When to introduce a blanket?

[mi_amor]

Originally Posted by Ldavis24

am i the only one here whose LO hated the sleep sacks from day 1?

My DS didn't like sleep sacks either. It's cold where we live , so I've used blankets with DS from day 1 as well.

I first only used light receiving blankets, and I made sure it wasn't up near his head (armpit hight).

When DS could move around more, I put a soft, lightweight blanket on him at night.

I did make him a big fleece blanket (the crafty one where you knot the tassles together), but he seems to get tangled up in it. Recently, his head was all wrapped up which freaked me out so I don't use it anymore. Now we're back with the lighter weight blankets. He's 13 months.

[jenneology]

I recently read a summary of a research article from APA that found that parents who co-sleep are very good (even while asleep) making sure that their babies' heads aren't covered by a blanket. And in the times that a parent didn't get to it first, the baby moved the blanket first.

I would think that the blanket concern is more important to families who do not visually observe or do not stay nearby when a baby is sleeping. Think of the young babies who sleep in separate rooms and are left to cry or go back to sleep on their own. I wouldn't use a blanket in that situation either. But since we cosleep and I'm nearby during naps, I've never seen any concern with the blanket.

This is something I haven't thought of before...one of our games is peek a boo with the blanket where I cover the baby with a blanket and uncover her or let her figure out how to uncover herself. She can find her way out from under the blanket 9 times out of 10, and then doesn't need much help to get it the remaining time. In a way, that game is like practice for uncovering ones face while sleeping...