Blankets in crib - when did you start?

[Anonymous]

My 15 month old started sleeping with a blanket when it got cold about 2 months ago. I'm extremely impressed with her ability to stay covered with the blanket and she now sleeps in one direction. Last week we introduced a pillow too. Just a few months ago she rotated around in her crib like crazy, but now she mostly just sleeps in one position and keeps the blanket at her shoulders. Somehow she knows it's warmer with a blanket. She has a wearable blanket too. I'm pregnant and see it as a step towards her big girl room because the baby will take over her crib in 5 months.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:7 months but our DS is extremely mobile. Considering he can almost walk I'm sure he's fine with a blanket.

Horrible, horrible, horrible idea. Call your pediatrician and ask.

I'm not at all concerned. I'm way more concerned about my son climbing out of the crib.

Fwiw, all of our Scandinavian relatives use blankets even with newborns and these are people who forward face for years.

SIDS is hardly even a risk for wealthy, educated Americans. It's sadly more of a risk for poor uneducated people.

This would really get to you...my son started sleeping on his stomach (by rolling over) by 12 weeks old.

Wait - you do understand that the decreased risk of SIDS for the babies of wealthy, educated Americans is because they are more likely to follow safe sleeping practices? Such as not using blankets in the crib and placing the baby on its back to sleep?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:13 months and no blankets? Ridiculous. Something light that breathes, not too big. Just fine.

Thanks, nope, good parents are going to go with the recommendations of their pediatricians and the AAP: no blankets in cribs. That's why they invented wearable blankets. See how that works?

"Good parents" = no blankets in crib for a 13 month old? GTFO. That recommendation is for INFANTS, btw, so under 12 months. Doesn't apply here.

I don't use a blanket for DD because she twirls around in her sleep like she's possessed by a rather athletic demon but saying people aren't "good parents" if they use blankets is the dumbest thing I've heard all day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:13 months and no blankets? Ridiculous. Something light that breathes, not too big. Just fine.

Thanks, nope, good parents are going to go with the recommendations of their pediatricians and the AAP: no blankets in cribs. That's why they invented wearable blankets. See how that works?

Being a condescending as*hole may a sign that you're also a bad parent, PP. See how that works?

[Anonymous]

How is a crib any different from a toddler bed? Our 2.5 yo is still in a crib, where he's happily used a blanket since it got cold this fall. I simply don't see how his sleeping with a blanket in a crib is any different than his sleeping with a blanket in a toddler bed. We "make" his bed just as we would with a toddler bed (so the blanket is tucked underneath the mattress), the only difference is that there are tall rails on all sides.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:13 months and no blankets? Ridiculous. Something light that breathes, not too big. Just fine.

Thanks, nope, good parents are going to go with the recommendations of their pediatricians and the AAP: no blankets in cribs. That's why they invented wearable blankets. See how that works?

You do know that the authoritative opinion back when we were kids was tummy sleeping, right? And that up to a few years ago, the mantra was NO PEANUTS BEFORE ONE! But now that's been shown to actually cause allergies?

But by all means keep sanctimoniously showing everyone how much of a sheep you are.

[Anonymous]

Our DS, starting at maybe 20 months or so) uses a swaddle blanket over his sleep sack. He wears a sleep sack with legs because he seems to hate when his feet are covered. Not great at keeping the blanket over his feet (I think he, like me, likes to kick his feet out to cool off), but he likes snuggling with the blanket.

[Anonymous]

At a year old. The AAP recommendation is no blankets under 12 months only. A one year old is a toddler.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:13 months and no blankets? Ridiculous. Something light that breathes, not too big. Just fine.

Thanks, nope, good parents are going to go with the recommendations of their pediatricians and the AAP: no blankets in cribs. That's why they invented wearable blankets. See how that works?

How do you know wearable blankets are safe? Really. The AAP changes recommendations all the time. Just last year you would have been telling moms they should have their baby sleep in the same room until age one. Just kidding...that rule has since changed.

I seriously wouldn't trust doctors to determine whether wearable blankets are safer than a thin breathable blanket. I doubt they are doing some advanced scientific testing on them.

Of course nothing is 100% safe, but think of it--if you go against the guidelines and, God forbid, something horrible happens, can you live with yourself? Can you live with yourself if you do something your pediatrician told you explicitly NOT to do?

I'm way way way more concerned about driving with my baby in the car, having a car hit us while crossing the street, the upcoming flu, etc.

I'm also way more concerned about my child climbing out of the crib.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, PP, you misunderstand the recommendation. I am a licensed daycare provider, and have had to take extensive safe sleep training. The rule is no blanket for infants, i.e. under 1 year old. Once they hit a year, you can give them a bear, or a blanket, or a friggen tuba in the crib.

Regardless, by definition, SIDS only affects INFANTS. Toddlers dying from blankets in cribs, which would be so rare as to be pointless to worry about, would be suffocation or something.

FWIW, my children figured out how to stay under their covers really young, but we keep the house at 65 overnight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, PP, you misunderstand the recommendation. I am a licensed daycare provider, and have had to take extensive safe sleep training. The rule is no blanket for infants, i.e. under 1 year old. Once they hit a year, you can give them a bear, or a blanket, or a friggen tuba in the crib.

Regardless, by definition, SIDS only affects INFANTS. Toddlers dying from blankets in cribs, which would be so rare as to be pointless to worry about, would be suffocation or something.

FWIW, my children figured out how to stay under their covers really young, but we keep the house at 65 overnight.

So you're saying it's insanely dangerous for a child who has lived 364 days but it's okay for one who has lived 366 days?

I personally think worrying about my extremely mobile child dying from a blanket at nine months is pointless. I have many things to worry about and this isn't one of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, PP, you misunderstand the recommendation. I am a licensed daycare provider, and have had to take extensive safe sleep training. The rule is no blanket for infants, i.e. under 1 year old. Once they hit a year, you can give them a bear, or a blanket, or a friggen tuba in the crib.

Regardless, by definition, SIDS only affects INFANTS. Toddlers dying from blankets in cribs, which would be so rare as to be pointless to worry about, would be suffocation or something.

FWIW, my children figured out how to stay under their covers really young, but we keep the house at 65 overnight.

So you're saying it's insanely dangerous for a child who has lived 364 days but it's okay for one who has lived 366 days?

I personally think worrying about my extremely mobile child dying from a blanket at nine months is pointless. I have many things to worry about and this isn't one of them.

PP here. No, I agree with you. Personally, I gave my son a blanket at *gasp* 6 months. But legally, these AAP safe sleep recommendations must be adhered to in my state by childcare providers until age one. Obviously overkill for covering your ass in the tiny, tiny chance an infant in care succumbs to SIDS. Not even the federal government, or any child experts are saying a 13 month old should not have a blanket in their crib. This is beyond an over abundance of caution.

[Anonymous]

I gave one of those angel dear "lovies" (the lovey blanket with a stuffed animal head) well before 1 year as an attachment item. My kids didn't need a real blanket until they switched to a bed though. but they liked having a lovey to snuggle around like 8 months? once they're rolling and sitting up etc., a little lovey isn't going to be a big deal. they won't stay under a blanket to sleep though for a while, basically until they got a bed (and even then Halfl the time they're not under the covers)

[Anonymous]

I always put blankets on my kids, but they're in elementary school now, so I guess things are already "different."

[Anonymous]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/parents-still-ignore-dangers-of-baby-blankets/