Temperature Regulation

The Merino Kids Baby Sleep Bag is your ideal all-year-round baby sleeping bag, perfect for nursery room temperatures from 19ºC to 27ºC. Most rooms rise and fall in temperature throughout the night and day, and the natural merino fibre has the remarkable ability to maintain your baby's warmth without overheating.

Simply dress your baby in more or fewer layers of natural-fabric sleepwear in cooler or warmer seasons. Try to avoid synthetic sleepwear fabrics such as polyester because they do not release heat and moisture. Use a Merino Kids Baby Sleep Bag when you might otherwise use non-merino sleeping bags of TOG ratings 0.5 to1.5.

For cooler rooms or during the winter season, we recommend the Merino Kids duvet sleep bags, which have an additional layer of natural insulation and will keep your baby snug in room temperatures 19ºC and below without risk of overheating. Use a duvet Merino Kids Baby Sleep Bag when you might otherwise use non-merino sleeping bags of TOG ratings 1.5 or 2.5

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Babies are not as adaptable as adults to temperature change. A baby's body surface is about three times greater than an adult's, compared to the weight of his/her body. Babies can lose heat rapidly, as much as four times more quickly than adults. Babies under 12 months have difficulty regulating their own temperature, even in a warm environment.

When babies are cold-stressed, they use energy and oxygen to generate warmth. By keeping babies at optimal temperatures, neither too hot or cold, they can conserve energy and build up reserves. When temperature is regulated and maintained a baby will become more relaxed, gain weight and sleep longer.  This is especially important when babies are sick, premature or low birth weight babies.

Perfectly adapted to your baby

Babies swaddled in merino™ are less likely to suffer overheating.  Made with superfine, bleach free, fire retardant merino, Cocooi™ , Go Go Bag™ and Merino Kids™ ranges breathe, absorbing and releasing moisture away from your baby in warm conditions and insulating through cooler times.  This unique feature creates its own microclimate around your baby, regulating his temperature. In essence, your child becomes perfectly adapted to his sleeping environment.