Best Swaddles & Sleepsuits UK

This category splits into true swaddles — for the newborn startle-reflex stage — and sleep bags, which take over once a baby is due to start rolling and needs arms free. Love To Dream's Swaddle UP (£27.99) and ergoPouch's Cocoon (£35) are both arms-focused: the Swaddle UP zips with arms up so a baby can self-soothe hands-to-face, while the Cocoon wraps the arms in but leaves a roomy, hip-healthy bottom half. Both are TOG-rated (1.0) so you're not guessing about overheating, and both need a follow-on sleep bag once your baby starts showing signs of rolling, since swaddling with arms restricted isn't recommended past that point.

HALO's SleepSack Swaddle (£24.99) sits in between, with adjustable wings that let you swaddle arms in, one arm out, or hands-to-face without a full re-swaddle — useful as a transition product rather than committing to one style. SwaddleMe's hook-and-loop wrap (£25) is the most affordable true swaddle here, though the wings can work looser overnight than a zip-up bag.

Tommee Tippee's Grobag (£26) and Purflo's sleep bag (£40) are both proper sleep bags rather than swaddles, with no arm restriction at all — the Grobag in a wide range of tog weights for year-round use, the Purflo with a tapered base specifically shaped to help keep a baby in the recommended back-sleeping position.