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    Posted: 15 July 2010 at 10:48am
Just learned in another thread that polar fleece blankets are a SIDS risk because they don't breathe. Would this be the same for sleep sacks? I thought maybe not because it's not like a blanket that could go over their face.

I have loads of polar fleece sleep sacks and wondering now whether to get rid of them!!
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I thought the issue with polar fleece was due to the fabric not breathing, and it retains moisture there fore making it cold.
Where as something made from merino/wool wicks moisture away from the skin keeping it dry and warm.
That was one of the reasons I'd told not to get too much in the way of polar fleece blankets or clothing.


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Yeah and I thought also that babies can overheat with polarfleece since it doesn't breathe??

Personally, I would go with natural fibres for things my baby is sleeping in but they are probably okay for going out in the cold in etc??



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I think it should be the individuals choice myself. if you like the polar fleece use them.. it's not like they are actually going over babies face? They are a sleep sack which means they are like a sleeping bag.

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I've personally stayed away from polar fleece blankets and sleeping bags as I feel they are too sweaty as the fabric doesn't breathe. I've stuck to cotton and wool. Personal choice but I think you get what you pay for.
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i have polar fleece sleepsacks because we cant afford wool/merino. but he is only in them during the day because we bed-share at night. personally i havent noticed them to get wet (unless he has peed through a nappy lol) but then again he isnt in them for ages. so i guess what im saying is im not much help lol!
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I personally only use natural fabrics on my baby. As far as I am aware it is due to the regulation of body heat, this isn't possible in synthetic fabrics. Check out the below link:

 

http://www.thesleepstore.co.nz/Sleep+Information/Newborn+Sleep+and+Settling+information/How+much+bedding+should+my+baby+have.html

 
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I only use natural fabrics too at home.

When we stay at mums DS does have a polar fleece blanket there.

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As others have said it is your own choice, as long as the sleep sack can't slip up over baby's face then it shouldn't be a SIDs risk.
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I am also in the natural fiber camp as well. We only use cotton and wool blankets in his cot. We have 2 hand made woollen blankets so we use them. I dont have merino ones, too expensive.
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We personally only use natural fibres on the bed but only because our kids run hot and they wake up wet sleeping under fleece.

I wouldnt see why its a sids risk .. I thought it was more just because small babies cant regulate their body temp .. your child is eight months old, not a tiny baby.
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Its your choice first and foremost what you put your baby in to sleep and this post is in no way meant to scare monger, however, current guidelines from MOH and WHO state babies should sleep in natural fibres only...

The reason has nothing to do with it being on their face but with the fact that unnatural fibres like polar fleece do not breathe and as a baby can not regulate their temp properly can overheat which is the link to SIDS.

A 3rd year mw student friend of mine (though I can not say for fact as I did not read the figures myself) told me that of the 50 something SIDS deaths last year only ONE did not have polar fleece on their bed.

That was enough for me to not use them...

But again its YOUR choice.


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Hey Newlywed

We have a polar fleece sleep sack for one of the twins. the inner is lined in cotton, think i got it at the baby factory? But the boys don't sweat in it, and it does the job keeping them warm in the winter which i guess is the whole purpose of sleep sacks anyway.

Koby has a polar fleece blanket which the twins used in NICU, they have heaps of them there. So in terms of risk, if they use them in a hospital surely it wouldn't be dangerous.

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bext1 they do a lot of things a bit different in NICU though... I mean they sleep babes on their tummies but we all know that we are not "supposed" to do that at home....

They are also being monitored in NICU which they are not at home so I am not sure I would use that as a reason to do it....

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I heard that its ok for when there not a newborn anymore because they can regulate their temperature better. Jarvi has a fleece sleep sack - only because i can't afford $150 for a merino sleeping bag. He sleeps fine in it, doesnt wake up wet or anything. I have one that doesn't have arms so if he gets to hot his arms are there to cool him down!

I think everything is over reacted about these days.. You have to have the flashest of everything or else "your baby is at risk" .. Well.. guess my baby is at risk then but hes fine now, doesn't know the difference between fancy and non fancy at his age!
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I have to agree, when I first had DD things were far tighter & her top bassinet blanket was polarfleece. For sure they can't temp regulate. themselves as much when they are younger, but when you're up with them so much anyway it only takes a finger behind the neck to get a general idea of how they are feeling, and then there are the other external things you can do to control the room temp etc.

Now we've gone for a grobag and a woolen top rug this baby around, only because I can and want too, not out of necessity.
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I only use natural fibres, I have cotton sleep sacks and a merino one. DD is still in her bassinet tho, so has a cotton wrap and wool blanket...


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that's true MelNel. Mind you I only put his polar fleece over his cotton sheet at night or use it during the day when he's on the couch with me

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Hi ladies

Im expecting a baby in December and Ive been given heaps of polar fleece blankets, I must have 5 or 6.

Having heard this I don't want to take the risk and will get some cotton/merino blankets for the bassinet and cot, but would it be ok just to use the polar fleece ones as blankets during the day? Like to hold baby in or keep them warm etc or should I avoid them altogether?

Thanks

I think its terrible they sell so many of them if there really is this big risk, I wouldnt have known if I didn't read this...
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They're fine as playmats, carseat rugs, pram blankets etc. Really Just be vigilant with what your baby is wearing when, remembering the one layer more than us rule. It could be just as damaging overdressing your baby but we don't hear masses about that one either! And if you are checking how they are going regularly, you're going to know if tey are getting too hot yeah?

eta: remember as the youngin's get older, their heat/temp regulation systems continue to improve and develop as well. Its not like anyone under the age of two is going to swelter under a fleece rug


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