Sleep Sacks

Hi Everyone

Just after some advice about sleep sacks and safe sleeping in general. I was told that during winter the best thing to put baby in is a sleep suit and a Merino Sleep Sack, covered over with one sheet.
However, I am from Chch and I cant find where to buy a Merino Sleep Sack?! Can anyone help or offer advice/tips on safe sleeping for baby. Thankyou.

There is a thread on sleepsacks in the product review section on it but most people have brought off a lady on trademe. Her user name is shopaholic.9

They are awesome and made to order so you can get any length? I didn't put my wee boy in his until he was 5 months and probably would only start sleep sacking from 3 months as I personally think a sleepsack and a wrap on a new born is too much but you can buy merino sleep gowns from JK for $30. Gowns are fantastic on newnorns as makes easy nappy changing. my boy lived in gowns for the first 6 weeks as they are too hard to dress. So with a cotton singlet, then wool, then a merino gown, then wrapped, then a blanket your bubba would be all good. I am in chch too so know what you mean.

Others may have different opinions also and sorry for the novel!

Help! Im a bit confused. Peanut- what is a wrap? I was told to put my newborn into a sleep suit, inside a sleep sack? Im worried about it rolling around heaps as they are spose to sleep on their backs and thought the sleep sack would help hold them in a safe sleeping position?

We have Ella in a winter weight go-go bag she wears a long shelved singlet and merino PJS underneath and we don't worry about putting a sheet on the top as she likes to move around in her cot. We also make sure the room temp is always 18

However...when she was newborn we had her in a singlet, merino gown and had her swaddled and then a woollen blanket folded in 2 over the top. It wasn't until she started wanting to move around in bed (around 4 months) that we felt the need to put her into a sleeping bag.

ummmm, everyone does things differently so its all good. Just being nosey but who is telling you?

A wrap is just a big square of material that you wrap a baby in, its keeps them cosy and limits their startle reflec which means they tend to sleep better. They will wrap in hospital so don't worry you will know what I mean.

Sleep suits are fine but I am lazy and found them a pain to dome and undome all day with a newborn who needs lots of nappy changes so I always used gowns

Cheapest place for sleep sacks is the lady on trade me as they are only $65 - $85 including postage as opposed to $160 for others.

Newborns don't tend to wriggle a whole lot in bed esp in the first 6 weeks. I just personally found sleepsack bulky and long and hard to get a small bubba into and then hard to get them in and out of the basinett with all the extra fabric when I was half asleep in the middle of the night but then I am a whinger!

Ask your MW as they seem to be slightly more helpful as AN tutors often don't have time and only tell you their way of doing things.

Good Luck, its all pretty daunting. Are you transferring to anywhere after birthing at CWH?
St Georges are fantastic and will helpw th wrapping etc.