sleep sack

Though it’s the spine of the show, it’s the most obvious, least interesting aspect, and again, your own age may determine whether you prefer a joke about “geriatric stink” to one about the “ethically made adult sleep sack” Clem wears to a meeting.

The device includes a “sleep sack” that swaddles babies up to 6 months old who are not able to roll over consistently.

During those long, tough days when my boys were babies and everyone was sick; those hockey practices when I stole sleep in the crumb-filled minivan; when my only getaway was chaperoning 28 fifth-graders on a historical-reenactment camping trip in colonial garb, and it rained all night and I woke up with a salamander in my sleep sack and wet leaves in my hair, I dreamed of getting away.

In addition to regular cribs, he said, all families with infants are supposed to receive a portable crib, fitted sheets and a so-called sleep sack, a type of wearable blanket that is considered a safe alternative for children under 1, who are at risk for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

My husband and I are following the safe sleep advice: The baby sleeps in the same room as us, on his back, swaddled in a sleep sack; no toys, blankets, bumpers, pillows; room temperature of 18–21 degrees Celsius; no smoking and so forth.