Bloom Cotton Sleepsuits, Pack of 2

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A full sleepsuit for nights and cooler months, in cotton interlock at a measured 220 GSM. The zip runs both ways, so a nappy change opens the bottom half and the shoulders stay covered. The disclosure this category avoids is flammability. Cotton burns, and children's sleepwear is a recognised risk everywhere. India has no mandatory flammability rule for it. The American rule allows two routes: a flame-retardant finish, or a close fit with no loose fabric to catch. We take the close fit, because a flame-retardant chemistry sitting against skin for twelve hours a night is a trade we will not make, and there is no version of it we would want to explain here. So the replacement is named: fit, in place of a chemical treatment. And the consequence is named too, because this is untreated cotton and it will burn. Keep a baby well away from diyas, gas rings and any open flame, which is advice worth having whatever the sleepsuit is made of. Every fibre in the garment is printed separately. The body is 100 percent cotton, confirmed by ISO 1833. The cuff and ankle rib is 95 percent cotton and 5 percent elastane, because a rib with no elastane will not recover and a fold-over cuff that has gone slack folds over nothing. The zip tape is polyester. There is no cotton zip tape, anywhere, and a listing that rounds a zipped garment to 100 percent cotton is describing something that does not exist. The sewing thread is polyester as well. The rest is designed around the 2 am change rather than around a photograph. Two-way zip, a fabric chin guard and a garage at the top so no metal touches skin, fold-over feet and fold-over wrist cuffs that buy about six weeks at the top of each size.

• Body 100 percent cotton interlock, 220 GSM measured to ISO 3801, slightly heavier than the bodysuits
• Cuff and ankle rib 95 percent cotton, 5 percent elastane, printed rather than rounded away
• Zip tape polyester, and sewing thread polyester. Both declared, because there is no cotton zip tape and pretending otherwise is the same cheat this house denies everywhere else
• No flame retardant. India mandates none, the American rule allows a close fit instead of a chemical finish, and this is the close fit. The consequence is that it is untreated cotton and it will burn, so keep a baby away from diyas, gas rings and open flame
• Two-way zip with a locking slider so it does not creep open, a fabric chin guard and a zip garage at the top. Zip cycled 5,000 times, and nickel release below 0.5 microgram per square centimetre per week to EN 1811 on the slider and teeth
• Fold-over feet and fold-over wrist cuffs, worth about six weeks at the top of each size
• Silicone dotted soles from the 6 to 9 month size up, for a baby who has started pulling to stand
• No hood, no drawstrings, no cords and no loose buttons. EN 14682 forbids cords in the head and neck area for children under seven, and none of it belongs on sleepwear in any case
• Flat-locked seams and printed labels, because a baby lies on its back for most of the night and cannot move away from a ridge
• Formaldehyde below 16 mg per kg by ISO 14184-1, the infant level. Azo amines below 20 mg per kg by EN 14362-1. Saliva fastness DIN 53160-1 grade 5
• Residual shrinkage under 3 percent after three washes at 40 C, ISO 6330 measured to ISO 5077
• Buy by height and weight. The chart below gives the body measurement each size is cut for and then the garment measurement, so you can compare against something you already own
• Honest trade-off: 220 GSM is a cool-weather weight. Through a Bihar May this is too warm for a night suit, and a bodysuit is the right answer instead. We would rather say that than sell you both for the same season
• Rs 1,099 for two is Rs 549.50 each, Rs 1,149 for two is Rs 574.50. Machine wash at 40 C with the zip closed, no bleach and no conditioner