https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 25 May 2026 16:05:35 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-1072306 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 00:19:56 +0000 shopaholic 1072306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@red_seattle: Oh man! I know this is an OLD POST, but your friend's story is so frightening! I think K will be in a sleep sack as long as possible! And I'll be using our AngelCare monitor forever... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-341212 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:12:03 +0000 red_seattle 341212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Honeybee: thanks for clarifying. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-341201 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:04:02 +0000 Honeybee 341201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tuck DS into bed with a crocheted blanket every night. He doesn't like sleep sacks (I think because his legs are restricted?), but he also had a hard time weaning from the swaddle, so this was our solution. I think DD was over a year before we let her sleep with a blanket, but every child is different.</p> <p>@red_seattle: @MungBean: Actually, when a child dies unexplainably after 12 months, it's called Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC). It's incredibly rare, and there is no known cause for it, but it's still incredibly sad and tragic. My heart really goes out to your friend, red-seattle. :(</p> <p><a href="http://www.sudc.org/MediaEducation/FactSheet/tabid/99/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.sudc.org/MediaEducation/FactSheet/tabid/99/Default.aspx</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-340225 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 15:54:28 +0000 cranberryapple 340225@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bree72: I'm the worser mommy! I let my baby sleep on his tummy starting from when he was one month old, and I use a blanket on him for now, only because he can't roll yet, but I will have to re-evaluate when that happens. :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339916 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:44:55 +0000 rachiecakes 339916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: I'll have to try those! Thanks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339914 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:37:35 +0000 Andrea 339914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@rachiecakes: halo has sleep sacks with feet. DD still likes hers at 2.5 years old! She doesn't want to sleep with a blanket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339903 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 06:18:43 +0000 rachiecakes 339903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What about walking babies &amp; sleepsacks? DS is 10 months but stands on his own and walks along the crib, I could see him getting so angry and frustrated in a sleepsack.<br /> He loves his blankie but these posts are making me nervous. I just bought two sleepsacks online. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339891 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 03:45:41 +0000 Sweet T 339891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS sleeps in pjs and a sleepsack. We stopped swaddling at 4.5 months and he's been using a sleepsack ever since (13.5 months now). I think we'll keep him in a sleepsack for as long as we can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339872 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:51:41 +0000 Mrs. Superhero 339872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Toddler Girl was swaddled to 9 months and then had a light fleece blanket I think, little quilt at a year. Wonder Baby is a crazy sleeper (not surprising as she's a crazy kid!) and I had to stop swaddling her at 5 months and switched to a sleep sack. She'll probably be in a sleep sack until spring at least, maybe until next fall. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339865 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:43:46 +0000 pinkcupcake 339865@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mediagirl: I don't think I've seen long sleeved sleep sacks but that's a great idea. I keep L in a fleece sleep sack with footed pjs but I wonder if that's warm enough. What brand is your sleep sack? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339863 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:14:39 +0000 red_seattle 339863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MungBean: &amp; @Coco Bee: yeah, I'm sure it's very rare at 19 months, and I think the recommendation is that at 1 the risk is low enough that blankets are ok, but still, hearing about that 19 month old's death shook me up enough that I'm just not ready to risk it yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339801 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:05:47 +0000 tequiero21 339801@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we have a ton of stuff. =T i know. it's bad. we have blankets, lovies, pacifiers.... and i'm going to try and add a bumper for my girl since she keeps banging her head against the crib and getting her foot stuck between the slats. i do make sure they're breathing pretty often though haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339754 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 20:26:54 +0000 mediagirl 339754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. I would never sleep if she had anything in there with her. She gets a sleep sack when it's cold. We have a long sleeve sleep sack for really cold days. </p> <p>M doesn't really move during naps but I found her under a blanket napping at daycare one day. I flipped internally and the next day asked them not to use blankets on her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339638 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:59:23 +0000 Ree723 339638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO was swaddled for the first 2.5 months but we also used a blanket on top of that as it was quite chilly in our house at night. We always tucked the blanket under the bottom of the cot and had the sides securely tucked in so it couldn't go anywhere, so I never really worried. In the mornings, her blankets would be exactly how we left them so I knew she wasn't able to dislodge them during her sleep.</p> <p>Now that she's close to 4 months and no longer swaddled, we just use a sleep sack and no blanket. She moves around her cot a ton and she's strong enough that I don't think the blanket would stay tucked in to the bottom of the cot anymore. </p> <p>Hearing some of the scary stories out there, I don't think LO is ever going to be given a blanket to sleep with! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339627 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:23:33 +0000 MegWag 339627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Linus doesn't sleep with a blanket, but it's actually really common here in the UK. There's not the "nothing in the crib" thing that there is in the States. Most of my friends have loads of stuffed animals in there and use blankets too. In the child education class we took before birth they said that when you are tucking your baby in with sheets or blankets to put them in the "Feet to Foot" position- which means that you put the baby's feet at the foot of the crib. Basically so they can't wriggle down under the covers, they'd only be able to wriggle up and away from them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339622 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:04:14 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 339622@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: I know. It can happen so quickly! I'm probably awful to work for thanks to all my freak out things. I try to act blasé about orbit inside I'm always worried about what could go wrong. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339615 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:56:35 +0000 Mrs. Pen 339615@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@red_seattle: 19 month old?!? Omg... I thought the danger of SIDS was gone after like 6 months or even a year.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339610 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 15:53:09 +0000 mrs. bird 339610@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: So scary! The nephew of someone I know had a light blanket (I'm assuming like an a&amp;a one) and it was twisted around his neck from rolling around in his sleep like your lil M, only he wasn't lucky enough to have someone check on him in time :( my guess is they figured since he was 6 months and could easily roll and the blanket wasn't thick enough to suffocate him he'd be okay, but he died from it. Heartbreaking! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339514 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 12:27:56 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 339514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No blankets here. One of our nannies put one in the crib one time and when I checked on M. her head was completely wrapped. Never again! She rolls like an alligator bringing it's prey down! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339429 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:35:34 +0000 Rubies 339429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 14 months and is still in sleep sacks. I worry about using a blanket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339426 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:28:42 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 339426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use a blanket in a crib. LO sleeps on her tummy and we drape it over her back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339401 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:54:58 +0000 yin 339401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We stopped using the sleep sack in the summer and now LO refuses to use them. He moves around so much that it wouldn't make sense for me to give him a blanket. I have tried to put one on top in the middle of the night and it doesn't stay on for long. My LO is 17 months old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339399 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 09:51:08 +0000 autumnlove 339399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She sleeps with an AA blanket at daycare but we use sleepsacks at night. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339322 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 06:19:54 +0000 heffalump 339322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 14 months and she still doesn't have anything in the crib. She sleeps in a sleep sack and we've tried a lovey, but she doesn't like it so it's just her in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339320 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 06:17:00 +0000 BananaPancakes 339320@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the bad mother whose baby has slept with a blanket from day one. He deapised the swaddle, so it kind of just progressed into blanket usage. At 6 months, he's yet to get one near his face. I'm still nervous about it sometimes, but unless his sleep movement changes suddenly, he'll have a blanket. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339276 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:30:52 +0000 pinkcupcake 339276@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@red_seattle: Oh no, that is so heartbreaking to hear about your friend :( So scary... stories like that make me so paranoid... :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339270 Sat, 13 Oct 2012 00:09:46 +0000 red_seattle 339270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>fleese pjs and a sleepsack, we keep his room around 70 degrees so it's not really cold in there. Baby X is almost a year old, so we were considering letting him have blankets, but a friend of a friend recently lost her 19 month old to SIDS, so I'm feeling too paranoid to let him have a blanket even now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339250 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:50:09 +0000 tysonja 339250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use an a+a blanket in the crib with him. However we use it folded in half and I put it down in the crib first and then place the sleep sack on top. After he is in the sleep sack I tuck the two ends of the a+a blanket around him like a burrito. </p> <p>Otherwise, I've also just swaddled him with his arms free and then put the while swaddled baby bundle in the sleep sack. </p> <p>It is COLD here!</p> <p> He is 4.5 mnths </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339249 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:46:31 +0000 MsMini 339249@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I let him use a fuzzy blanket for naps, because I check on him constantly, and he doesn't really move during nap time. At night I use a sleep sack, but during the day putting him in a sleep sack enrages him. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/blankets-in-the-crib#post-339246 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 22:37:20 +0000 Mrs. Pen 339246@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I asked the dr at his 6 month appt and she said an A&amp;A blanket is totally fine because he is mobile, has great hand and neck control, can roll etc. so he's slept with that for the last 2 months. Now that its cooler he will sleep with his crocheted blanket and its been fine. He never pulls it up near his face and even if he did all the blankets we use are very breathable.</p> <p>I think he would have a sleep sack because they are restricting and he loves to move all over </p>