https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 03:37:24 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-needed-for-a-loveysecurity-blanket#post-1807794 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:03:53 +0000 Sammyfab 1807794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You could try something like the A&amp;A Dream blanket as it's much thicker than the security blankets and probably more similar to her sleep sacks. The only problem is that it's big so not as portable as a typical lovey. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-needed-for-a-loveysecurity-blanket#post-1807755 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:58:42 +0000 yellowbird 1807755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@swedishfish: the only reason we stopped using one is because we didn't have any clean and put her to sleep with an A&amp;a blanket. She refused to get in one after that night! </p> <p>She is super attached to her a&amp;a and her flat elephant lovey from amazon </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-needed-for-a-loveysecurity-blanket#post-1807750 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:52:13 +0000 Mrs. Grizzly Bear 1807750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Could it be the consistency of the fabric? Or perhaps the texture? And this may sound like sacrilege but is there a too-small or stained sleep sack that you wouldn't be torn up turning into a lovey? You could probably make two goodly sized loveys or four smaller ones if you were so inclined. Just my two cents. I encourage loveys but I don't push them. They either love it or they don't and if they love it, I always try to make it accessible so they feel secure. Maybe sleep sacks convey security to your LO.</p> <p>Eta: You could cut a large swaddle blanket in half, use binding from a fabric store and make your own security blankets. I did that for the kids and they both use them still. Every nap and bedtime plus just around the house. I have them doubled (the blanket half folded in half and sewn shut then use binding to give it a finished look). I think its the perfect consistency. Thicker than the store bought security blankets from A+A </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-needed-for-a-loveysecurity-blanket#post-1807746 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:34:51 +0000 Dandelion 1807746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>M snuggles with the full size AA muslin blankets for naps. He gets covered up, and then has a corner to snuggle with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-needed-for-a-loveysecurity-blanket#post-1807742 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:27:45 +0000 Anagram 1807742@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm keeping the sleep sacks until next summer probably, because my LO will need one in the winter. I think with loveys,, it takes a while to catch on. My LO loves her A&amp;A lovey blankets now but it took her about 2 months to get into it. For those two months we started by putting the blankets in bed with me and DH for a few nights, so it would smell like us. Then I started giving it to her during every feeding (not sure what you would do now with no bottles---maybe during a book before nap/bedtime?</p> <p> Then I would put her in the crib with it, and which point she would usually toss it away. But at some point, a few weeks later, the association with sleep just clicked and now she clutches it tightly all night and wakes up with it in her hand. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-needed-for-a-loveysecurity-blanket#post-1807739 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:26:40 +0000 Beehive 1807739@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use an Angel Dear lovey (which it looks like your LO isn't into), but I just wanted to mention that you can use sleep sacks for a while longer - we use them still at 21 months and don't plan to stop any time soon - they keep DS from trying to climb out of the crib. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/advice-needed-for-a-loveysecurity-blanket#post-1807728 Sun, 10 Aug 2014 08:10:08 +0000 swedishfish 1807728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dad babysat for us for a few weeks ago and noticed that R was using her A&amp;A sleep sack as a lovey the same way my sister did with a particular blanket....scrunching it up and holding it near her nose...even though she was in the sleep sack. I bought a set of A&amp;A security blankets and gave her one but she keeps throwing it out of her crib. I had tried an Angel Dear lovey earlier and she cried until we took it away.</p> <p>She seems to be doing it with any sleep sack. She has a Baby DeeDee Lite on right now and I can see her doing the same thing.</p> <p>Any ideas on how I can transfer the attachment from the sleep sack to the security blanket? I'd rather not have her attached to a sleep sack. Is it time to cut out the sleep sacks? She's 13 months. </p>