicking his legs out of his wrap and then kicking all the blankets down to the foot of his bed.

The only thing holding me back is we've just started to leave one arm out when he's wrapped at night and moving to the gogo bag will mean both arms out - he's a bit like Bridget Jones on that magic mushroom omelette; looking at him you would think there's a trail of sparkly stars following his arm when he waves it around before eventually drifting off to sleep. Has anyone used a gogo bag and wrap at the same time? Or does he need to adjust to complete arm freedom before we start using the bag?

Second question is we live in Canterbury and I saw on the Merino Kids website apparently extra blankets aren't needed once they're in a bag. I would think though that South Island winters being what they are would mean he would need a wool blanket as the weather got colder. (It's a standard weight bag). What have other SI mums done?

Thanks!

I would continue wrapping one arm for a while then try both out. My DD stopped being wrapped at a couple of weeks old, and in her GoGo bag from about 4 months. We have a summer weight bag, and in winter I had a sheet with light wool and cotton blankets as well, I just have nice thin ones so I can do smaller layers rather than a big thick one. It depends on how warm your babys room is as well, its better to have too less blankets than to much

I used to use the sleeping bag and wrap- just swaddled over the top.

Check out this link from the sleepstore for more info sleeping_bag_and_wrapping

Later on, once arms are sorted you can get winter/duvet weight Go Go bags which you may not need extra bedding for...depending on the temperature in the room and clothing/pjs underneath.

See the temperature chart about halfway down this page - http://www.merinokids.co.nz/FAQ.html

For a while, I just used a muzzie cloth swaddled around Jackson while he was in his sleeping bag. I also used the safety sleep for a while as well.

Jackson had some little merino PJs under his sleeping bag, and in winter we had an oil heater with a thermostat to keep the room warm. So we didn't use extra blankets and still don't to this day (Jackson is still in a sleeping bag now). However, I am pretty sure lots of people have used blankets over top without issues.

I am more south than you - use gogo bag with a merino swaddle to hold the arms over the top (just the arms secured under the bum) - and a woolly blanket over top.

Thanks everyone - it's awesome to have such a wealth of knowledge on tap!

LilNic, I love the mental image of a leg appearing out the carseat hole. I can just imagine that will happen here as well once his legs grow a bit longer!

Lol Alice my DD does the same, then she whacks herself in the face ... We live in Auckland so its been pretty hot so I just have her in a 0.5 tog bag and tuck one arm down beside her and 'wrap' it tight in next to her with the safety sleep, no other blankets at the moment, but come winter I will use a bag and blankets....