Baby sheepskin

[chonky]

Can anyone recommend one of these, and where to buy one from? I was a bit sceptical about their use until recently, but have just discovered that my dd cannot see (hopefully temporary) and therefore I want to try & stimulate her sense of touch a bit more. Thanks

We used one with my first ds when he made the transition from baby hammock to cotbed at one year old. He slept so well with it that we have used it ever since (he is now almost 3). He calls it his bed and so long as we take it with us, he will sleep anywhere. They are easy to care for too. We machine wash ours and hang them to dry. We have 2. HTH

I will gladly send you mine.
It's a chemical free one like this .
We bought it new for DS2 in September and used it in his cot until April.
He was never sick on it but I should tell you that I haven't washed it because last time I washed DS1's it went pear shaped in the drying process (I have a suspicion DH put it over the boiler to dry) so I am a bit scared of ruining this one. I was going to sell it at the NCT sale but youare more that welcome to it.

Don't know why that link won't work, let me try again

John lewis sell them
sold mine at the nct sale !

here!

Thanks everyone. suzywong that's really kind, I'll be in touch....

I got my sheepie on the Isle of Skye - a company called Skyeskins - was quite expensive but lovely. They were very helpful about how to wash the sheepie and, as I've noticed a couple of posts about washing and thought I'd pass on the advice I had.
I was told to wash in the machine on a wool wash using soap flakes (like Granny's soap flakes)and then to add a wee drop of glycerine which you can buy in "Boots" to the final rinse. Apparently this stops the hide from drying out and keeps it supple.
Our sheepie has been washed at least a dozen times in 18 months and ssill looks and smells good!

I get them from nz, cheaper and better than any I've seen over here! But then I'm kiwi I wold be biased...
Sheepworld

My dh is a kiwi and we were sent one a sheepskin as a wedding present - a beautiful creamy white one. It's hanging over the rocker in the nursery at the moment, I have never known what to do with it. Seems to beautiful to use as a rug!

hey, suzy, I like what it says in that link - "basically self-cleaning" - perhaps German babies don't vomit or poo?

Ever since DS1 was a baby (15 years ago) warm and windy days are known in our house as "good sheepie-drying weather"! (Direct heat is not good - no radiators or tumble-dryers - just hang. The wool dries quite quickly but the skin is quite thick and takes ages to dry. Glycerine does keep it supple.)

So I put dd down on it, obviously!!

MrsD, our babies lay on them in their cots but that was before the cot death-overheating-back to sleep thing.

However they make lovely buggy liners (in fact the place where we used to get ours - somewhere in Wales I think - used to sell buggy-liners too, with cut-outs for the straps) - very spongy and nice to sit on. When you say sheepskin, is it big? Lambskins (like in the links) are much smaller and baby-sized - but if yours is big you could always cut it down to fit - if you're not going to do anything else with it? Then you could have a spare!

It looks as big as a sheep but it says lambswool!

I recently ordered one of the NZ ones as recommended by Piffleoffagus.
It's absolutely gorgeous, I've never felt anything so soft. So much so that I'm considering getting a bigger one for me!

Well mine's arrived & dd isn't a fan of it at all - typical I on the otherhand think it's great - far too nice for baby poop.

Well mine's arrived & dd isn't a fan of it at all - typical I on the otherhand think it's great - far too nice for baby poop.

Well mine's arrived & dd isn't a fan of it at all - typical I on the otherhand think it's great - far too nice for baby poop.

Oops - sorry, bad case of fat finger.

I got one and later found this so didn't use it anymore, sorry for spoiling the party :

In the 1950's various chemical compounds were added to baby products, especially those manufactured from polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Governmental regulations in England, as in the United States, had forced mattress manufacturers to add fire retardant chemicals to baby mattresses.

Antimony was approved for this purpose after PVC was found to be very flammable. Antimony is normally an extremely rare element. However, natural products such as sheepskins may contain antimony.

New Zealand sheepskins, in particular, are frequently contaminated with antimony. These sheepskins, which are commonly used by native New Zealanders known as the Maori, are therefore chemically similar to baby mattresses.

This surely accounts for the extremely high SIDS rate among this group. Antimony must be considered dangerous, because both OSHA and NIOSH have strict regulations concerning the protection of workers. Antimony has chemical properties, which make it similar to lead.

Arsenic is also a chemical and compounds containing arsenic have been added to baby mattresses. This fact deserves special attention, because it has been known that the gas of arsenic can be generated by fungal activity for over a century.

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