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The SleepSack Option for Walking Babies and Toddlers! (Giveaway!)

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Let’s talk about the logistics of your baby or toddler’s sleeping environment for a moment, shall we? Specifically, I want to talk about what your options are for keeping your child sufficiently covered and warm, and more importantly, SAFE.

My two children have been VERY different. My oldest was fully swaddled (arms and everything!) until she was 7 months old, and then had her legs swaddled until around 18 months. The swaddle was her jam, people. So she never really got into the sleepsack thing since she wanted to be very snug, and by the time she finally outgrew the swaddle, she was running around everywhere, and those footless sleepsacks were pointless for her.

Layah, on the other hand, outgrew the swaddle by 4 months. We started using HALO SleepSacks at that point and had great success with them. They are so much safer than blankets as they create a warm and cosy environment without posing a suffocation risk. They are basically like a wearable blanket! The material won’t bunch up around the face and the zipper unzips from the bottom so that even curious babies and toddlers can’t get themselves out of it.

So anyway, the HALO SleepSack was the optimal choice for Layah. That is, until she started standing up all the time, and then walking (she was walking by 9 months, which was totally NOT cool!). Since the SleepSacks don’t have cut outs for the feet, they are very frustrating to babies who want to move.

Just as this was becoming a real problem and we were about to retire the SleepSacks altogether, HALO introduced the SleepSack Early Walker! This is a SleepSack in a lightweight-knit fabric (shown below), and it is also available in Micro-fleece and Comfort Mesh fabrics. Check out what it looks like!

Layah from Stuff Parents Need HALO SleepSack Early Walker

FYI, the pink long sleeves are part of a onesie, not part of the SleepSack. If you are familiar with SleepSacks, then you are probably thinking that this looks just like any other SleepSack. But here’s what makes it so special:

HALO SleepSack Early Walker

This SleepSack has cut outs for the feet. They are snug enough so that the feet won’t come out of them, but not so tight as to be uncomfortable. And there’s still that blanket-like feel to the product. Layah sleeps, well, like a baby in this! And she can walk around in it, too!

In addition to the SleepSack Early Walker, HALO also has a Big Kids Toddler SleepSack line. All are available for purchase on Amazon. We absolutely adore our SleepSack Early Walker, and when Layah starts to wear size 2T, we will invest in a SleepSack Big Kids! The Early Walker, by the way, is on sale at Amazon right now for just $18 (regularly $24.99!).


Win it!: One lucky Stuff Parents Need reader will win 1 HALO SleepSack Early Walker or SleepSack Big Kids!

Be sure to enter my other current giveaways, found on the sidebar of my page.

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I received a complimentary product for review purposes. All thoughts and opinions expressed here are strictly my own. This post contains affiliate links.

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  15. I would like the Big Kids Sleepsack as I can’t keep blankets on my 2-year-old and this is the perfect solution.

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  26. I think I would get the big kid sleep sack, my son sometimes likes to sleep in his robe, lol

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  41. I like the Big Kids sack because my baby thinks she is too good to be put down so I doubt she will be doing any early walking 😉

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  43. How cool is this?? I had no idea these were made for toddlers, too! I would love to have the big kid version for my son.

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  47. This is AWESOME! I have wished, wished, wished for the longest time something like this existed, and I had no idea it did! We’d prefer the Big Kids Toddler option, because my toddler is one big kid! Haha. He was swaddled until 7 months and now at almost 2, I don’t put a blankie in his crib and always worry he’s too chilly at nighttime. So perfect!

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  56. I can’t believe she is walking!!!!! Sarah isn’t even standing yet.

    I like the early walker. 🙂

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