These days more and more parents are throwing away loose blankets and are turning towards sleep sacs to sleep their babies in. As a newborn baby does not know how to move something off their face the concern with blankets is that they will go over the baby’s head and then suffocate them. A sleep sac is designed to keep the baby warm, while eliminating that concern. The picture on the left depicts what a typical sleep sac looks like. Usually they do not have arms; this prevents the baby from over heating. 

Depending on how warm or cool it is you can adjust the warmth of the sleep sac by changing what the baby is wearing underneath it, be it a onesie, sleeper etc. As well as coming in a variety of different fabrics and weights such as fleece, cotton, organics and down, they are also available in many different sizes to fit any age from new born up until about three years old. 

Factors to keep in mind when purchasing a sleep sac are: age and height of the baby, how warm or cool is the nursery, do you have air-conditioning, and are you traveling somewhere hot? All of these factors come in to play to make sure that the right weight of sleep sac is purchased to avoid the baby from over heating.  Our most popular brand of sleep sac is the Gro-bag, by Oyaco. They offer a wide range of patterns, styles and sizes.

We also carry Halo and Bonne Nuit for a more luxurious down filled bag. This product has been widely used for many many years in Europe and is fast becoming the parenting number one choice for safe sleeping here in Canada.