SnoozeShade Plus Extra: sun and sleep shade and insect net for buggies and pushchairs

SnoozeShade Plus Extra works two ways, depending on whether your child is awake or napping.

• Shade mode: the single-layer inner panel lets your child see out while blocking up to 80% of UV, plus wind, light rain, chill and insects. Ideal for everyday strolls, school runs and days out.
• Snooze mode: add the outer snooze panel over the top to create a darker, distraction-free space that blocks 94% of light and up to 99% of UV (UPF 50+), helping your little one nap wherever you are.

Both panels roll up and tuck neatly into the front storage pocket when you are not using them.

SnoozeShade Plus Extra is for any child who is in the stroller seat, whatever their age. What matters is the seat, not how old they are. If your little one is in the stroller seat, this is the shade for them. If they are lying flat in a carrycot or pram, that is what the Original is for.

It fits any single-width pram, pushchair or jogging stroller with a hood, including popular frames like the Babyzen YoYo, Bugaboo, iCandy and UppaBaby. It also works on tandems (one per seat) and some side-by-side double buggies, depending on the frame.

Many families use it for years. Cara, the inventor of SnoozeShade, used hers on and off until her daughter was five, for naps on holiday, long days out and evenings in busy restaurants.

The World Health Organization advises seeking shade once the UV index reaches 3 or above. In the UK that often means most of the day from April to September, and UV passes through cloud and reflects off concrete, water, sand and even snow, so a child can be exposed even when it feels cool.

Parasols and canopies rarely cover a child fully and do nothing about reflected UV. SnoozeShade Plus Extra is made with our EziBreez® mesh and gives UPF 50+ protection, blocking up to 99% of UV, across the top and sides, which is where the sun actually reaches a child in a stroller seat. The single-layer front panel lets them see out and blocks up to 80%, and that is the direction the sun is least likely to come from.

Toddlers are alert, easily overstimulated and far too interested in the world to want to switch off, which makes naps on the go hard. Zip up the snooze panel and it creates a calm, shady cocoon that blurs distractions and helps them wind down, like a sensory reset from movement, light and noise.

It is especially loved on holidays, days out and during travel, because it heads off overtiredness before it starts. Many parents tell us it has become part of their child's nap routine, a cue that it is time to sleep even in a new place.

It is a myth that only babies need naps. Most toddlers and many preschoolers still benefit from daytime sleep, especially during growth spurts, travel or starting nursery. Sleep supports brain development, mood and behaviour, and overtired children are more prone to tantrums, fussy eating and broken nights.

Even the occasional nap on a long day out is worth having, and SnoozeShade makes those easier to get.

SnoozeShade started with a simple idea: help babies sleep safely and comfortably in their pram wherever they are. The Original was made for newborns lying flat, but as my own daughter grew older and more curious, she needed something different: a single-layer front panel to see out while awake, and a snooze panel to block distractions at naptime.

It also shades the eyes and skin of babies who will not keep sunglasses on, and it doubles as a built-in insect and mosquito net, so there is no need to pack a separate one. And while your little one can see out, others find it hard to see in, which helps an overstimulated toddler settle. We manage all of this without any chemical treatments or coatings.

Safety came first when SnoozeShade was designed, and it still does.

You may have seen advice warning against covering a pram, and that advice is worth taking seriously. It is about covers that trap heat and restrict airflow. SnoozeShade is the opposite: it is made from EziBreez® air-permeable mesh, tested to rigorous air-permeability standards and shown to let air flow freely even when fully zipped up. There is no sealed air chamber and no greenhouse effect, just constant airflow supported by natural convection. On very hot days, push your pram hood back slightly, not all the way, so warm air can rise and escape through the mesh, and add a pram fan for extra comfort.

The safety details that matter:

• Made from EziBreez® mesh: air-permeable, blocks up to 99% of UV with both panels, and gentle enough that even a newborn could breathe against it.
• Only short straps, with no long straps, toggles, magnets or buttons, so nothing that could pose a choking, strangulation or entrapment risk. Use only the straps you need.
• No toxic dyes or chemicals. Every part is tested to the same standards as a newborn toy, including heavy metals and flammability.
• The only range of pram and sleep shades approved by INPAA, the Infant and Nursery Products Alliance of Australia, the country's leading nursery safety authority.
• Trusted by over half a million families and recommended by sleep consultants, safety experts and health professionals worldwide.

We have run 24-hour in-pram heat tests with data loggers and found no temperature build-up, and parents in hot climates like Australia, the UAE and Southern Europe have used SnoozeShade safely since 2010.