In our opinion, there's nobody more qualified than Mother Nature to create the perfect fabric to wear next to delicate skin. 

Merino wool is the natural choice for your baby’s safety and sleep quality.

We use 100% pure merino across our range of Bambino Merino babywear and baby sleeping bags.  Sourced from the rugged mountains of the New Zealand high country, where merino sheep thrive through hot summers and freezing winters.  The sheep are carefully farmed in harmony with nature and are considered to produce the highest quality merino in the world.

Unlike synthetics, merino fibres allow heat and moisture to pass through which enables baby's skin to breathe.  Millions of tiny merino fibres create a microclimate around your baby’s body, absorbing and releasing moisture and trapping or circulating air as required to regulate body temperature throughout the night – especially when the air temperature drops in the early hours of the morning.

Our breathable merino garments adapt to the conditions all year round, keeping your baby warm in cold weather and cool in warmer months. This prevents overheating, an important risk factor associated with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

The superfine merino wool we use in our babywear is lightweight, soft and luxurious. It will not scratch or itch baby’s sensitive skin like traditional wool can.

In cool weather, layer our bodysuits and sleepsuits beneath a Bambino Merino sleeping bag to give your baby the safest and most comfortable night’s sleep – all night long.

Why choose merino?

• It is a breathable natural fibre
• It helps regulate baby’s body temperature
• It can (and should!) be worn all year round
• It won’t scratch, itch or irritate delicate skin
• It is fire resistant
• It is odour resistant so needs less washing
• It is machine washable 

Merino wool is not as difficult to care for as you might think and more forgiving than traditional wool garments.  Of course the best way to prolong its life and maintain the softness and strength of wool is to hand wash at low temperature using a mild wool detergent.

As busy parents ourselves we know it is almost impossible to find time for hand washing so our garments can be machine washed provided the following golden rules are followed.

• Always use a detergent specifically formulated for use on woollen garments - such as NATURES ORGANICS, MARTHA GARDER WOOL MIX, SOFTLY FOR WOOLLENS, ECO STORE WOOL WASH.  Don’t presume your usual non-bio detergent will be fine, if you check the label most say they are not suitable for wool

• Wash at a maximum temperature of 30˚c – heat and wool don't mix and washing at high temperatures causes ‘felting’ and shrinkage
• Spin gently
• Do not soak
• Fabric conditioners or softeners are not recommended (or needed)
• Gently reshape the garment as you remove it from the washing machine
• Do not use bleach
• Merino doesn’t hold a lot of water so dries quickly on a drying rack or over a banister. 
• Do not tumble dry
• Dry away from direct sunlight
• Cool iron if required (we have never found the need nor desire to do this)

Merino is naturally stain and odour resistant and requires less frequent washing than other fabrics – hooray! 

We recommend unzipping your baby sleeping bag and airing it over the cot rail in between sleeps to cut down on washing.