Babies tend to get sick very frequently during the first few months. Minor stomach upset, reflux, chest congestion and minor problems are strongly associated with newborns. Pregnant mothers need to take prenatal precautions, and the rest is taken care of by the body’s natural processes. After delivery, however, the baby needs extra care.

Cleanliness and hygiene is as important as anything else for your baby’s health. You need to protect your baby from crib hazards and from germs and bacteria. By opting for a sleepsack, you have probably ensured protection from dangers of accidental suffocation from blankets and sheets. However, you still need to take good care of the sleepsack to ensure that it is hygienic at all times. This means that you need to clean the sleepsack regularly, especially after the baby has been sick.

A sleepsack comes in handy when the baby is sick with diarrhea, vomiting or mild fever. It helps in keeping the body temperature constant. The baby is naturally restless during such episodes. Sleepsacks allow mothers to sleep comfortably knowing that the baby will not uncover himself by mistake and get exposed to the cold. It also ensures that the baby will not accidentally uncover himself when the mother runs to look for diapers, wipes and medicine because a sick baby can imply more diaper changes, more washings and extra attention to hygiene.

The process of washing baby clothing like sleepsacks is a bit different from the process you follow for your own clothes. Since baby clothing can have smears of food, stool or remnants of reflux, it is advisable to follow specific steps to clean them. Smears tend to contain harmful bacteria that can cause infections the next time you use an improperly washed sleepsack.

Here is how you should do it. Wash sleepsacks with a mild detergent. Strong chemical detergents not only harm the fabric but can also irritate the baby’s delicate skin. Your good sense of having bought an organic sleepsack will come to nil if you use harsh chemicals to wash it. To be on the safe side, mix some antiseptic liquid in the detergent. Spreading the sleepsack to dry in the sun is preferable to machine drying. The intense heat of the sun will destroy most of the bacteria and also take care of any offensive smell.

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