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We took a travel cot for our son when he was 11 months. Usually they are not very well padded so we used an old sleeping bag underneath him and then the baby vango sleeping bag. He was a devil for waking the moment it got slightly chilly, so we took a little hat for him too (beanie type so there was no risk of him choking on any tie-ribbons or anything) but kept the heat in for him.

Consequently he was as warm as toast and didnt wake once in the night!

We now use a 'My First Ready-Bed' which is totally inflatable with bolster sides which is ideal for stopping your little one from falling out of bed - but if yours is toddling about already I would suggest you make room for a travel cot so you know where he is!

Trouble is with having him between you on an airbed (I assume it's a double) is that it'll be like sleeping on a waterbed for him and what with you adults moving around in your sleep it could lead to some very disturbed nights!....as my sister in law found out to her peril with her 2 year old!

Good luck, whatever you choose x

Been thinking about this due to another post on young kids in sleeping bags.

I know some of the kiddie sleeping bags come with adjusters built in to stop baby sliding down into them but with the mummy style vango the baby can also turn in it and bury their face in the padding - something you can't do with the grobags cos it moves with you.

In fact the idea of a mummy sleeping bag is that it does move with you as you roll about but this won't happen with a baby - they will be able to bury their face and restrict breathing and there will build up of CO2.

I don't want sound too paranoid but it's just something that occured to me.

Also I had a bizarre experience many years ago, because I'm too skinny I also tend to turn round in mummy sleeping bags, one night I had done this and woke up having this bizarre nightmare that I was being suffocated by then President Ronald Reagan (!?)

BTW That is the ONLY time I have woken up covered in sweat dreaming about Ronald Reagan