Flannette sheets for baby

[Rommy'sMummy]

Wow. I have never heard of this - we used flanelette for our DS when he was a bub and we are planning too with this one as well. I have no idea why. Will be interested in others responses.

I wonder if SIDS website has anything on this?

[leckert]

Thanks Rommy, Didn't think of checking the SIDS stuff out .... might try to do that now.


ETA - nothing specifically about flannelette sheets on there or the FAQ PDF. Am rather confused.

[MrsB26]

i am currently using flannelette sheets from target on my sons bed. I'm not concerned.

Weird that it was on some packs and not all of them

[Indadhanu]

WOW thats weird... well we use flannelette cot sheets (normal sheets are SO cold in winter!) and at Big W they have a sale on flannelette basinette sheets so I don't think that they would be bad for babies. Maybe they weren't fire safe? Or they might have had printing or ink on it which makes it unsafe?

[leckert]

not entirely sure if it's meaning the plastic wrapping on the sheet set but it was a piece of tape type label on the cardboard the holds the sheets neat. The ones with the label are Target branded and the ones that don't have it are My Baby branded (received these at baby shower).

[Roryrory]

I have never ever heard of any such warning before!

For the record both my boys were on flannie sheets as bubs - Flynn was a June baby and there was no way I was putting a newborn on non-flanelette sheets in winter!

[Pandora]

I used flanelette sheets on DS1s cot and am using in DS2s
Ive never heard why it would be an issue