The Best Pajama Brands for Babies and Toddlers
Once you become a parent, you discover thousands of details you’d never once considered previously and many of those new details center around convenience and sleep! When you’re starving for sleep and waking far too often, anything that can help you get through those waking moments easily is KEY. Having my first newborn I quickly discovered that putting my daughter in pajamas that were easy to take off and put back on during diaper changes was absolutely vital, especially during the night when it’s dark, you’re feeling groggy, and all you want is to get through it as quickly as possible. Requirement #1 - must be a zipper or a magnet!
The other thing I realized was how particular you can become about certain things. When it came to pajamas, especially as a newborn, I wanted them to be soft and long lasting, especially for a new babies sensitive skin. Soft, comfortable fabrics are key. Also, standard cotton pajamas don’t stand up to your quickly growing baby. I’ve had pajamas that were only worn once or twice before they no longer fit! From a cost perspective, they were relatively inexpensive, but the fact that they were hardly worn made that cost savings meaningless. If a pajama can last for several months - it’s a huge win. Requirement #2 - must be bamboo fabric!
With those 2 requirements in mind, I wanted to share with you a few brands that meet the mark.
Best Overall
Little Sleepies
The Little Sleepies brand is hands down my favorite baby pajamas brand! I have bought many of their pajamas for my daughter and even for myself! They are made of a proprietary Lunaluxe™ bamboo fabric that is the softest thing EVER!!!!! Not only that but they also come in tons of great colors and patterns. They are constantly releasing new designs to fit the season, Holiday, character collections or simply just adding to their adorable Signature selections of designs!
Their ‘Zippies’ are the footie/romper style sleepers that zip from one ankle up to the neck. They’re basically the pajama style that babies live in for their first year at least, but typically far beyond that as well! The best thing about the Zippies is the thoughtful feature they add to the feet and wrists. There is a fold over “flap” feature that allows you to cover and uncover babies hands and feet. Not only is this a great feature for allowing you to free babies hands and feet to stay cool or allow them to use their hands during play but the even greater benefit is how it allows the pajamas to fit for even longer than you’d expect - By uncovering the foot and leaving the pajamas as a romper (ankle pajamas), they fit for months beyond their specified age range. For example, we had a newborn set that our daughter was able to wear well into 6 months because we left the feet un-flapped. Her 3-6 month size lasted her all the way until she was 12 months old! And ones we bought at 9 months were fitting her until she was almost 2 years old! For this benefit alone, these pajamas are worth the price.
They also sell tons of other great products too - from family matching adult pajamas (they run a little large in my opinion so I lean towards the smaller end) to toddler sets, bedding, Play clothes collections and so much more.
I buy Little Sleepies Zippies for every friend or family member when they become pregnant so they can get started off on the right footie (pun intended) when baby arrives. If someone hasn’t done it for YOU, do it for yourself. I guarantee you won’t be upset about it.
And even better - get 15% off your order using code: LSLOVESYOU at checkout!
Reasons to LOVE
Foot flaps allow wear far beyond the age/size
Softest brand of pajamas I have ever felt
Focus on inclusivity (in imagery, product features, and language)
Adorable patterns
Frequent new releases
Great quality
Posh Peanut
While I was pregnant with my daughter, I started seeing Posh Peanut pop up all over the place. I also received a lot of hand-me-downs from girlfriends containing items from Posh Peanut as well as a brand new matching set of leopard PJ’s for me and baby and I LOVED them! What I noticed immediately was how soft the fabric was. Just like with Little Sleepies, these pajamas are made from bamboo fabric, making them super soft! They’re made from Papoook® Viscose from Bamboo - similarly to the Little Sleepies. There’s nothing better than cuddling a baby wearing a bamboo fabric. It’s heavenly!
Their family matching options are extensive offering options from pajamas to robes and even dresses. They’re buttery soft and feel SO great. They are definitely more true to size on the waist so I’d recommend sticking with your normal size.
Their designs and patterns are never ending! They release the absolute cutest designs for Holidays, they have great collaborations, and their Core product designs are amazing. They have an extensive collection of clothing outside of pajamas as well, from rompers to dresses, tops & jackets, swimwear, and even backpacks and bags.
Do yourself a favor and pop over to their online store. You’ll probably get sucked in for ages because there’s so much to choose from!
Reasons to LOVE
Super soft bamboo fabric
Extensive catalog of products for both night and day
Adorable patterns and styles
Great collaborations
High quality
Bums & Roses
Bums and Roses is a brand that popped itself into my feed just recently and totally caught my eye. They follow suit with Posh Peanut and Little Sleepies with their bamboo fabric pajamas, offering the same buttery-soft feel and great stretch with elevated designs to make the mama’s swoon!
As with the other brands, they offer pajama sets for older kids, bedding, family matching, and other fun accessories.
Their collection of prints and products is extensive and their adult offering is a little more unique including sweatshirts and adult rompers as well as pajamas.
Reasons to LOVE
Soft bamboo fabric
Adorable designs
Unique adult options (sweatshirts, rompers)
In My Jammers
So a friend of mine recently told me about In My Jammers pajamas because she knows how much I love Little Sleepies. This brand has a similar design in their footie pajamas with the foot and hand flaps, allowing them to fit for a longer period of time than most other pajamas. They also have incredibly cute prints!!! Their collection is much smaller than the other brands I’ve mentioned here but it seems they’re still just up-and-coming. The designer’s eye for adorable prints is great so I can only imagine they’ll continue to release super on-trend designs that mom’s will love!
Reasons to LOVE
Foot flaps allow wear far beyond the age/size
Super soft bamboo fabric
Adorable boho designs
Great small up-and-coming business to support
