If you are trying to decide between a sleeping suit or a sleeping bag, here are some great benefits from using a sleep suit:
- If your toddler is getting frustrated with a sleeping bag or starting to fight a sleeping bag, a sleep suit is a great alternative. Warm enough to use on its own without blankets and still a positive sleep association.
- If your little one is moving around more, kicking off blankets or starting to walk and climb around, the legs on the sleep suits are perfect for allowing movement.
- A sleep suit can safely be worn when your toddler gets up in the morning, whereas a sleeping bag is not safe for walking in.
Watch Lou talk about why you might choose a sleeping suit vs a sleeping bag
When is a sleeping bag more suitable than a suit?
- Sleeping bags are always more suitable with small babies than sleeping suits.
- Nappy changing is much more straightforward with a sleeping bag, as you can zip it open. With a sleep suit, you need to take one leg out of the suit.
- Sleeping bags are more blanket-like.
- You can layer more clothing inside a sleeping bag.
- The age range for a sleeping bag is generally longer as you don't need to ensure the bag is the right length in the body and legs the same way you do with a suit.
Why use a sleep suit instead of blankets?
- Comfort your baby and keep her warm, without the need for additional bedding.
- Your toddler will be the right temperature all night, there are no sheets or blankets to kick off while in a baby sleep suit, so your baby won't wake up cold.
- Reduce wake-ups from baby or toddler being cold. With a consistent, warm temperature all night, your baby is less likely to wake from the cold (they may still wake if there are issues with sleep associations or self-settling).
- Ensure baby sleeps safely and there are no sheets or blankets to wriggle under or pose a suffocation threat, so you can help create a safer sleep environment for baby.
- Complete the bedtime routine in your child's sleep suit, you can cuddle your baby and then place them in their cot, which makes settling much easier.
- Create a positive sleep association- your toddler will quickly develop a sleep association with their sleep suit, meaning that every time they are put in their suit, it's a strong cue that it's time to sleep.
- A sleep suit is a sleep environment that is safe and familiar, so when taking your child's sleep suit on holiday or when visiting family and friends, your baby/toddler has her usual sleep cue.
