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My daughter had a standard cot sleeping bag last year which she has now outgrown.  We'd like to buy her a proper "camping" sleeping bag.

Does anyone have any advice?  I'm a bit worried that she'll wriggle down to the bottom and not be able to get out again. 

She was in a travel cot last year, but this year we've bought her an inflatable airbed with bumpers so she won't fall out (in theory?)

What are peoples' opinion of these kiddy sleeping bags?

Hi Liggy,

Our little lad will be 2 in May and we too bought him an inflatable bed (My First Ready Bed) but we have also bought him one of these sleeping bags....

http://www.oswaldbailey.co.uk/eshop.asp?wci=product&wce=52407001&desc=FREEDOM+300GM+JUNIOR+SLEEPING+BAG+SPRINGSUMMER

We trawled the internet for HOURS and this was the best of the bunch in our opinion. It's 170cm long so will last him for a few years yet. If you are using a ready bed like us, you can pop this under the top cover and fold the bottom over or under.  I've taken the toggle out of the hood of mine though as he's a little devil for anything like that. I've also bought a cheap and fairly thin fleece blanket to pop inside and tuck around him (once he's asleep!) if it's really cold.

A bargain for the price too!

Hope this helps,

I think you're right about kids wriggling down to the bottom of the bag so some come with straps to shorten the bag or you can fashion something together yourself so that the bag it the right length (webbing,ribbons,velcro etc).

Kids tend not to like the mummy shape too.

When my daughter was small I cut down her Dad's old bag which he'd split at the top with his broad shoulders, just cut the top off took out the zip and sewed it up again.

My son was more of a wriggler and used to wriggle out of it so I used to take a quilt for him instead, when he wriggled out it was easier to throw it back over him than get him back into a sleeping bag.

He's still a wriggler (aged 12); we all use quilts instead now.

I dont have children but I did see a Coleman sleeping bag for children that could be shortened then lenghened as the child grew. Dont know if it is still on the market as this was spring 2004 when we were shopping for new sleeping bags for ourselves. They werent mummy shaped though. They were the envelope type.

Carol

Quote: Originally posted by beefysmum on 28/2/2006

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How about this one? http://www.worldofcamping.co.uk/shop/SpecialOfferDetail.asp?ProductID=681

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Nice design but the temperature rating is only +15 -> +5'C. Good enough for a caravan or indoors, but not nearly warm enough for a child in a tent.

As ever, your help has been invaluable.  I'm off shopping at the weekend for a look around, but I like the look of that Gelert one Claire.

Cheers!!