hi moms, I need your help finding winter pajamas that are NOT flame retardent. I've found thin, tight fitting pajamas at several stores but the heavier flannel PJs all contain the flame resistant chemicals. do any of you moms know where I can find thicker chemical free PJs for my 18 month old son? thanks!
We bought a couple of pairs of organic cotton non-flame retardant PJs at Costco last year. They're great!
Just a comment on washing out the flame retardent - you pretty much can't. The retardent is actually built into the fabric, it's not just an added treatment. Manufacturers have to demonstrate that it maintains the flame retardantness (if that's a word!) after 100 washes, so getting used will not really solve the problem.
You can find foreign purveyors of natural jammies or US purveyors of "not intended as jammies" jammies with websearching. Things like "children's longjohns" and "merino wool undershirt" and "not intended as jammies" ;) should get you into the right types of websites.
It seems like ... New Zealand Nature (for silk and other fibers) and Nova Naturals (for wool) ... yep, these are two places I have seen them (links not included because I think Mamasource has a policy against that, but you can websearch them). Hanna Anderson has some nice cotton stuff, I can't remember if they sell it as underwear (not flame-retardant) or jammies (I think the first advice is right, jammies are still required to be flame-retardant).
Good luck :).
I'd start with Hanna Anderson (the pj's seem thin, but my son was toasty in them all winter)and also check out Nova Naturals website. Nova carries a lot of woolen clothing that looks super comfy. Oh, and brands like LLBean and Land's End will often have long-johns style thermals which work well too. The trick is to have them worn snug fitting (which isn't the same as flame retardant, but the idea is that they are safer not having baggy bunches of fabric that can catch.)
Many of the suggestions I was going to offer are listed below. Also, do you sew? If so, you can buy flannel that will say not for intended for children's clothing because they do not have the flame retardant chemicals in them. So you could make some pj's. But I really love Hannah Anderson and many of the others listed below.
You will not find flame retardant pjs. By law to be sold as nightwear they have to be flame retardant. You can buy regular clothes and use them as pajamas. You could sew your own or pay someone to sew them for you.
Fabrics come in many colorful and cute prints. But again you do have to check to see if they're flame retardant. Many flannel fabrics are treated because they are woven knowing that they will be used as pajamas.
I suggest using knit pants and a knit t-shirt. Sixty plus years ago pajamas didn't have snaps at the waist to keep them together. My mother used diaper safety pins.
I do think that the retardant probably washes out after many many washings. You could perhaps buy pajamas at a thrift or resale store. To be more sure the retardant is no longer present buy ones that look well washed.
Hanna Andersson- awesome organic cotton cotton lomg john type 2 piece. They are spendy but awesome quality, super soft and get better with each wash. We buy them a little big so there is room to grow and you can always find a coupon.
