Baby sleeping bag

Why should you choose a baby sleeping bag from Zizzz?

Specially designed to help babies fall and stay asleep, our baby sleeping bag has numerous advantages when compared with blankets and other bedding products for babies.

Our baby sleeping bag is safe

First, the sleeping bag eliminates the risk of suffocation associated with the use of a blanket. Second, it eliminates the risk that the baby will feel cold if he kicks off the blanket during the night. With his arms free, your baby can wiggle about to his heart’s content, but the temperature-regulating qualities of our sleeping bag’s Swisswool filling will maintain his body temperature at an optimal level.

Our baby sleeping bag is easy to use

With our buttons and zippers, putting the sleeping bag on your baby is simple. The double zipper on models for babies six months or older allows you to change his diapers without even removing the sleeping bag. Likewise, with the opening on the back, you can slip the seatbelt around your baby’s waist without taking the sleeping bag off. That way, you can take your little one around with you in your car or in the buggy without waking him up. Another advantage: unlike blankets, which come in standard sizes, our sleeping bag is available in different sizes and the four buttons along the collar allow you to adjust the neckline as desired.

Our baby sleeping bag is comfortable

The outer layer made of GOTS-certified organic cotton is soft and pleasant to the touch; the Swisswool filling keeps your baby warm, but not too warm. Both are natural materials and breathable, so that you’ll never find that your baby is covered in sweat when you take the sleeping bag off of him.

Our baby sleeping bag provides deep, beneficial sleep

Babies quickly associate the sleeping bag with the experience of pleasant sleep. This mental association may help them fall asleep more quickly and feel more at ease in unfamiliar environments or situations. The repetitive use of the sleeping bag also aids in the establishment of a set sleep routine. Certain studies indicate that good sleep habits help premature or lighter-weight babies grow faster.

We choose only natural, high-quality materials for our baby sleeping bags

Made with an outer layer of GOTS-certified organic cotton and Swisswool filling, our sleeping bags provide a feeling of softness and comfort that allow for optimal sleep. These toxin-free and hypoallergenic materials do not irritate even the skin of even the most sensitive babies.

You can wash our baby sleeping bag in your washing machine

Swisswool is an environmentally-friendly material made from pure virgin wool. It is machine washable due to a patented process. It retains the advantages of natural wool fibers and is easy to maintain.

Our sleeping bag promotes health and sustainability

Our sleeping bags are made from pure virgin sheep’s wool and organic cotton, not polyester. Polyester is an oil-based type of plastic and is associated with numerous health risks. Due to its high flammability, polyester must be treated with flame retardant. Flame retardants typically contain endocrine disruptors, which have been shown to have negative effects on male and female fertility. In addition, polyester isn’t breathable and is therefore rather unsuited for most types of clothing.

As our production takes place as locally as possible, we’re not dependent on massive transport ships, which rank amongst the worst polluters on the planet.

Our sleeping bag combines quality with social responsibility

Manufacturing locally also means that we can be sure that no child labor is used in the factories that make our products. On the contrary, we try to work with socially responsible partners whenever possible, like the Buergerspital in Basel. The Buespi is a social and medical company which works to integrate handicapped individuals back into the workforce and is responsible for our logistics in Switzerland. They do a really good job for us and we’re proud to call them our partners.

When should my baby stop sleeping with a baby sleeping bag?

There is no set age at which one must stop the baby sleeping bag. It’s entirely a matter of your child’s preferences - if your child communicates that he wants to stop the baby sleeping bag, you can give it a try.

That said, there are two things to keep in mind when you stop the baby sleeping bag, namely your child’s age and the season of the year. Learning to sleep with a blanket can be a bit of a transition for toddlers, who often kick off the blanket at night, which leaves them feeling cold. This is why it’s recommended for children to sleep with a baby sleeping bag until they’re at least two years old.

This is also the reason why the which time of the year you’re in is important when deliberating when to stop the baby sleeping bag. As children often kick off the baby blanket at night, it’s best to try switching to a blanket in the summer.

How many baby sleeping bags do I need?

For the sake of convenience, we recommend having two four-season sleeping bags. Accidents happen, especially when babies are concerned, so it’s practical to have a back-up baby sleeping bag if one gets dirty and needs to be washed.

While our four seasons baby sleeping bags are machine washable, they cannot be tumble dried due to their Swisswool filling. This means that the process of cleaning your baby sleeping bag can take a while. If you have to wash your baby sleeping bag in the evening or late afternoon, it probably won’t be ready in time for your baby’s bedtime.

One summer sleeping bag should be enough, however. As these consist of one layer of organic cotton, they’re easy to wash and can be tumble dried.

Should I get a baby sleeping bag with or without sleeves?

The temperature-regulating Swisswool filling in our baby sleeping bags is designed to keep your child at an ideal body temperature in all but the warmest weeks of summer. As a consequence of this, our baby sleeping bags keep your child warm enough that sleeves are unnecessary.

If we added sleeves to our baby sleeping bags, your baby would be too hot. Overheating is thought to be a cause of SIDS.

What kind of baby sleeping bag do I need for winter?

There are two main factors to take into consideration when asking yourself which baby sleeping bag for winter you should buy for your baby, namely the right size and the most suitable materials.

For your baby’s safety, you want a baby sleeping bag in the right size to ensure that the sleeping bag doesn’t cover your baby’s face while he sleeps.

The main reason that paediatricians recommend the use of a baby sleeping bag and discourage the use of baby blankets at bedtime is the fact that your child can’t pull his baby sleeping bag over his head or kick the baby sleeping bag off at night. The same is not true of baby blankets.

If your baby pulls the blanket over his head, the risk of overheating and of CO2 buildup underneath the blanket rises, both of which are thought to be related to sudden infant death syndrome. If your baby kicks the blanket off at night, he might get cold and get a bad night’s sleep. In the coldest months of winter, he might even develop hypothermia.

The next factor to weigh when choosing a baby sleeping bag for the winter is the materials. Obviously, a baby sleeping bag for the winter should keep your child warm. At the same time, it should be breathable to prevent heat and sweat from building up underneath the sleeping bag.

We believe that a baby sleeping bag made from organic cotton and virgin wool is the right choice, which is why we make ours from those materials. As everyone knows, cotton is known and valued for its breathability. The GOTS-certified organic cotton used in our baby sleeping bags is soft to the skin and grown without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilisers, which are obviously materials you don’t want to come into contact with your child.

Sheep's wool, which humans have used for thousands of years, is perfectly suitable for baby sleeping bags for winter. Wool regulates body temperature by transporting heat and moisture away from the wearer, so a baby sleeping bag for winter made with pure virgin sheep’s wool will keep your baby at a warm, yet comfortable temperature. The parents whose children use your baby sleeping bags are always pleased to note that their babies aren’t covered in sweat when they wake up in the morning.

Other manufacturers make their baby sleeping bags with polyester or down. We don’t think these materials are suitable for baby sleeping bags or for children’s duvets. While it’s true that polyester is very warm, it’s not breathable, so the heat from your baby’s body remains trapped between them and the sleeping bag. This inevitably leads to sweating, which will also remain trapped beneath the sleeping bag. Polyester is also a petroleum-based form of plastic. Clothes made from polyester are harmful for the environment and their use is also associated with an ever-increasing number of health risks.

While down is an excellent insulator, is breathable, and is also a natural material, we believe that it’s generally too good an insulator to be used for babies, in that it’s simply too warm. Babies can’t yet regulate their body temperature and therefore run a greater risk of overheating than children or adults. As we’ve mentioned before, overheating is thought to be a cause of sudden infant death syndrome. While children’s bodies can regulate their temperature better than those of babies, children also overheat or get cold much easier than adults do. It’s for this reason that our children’s duvets are only made with Swisswool; we only offer down duvets for adults.