Nested Bean Zen Sack Winter - Gently Weighted Sleep Sack | Baby: 0-6M | TOG 2.5 | Helps Transition from Swaddle | Cotton 100%

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But some brands add extra weight to certain areas of the body, where you tend to hold and touch your baby. The Hudson Baby Plush Sleeping Sack is the ideal choice for chilly evenings as your little one will be comfortably nestled and secure in this sleeveless wearable blanket. Additionally, the patented ‘wing tips’ of the Love To Dream Swaddle Up allow your baby to sleep in a natural position with their arms up.

If you’re wondering why you can’t just use a blanket to keep your baby warm, here’s the answer: the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends keeping loose blankets and unfitted sheets out of a baby’s sleep space [ 1] for the first 12 months of life to reduce the risk of sleep-related injury. Always, always, always seek the advice of your physician or another qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding your or your child’s medical condition(s), behaviors, feeding and sleeping habits, and environment. On the other hand, Zoe, the founder of Supernanny, generally doesn’t endorse the use of sleep sacks. Depending on the size of the product, recommended body weight of the baby and area covered, the weighted parts range from 1 to 5 ounces.Moreover, you should opt for a sleep sack where the weight is evenly distributed and the pressure is applied gently to your baby’s body without causing discomfort or restricting movement. Although the AAP doesn’t have an official statement on whether weighted sleep sacks or blankets are safe for older children, you should generally avoid them for toddlers under the age of 2, says Ashanti Woods, MD, a pediatrician at Mercy Medical Center. While both types of sleep sacks are aimed at providing warmth and a safe sleeping environment for babies, weighted sleep sacks contain small weights distributed evenly throughout the sleep sack. It could be unsafe, so for a pediatrician to recommend something, we want to be sure that it’s safe. One of the mommies we surveyed shared that she used the Love to Dream Swaddle Up Transition Bag, and its removable sleeves allowed her baby to adapt to the use of a sleep sack from birth.

This weighted sleep sack is made to mimic the comforting pressure of a parent’s embrace, providing a calming effect that is only applied to the areas where babies are naturally held.It is incredibly alarming to see weighted sleeping bags and weighted blankets being marketed directly to parents of infants, who are told these products may help their baby sleep better. Companies are allowed to market and sell items that may actually be unsafe for your child which can be really confusing for a (potentially exhausted) parent!