The safety of our little ones is probably the single most important instinct a parent has. We do everything in our power to ensure their safety by doing our research and following the advice of professionals who have studied the best ways to protect our littles.

According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, for example, for safe sleeping practices you should:

• Place infants on their backs for sleep in their own sleep space with no other people. 
• Use a crib, bassinet, or portable play yard with a firm, flat mattress and a fitted sheet. Avoid sleep on a couch or armchair or in a seating device, like a swing or car safety seat (except while riding in the car). 
• Keep loose blankets, pillows, stuffed toys, bumpers, and other soft items out of the sleep space. 
• Breastfeed if possible, and avoid smoking

As you can see, blankets are NOT recommended as a part of a little one's safe sleep environment. Instead it is recommended that in order to keep your LO safe and warm you should put them in snug fitting clothing that does not pull up over their face and, if extra warmth is needed, tuck them into a non-weighted sleep bag (we call them Sacks of Snoozing!) of an appropriate TOG for their sleeping environment. The Sack of Snoozing should be small enough around the neck line to not slide up over their face but loose enough around the hips and legs to allow them to kick and move their legs freely, and should be worn over normal sleepwear. Sacks of Snoozing are especially recommended for any babies who have begun to roll over, as it allows their arms the freedom to push their face away from the mattress in a way that swaddling does not.

Additionally, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission requires that 

"To protect children from burns, these rules require that children’s sleepwear must be flame resistant and self-extinguish if a flame from a candle, match, lighter or a similar item causes it to catch fire. The rules cover all children’s sleepwear above size 9 months and up to size 14 and require that

(1) the fabric and garments must pass certain flammability tests; or

(2) be "tight fitting" as defined by specified dimensions"

This is so that if children come into contact, or near contact, with any source of open flame (candle, stove, fireplace, etc) or other item with the potential to ignite fabric it is either less likely to hang over the flame (such as a loose sleeve) or catch on fire from such a small source (thus the flame resistant chemicals).

Bamboo is not treated with flame resistant chemicals so any sleepwear or items used as sleepwear must meet specific measurements, making them snug and form fitting.  According to the CPSC:

"Tight-fitting sleepwear garments must

(1) not exceed the maximum dimensions specified in the regulations for the chest, waist, seat, upper arm, thigh, wrist, or ankle;

(2) have no fabric ornament or trim, such as lace or ribbon, which extends more than ¼ inch from the point at which it is attached to the garment;

(3) have sleeves that taper from the shoulders to the ends of the sleeves

(4) have pant legs that taper from the thighs to the ends of the pant legs;

(5) if they are 1-piece, taper from the chest down to the waist and from the seat up to the waist;

(6) if they are 2-piece,

--(a) have an upper piece that tapers from the chest to the bottom of the piece,

--(b) if the upper piece has fastenings, have the lowest fastening located within 6 inches of the bottom of the piece, and

--(c) have a lower piece that tapers from the seat to the top of the piece;

(7) bear a permanent label stating size of garment.

(8) bear a hang tag alerting buyers that the garments are not flame-resistant and should be worn snug fitting because loose-fitting garments are more likely to catch fire

(9) comply with all of the flammability requirements for clothing textiles and vinyl plastic film."

As a company we do our best to make sure that all clothing meets these safety requirements if we suspect that they may be used as sleepwear, including checking with our manufacturers that all rompers comply with tight-fitting regulations. We also send samples of all of our products to a CPSC verified third party facility to ensure they pass CPC standards for flammability, lead, and phthalates. 

In the end it is up to parents to visually inspect the fit of clothing while being worn to ensure that it does indeed remain snug on their little ones, as clothing may fit differently on various shapes and sizes.

 

We firmly believe in making sure every person is aware and educated on the best safety practices for their little ones, and will strive to keep this and future information as up to date as possible as further recommendations are released. SAFESLEEP20 for 20% off your Sacks of Snoozing™ !