Sleeping bag with detatchable sleeves

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Does anyone know why all sleeping bags are sleeveless? Is there some research that indicates sleeping bags are safer without sleeves? Does anyone have any advice please.

We are in The Netherlands and the weather has turned very chilly. Our DD at 5.5months is now in her own room which has an external wall and is a bit cold. The room tempreture is between 18 -19 degrees but in the morning my DD's hands and feet are freezing cold. We've recently started putting socks on her which has helped keep her feet warm but her hands are still cold. She doesn't seem to fussed by it. But I think as it gets colder she will get colder and this will distrupt her (and our) sleep routine.

She currently sleeps in a sleeveless sleeping bag and we noticed all sleeping bags in the UK are sleeveless, whereas in The Netherlands they have sleeping bags which detachable sleeves and even detachable mittens! This would be great for our DD but want to make sure before I purchase as it is not cheap.

I saw the reviews on sleeping bags but not mention of sleeping bags with sleeves.

I am just wondering if I have missed something.

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I know that here Jojomamambebe do sell a sleeping bag with detachable sleeves here and its great, we used one for our DS.

I don't know why they are so hard to come by though, but def a good idea for when it gets really cold, reminds me in fact I prob need to buy a bigger one for the winter!

18 or 19 isn't really cold. 17-21 is the recommended room temperature. The literature that comes with the sleeping bags will tell you that it is normal for the extremities (hands, feet) to feel cold to the touch but as long as their tummies are warm, they are warm enough. DD2 is 9 months and yesterday morning her room was 14 degrees. She was fine, didn't wake up early because of the cold. When the weather does get chillier here I will be putting her in a long sleeved vest (currently in short sleeved one) under her babygrow and maybe some socks. When DD1 was tiny and we lived in a very cold, old house, I also used to add a long sleeved t-shirt and socks and sometimes a fleecy sleepsuit too but it was sometimes down to 10 and lower in the bedroom.

I am also in Holland - I had a short-sleeved sleeping bag as a present from an UK based family member. I need to buy a new one (as buttons are used for the shoulder bits and one morning I discovered one of the buttons had come-off-luckily it was under one of his cuddly toys and he had not put it in his mouth). In hot weather (his nursery is difficult to cool) DS (now 11 months) wore a short-sleeved body suit (romper) with just the sleeping bag. In this current weather he wears a long-sleeved body suit (romper), long-sleeved pyjamas and the same sleeping bag.

I will probably buy another sleeveless sleeping bag as a replacement (he is currently sleeping in another sleeveless one which is a tad too small for him).

I agree with mejon about not being worried too worried the room temperature being around 18 or 17 degrees. My baby moniter is one that also shows room temperature and if it is "too cold" or "too warm" it starts to flash. When that happens I just stick some of that grey sticky tape over the flashing display because I know temperatures of 16, 15 or even 14 degrees are fine for him and I don´t want to be kept awake being someting not that important (also, because the nursery can be difficult to keep warm, I am currently leaving the central heating on all night).

Of course YCMV (your child may vary), but he has his Daddy´s stomach (i.e. not unsubstantial) and he seems to have his Daddy´s disposition to not feeling the cold much.

And asking these sorts of questions just shows that you want the very best for your DC.

The new British Standard specifies that they should be sleeveless to aid air circulation and prevent overheating. You can use long sleeved vests and sleepsuits alongside the sleeping bag to keep arms warm. From the grobag website:

The new British Standard for Baby Sleep Bags (BS 8510:2009) has been introduced to provide a quality and safety standard for Baby Sleep Bags to conform to in the UK. Together with other industry and technical experts, The Gro Company has been involved with a working group for over two years in order to produce this very important Standard to help parents to be confident that they are buying a safe and high quality Baby Sleep Bag. To meet the new Standard, Baby Sleep Bags must be constructed to specific guidelines and tested in accordance with industry standard testing equipment. BS 8510:2009 has been developed completely with a baby?s safety in mind and some of the requirements are as follows:

? Baby Sleep Bags should have armholes, but no sleeves or hoods, to prevent over-heating
? The neck openings have both minimum and maximum measurements to ensure safety
? Zips, buttons and press studs (poppers) have to pass rigorous tests to ensure strength and durability
? Loop labels are not allowed and any embellishments such as embroideries, ribbons and appliqués must pass stringent tests to ensure that they are safe for babies and do not pose risks of choking, entanglement, or entrapment
? Shrinkage and colour fastness are also tested to ensure quality and durability
? Tests are also undertaken to ensure that no dangerous chemicals are present, for example, in the dyes used in the fabrics, or in fire retarding the Baby Sleep Bags
? The Baby Sleep Bag must be labelled properly for the correct age and/or height for the baby
? The Baby Sleep Bag should be a low tog (warmth) rating and must be tested and labelled to show the tog rating and the suitable bedroom temperature.

The New British Standard is voluntary, and not all brands of Baby Sleep Bags on sale in the UK will comply. The Gro Company has always produced Baby Sleep Bags with safety and quality as a guiding principle. BS 8510:2009 is based on many of the recommendations in the previous voluntary Code of Practice for Quality and Safety of Baby Sleeping Bags (2005), which we ourselves were involved in drawing up. We have always firmly believed in the utmost importance of producing a Baby Sleep Bag that can be washed time and again, and that is as safe as possible when you are leaving your baby unattended and asleep for up to 12 hours at a time.

I put socks or mittens on his hands in cold weather....

sorry I should also add for other reasons (eczema) we had scratchsleeves for him which were actually also perfect for colder weather as they were like a little cardigan with built in mittens.... look up scratchsleeves on google!

I find the guidance of “no sleeves provides air circulation” abit odd when most sleep sacks have poppers to make the armholes tight to babies body…

Not all babies do, but my little one feels the cold so found these: https://www.slumbersac.co.uk/sleeping-bags-with-sleeves-long-sleeves_485_4074/