A study at the University of Sydney has shown that babies sleeping in or on merino, settle quicker, sleep longer, fed better, cry less and gain weigh faster by regulating a child’s temperature while they sleep. This is amazing!
Here is how the Wool Study interests us as parents.
1. Temperature regulation – parents don’t have to worry about baby getting cold or overheating.
2. Babies sleep better when their temperature is kept even. The intrinsic properties of merino provide the ability for the body to manage heat and moisture so it can maintain its normal thermal balance.
3. Findings indicate that baby sleep bags made from natural merino wool are better at maintaining a baby’s comfort and wellbeing compared with synthetic polyester-filled sleep bags.
MERINO WOOL PROPERTIES
- Merino is found to have moisture vapour absorption that is over 80 times higher than that, for example, of synthetic polyester ‘polar fleece’. (In other words, a baby is less likely to get damp due to condensation of perspiration inside the sleeping bag).
- Merino has lower air permeability. This means that it prevents the loss of loss of warm air around the body while still allowing moist air to be dispersed. So a baby is better protected from chilling due to unavoidable air movement from convection or drafts.
It is the combined effect of these two factors: moisture vapour transmission and air permeability. This intrinsic ‘breathability’ of the merino fibre, better allows moist air to move away from the body’s micro-environment, preventing dampness and potentially chilling, while keeping the warm air around the body from escaping via convection.
All this means for us as parents is that we just have to shop wisely and choose carefully. There are so many cute sleeping bags out there that are sythetic fibres or just standard cotton, not organic. As eco parents, our wisdom tells us to avoid these fibres and eventually, they will just not be available as no one will buy them.
Choose Organic Cotton and Merino Wool Every time for your baby.
The feedback we get at Nature’s Child regarding Merino Wool is so inspiring. Parents just love Merino Wool! They are recommending it to their friends and family and keep coming back for more.
We are proud to Sell Merino Wool in such cute designs for your baby. We choose Merino Kids from New Zealand because it is a beautifully designed, high quality merino sleepwear helps improve quality of sleep and health for babies.
