Editing Blanket sleeper (section)

== Sizes, gender differences, and availability ==
In the United States and Canada, mass-produced blanket sleepers for both boys and girls up to size 4 (see [[US standard clothing size]]s) are quite common, and can be found in nearly any [[department store]] and [[online]].  Sizes larger than 4 are progressively less common, being found in only some stores and online, and usually only seasonally (peaking around October or November).  The availability of larger-size sleepers in department stores also varies from year to year.

Alternative sources for larger-size, mass-produced sleepers include [[online auction business model|Internet auction sites]], such as [[eBay]], and certain [[mail order]] clothing retailers, such as [[Lands' End]].

Individual blanket sleepers can be marketed either as a [[gender-blind|unisex]] garment, or as a garment intended for one gender.  Even in the latter case, however, there is often no difference stylistically between sleepers marketed specifically for boys, and ones marketed specifically for girls.  (The size numbers are also consistent, as, although there are slight differences in the meanings of size numbers between boys and girls in the U.S. standard clothing size system, these are too small to matter in the case of a garment as loose-fitting as a blanket sleeper). Occasionally, however, sleepers marketed for girls may include feminine decorative features such as [[lace|lacy]] frills, and sleepers with screen-printed front panels may feature images of media characters appealing primarily to children of one gender.  Also, the ranges of colors available may be different between the genders, in particular pink sleepers are rarely worn by boys due to a cultural association of that color with femininity.

In smaller sizes, there is little or no difference in the availability of sleepers for boys and for girls. Sleepers for older boys are somewhat less common than those for older girls.  Nevertheless, sleepers for both boys and girls continue to be available in department stores, mainly during the fall and winter seasons, and year-round on the internet up to size 16–18.

Blanket sleepers for adult women used to be relatively uncommon, but since 2010s have increased in popularity and can be found in many department stores, usually in the colder months.

Mass-produced blanket sleepers for adult men are more uncommon. However, major [[pattern (sewing)|home sewing pattern]] publishers sometimes offer patterns for conventionally styled blanket sleepers in men's sizes, and in the Internet Age a [[cottage industry]] has developed, with several websites offering blanket sleepers manufactured on a small scale for men as well as women and children.  Also, mass-produced, unisex-styled blanket sleepers marketed for women are sometimes purchased and worn by men, although the difference in the size ranges between men and women means that this option is available only to men of smaller stature.