Baby in a Bag (Baby Sleeping Bags)

Baby in a Bag

After having your baby, Mother’s usually require a short hospital stay. During this time you often find that Nurses and Midwives suggest swaddling your baby with a ‘pram sheet’ and then covering them with a blanket which is to be tucked under the mattress to ensure that baby is safe. However, this method of ‘bedding your baby’ is unsafe once they can move their arms freely. Babies have a very strong grip and can often lift blankets and sheets above their faces and this creates a SIDS risk (Infant Cot Death).

Enough to Worry About

Parents have enough to worry about in the early days, sleepless nights due to feeding and settling your baby are one thing but sleepless nights due to worry for your babies safety is a totally different ball game and can be torturing and upsetting for the parent.
One way to ensure that your baby is warm, safe and sleeps well is to use a Grobag / Baby Sleeping Bag. The bag needs to be the correct size for your infant (they are available in age sized ranges).

A Wide Range of Designs and Patterns

Infant sleep bags are available from a range of manufacturers in a wide range of designs and patterns. It is advisable to buy at least two to three bags so that you can rotate the use of them due to washing and drying time. Infant Sleeping Bags are available in a range of TOGS (from 0.5 Tog to 2.5 Tog), it is advisable to buy a range of TOGS in order to be prepared for hot / cold weather.

Baby Sleeping Bags have been proven to be the safest method of ‘bedding baby’ according to the FSID research. It is advised that parents use this technique rather than swaddling their infant.

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