Sleeping bag for newborns

All parents want to provide their newborn baby with the best conditions and comfort. Various things help them in this, one of which is a sleeping bag for newborns.

• Using the bag will ensure that the child stays while sleeping in a comfortable environment. The crumb will not be revealed, and the dumped blanket will not cause the baby to freeze.
• Mom can feed the toddler right in the sleeping bag. She does not need to remove the crumb from the heated bed, which is why the baby will freeze during the night feeding.
• Inside the sleeping bag, the child is cozy and comfortable, because the child has become accustomed to the constrained conditions of being in the mother's womb.
• The soft-touch fabric “hugging” on all sides gives the baby not only warmth and comfort, but also safety. In the children's sleeping bag, the infant will sleep on the back (this position is considered to be the best for sleeping the newborn), and there will be no dangerous objects near the face. Parents can not worry that the baby is tangled in a blanket or threw it on his head.
• When the baby is a little older, sleeping in a sleeping bag will be an obstacle to getting out of the crib.
• Sleeping bag is convenient to take with you on a long journey. In it, during the trip, the child can sleep in the same conditions he was used to at home.

• AT baby sleeping bag need to be laid only in a waterproof diaper.
• It is not possible to quickly change a baby in a child's sleeping bag for a baby diaper. While the mother checks the condition of the diaper and changes it, the baby can finally wake up and play out.
• Some children do not want to sleep in such a bag, especially if the baby slept immediately after birth in other conditions, to which he had already become accustomed.

When buying a sleeping bag for a newborn baby, it is necessary to take into account some features of such products in order to find the best model for the crumbs.

A sleeping bag must be appropriate for the height of the child. Newborns are bought products up to 65 cm in size, babies sleep 4–9 ​​months in a 75 cm long bag, for 9 month old babies and up to 15 months of age, a model 90 cm long is used, and older children are bought or sewn by sleeping bags of 105 cm in size.

Choose a product for your child from natural, breathable and hypoallergenic material. As a rule, the lining in children's sleeping bags is represented by 100% cotton. The composition is also important for the care of a sleeping bag. It is best to buy a bag that can be washed in a typewriter.

In many sleeping bags for newborns sleeves are present, but there are models and without sleeves. If the selected sleeping bag has sleeves, they must be large in order not to interfere with the handles of the baby to move. In some bags, sleeves may come unfastened. Also there are products, the length of the sleeves which are adjustable.

She should not squeeze the child’s body. Pick up the bag, in which the neck fits the baby freely, and the gap between this part and the neck of the crumbs will be about one and a half centimeters.

The bottom of the sleeping bag should be smooth and without any finishing (jewelry, patterns) so that the baby does not experience discomfort in a dream.

In most sleeping bags for newborns, the zipper is in the middle so that the crumbs can easily change clothes. In older models, the fastener is sewn in such a way that you have to unzip the zipper from the bottom up (this will prevent accidental unfastening at night).

In addition, many children's sleeping bags have rivets on their shoulders. In some models, they can change position, adjusting a sleeping bag for the growth of the baby. On the back, as a rule, there are no clasps.

The use of a sleeping bag for sleeping a newborn child and older children is influenced by the time of year, as well as the indoor temperature.

The temperature range for the purchased model should be viewed on the label of the sleeping bag.

For the manufacture of homemade sleeping bag for crumbs, you need to choose a suitable pattern and buy high-quality fabric (knitwear, cotton or other natural material).

The easiest way to build a sleeping pattern for a child is to use the clothes that the child wears. Apply paper to the t-shirt or sliders and mark the outlines of clothes, then add a few centimeters on each side so that the product does not squeeze the child and there is enough fabric for the seams. The length of the bag is noted depending on the height of the baby, adding 15-20 cm to the distance from the shoulders to the feet.

For a back one piece is cut out, and the front part of the bag can be cut in the form of a single cut piece, or from several pieces (to make an interesting application).

Cut layers of fabric sewn face to each other. The zipper is sewn into the lower part of the product, and the fasteners on the shoulders can be represented by buttons or stickies. If the model is warm, they insert a synthetic winterizer inside. The front part is decorated with ribbons, appliqués and other decorative elements.

If the mother does not know how to sew, but she knits for a long time, she can make a sleeping bag for the baby with her own hands, tying it with needles. Such bags are more convenient than sinteponovye, and follow the contours of the baby's body. In addition, they are completely natural, as they usually use wool for knitting.

To bind a sleeping bag for the crumbs, purchase about 500 g of wool and, depending on the design of the product, a few buttons or a zipper. Prepare knitting needles 4 and 5, circular 3.5, as well as an auxiliary needle. For elastic, knit alternately front and back loops, for holes for buttons in the front row, close two loops, and in the purse, type as many loops.

For the back of the bag for a newborn, type 49 loops on the knitting needle 5 and knit it with the front satin stitch, adding one loop in each second row to 59 loops. After 48 cm, begin to reduce the loops for armholes to 53 loops, and after another 16 cm, close the middle 11 loops, and knit the rest separately. At the same time, close the side hinges so that the shoulder bevels are made. All loops should be closed at 17 cm from the line of the beginning of the armhole.

For the front of the dial 69 loop, knit the front surface or using the desired pattern. Add in each second row on the side loop up to 79 loops. After 12 rows, separate the loops and knit separately, 48 cm from the first row, make an armhole, as on the back of the product. As on the back, close the middle 10 loops, and also close the side loops in each second row.

Knit sleeves and a hood with an elastic. 4.Assemble the product, sew a zipper and sew the sleeves and the hood to the back and the front with circular needles, making 1 button hole on each side. Close the loops and sew the buttons - the knitted sleeping bag is ready.