https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:40:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390997 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:30:25 +0000 gingerbebe 2390997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS still sleeps in a sack but around a year we started putting this sherpa blanket and animal pillow set they sell at Costco for like $10. Its a flat stuffed animal pillow and a velvet/sherpa toddler sized blanket. He never keeps the blanket on and doesn't really sleep on the pillow, but we lay him down on it and tuck the blanket over him at sleep time so he gets used to the idea. The blanket and pillow are warm so even if he's sleeping up against it, I feel like he gets a little more warmth from it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390897 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:57:46 +0000 Finfan 2390897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We would have let her have one at 12 months but it was June so a few months later probably. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390868 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:46:40 +0000 Ms.Badger 2390868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I hate posting after an anecdote about a 9 mo and SIDS but.... J has a lovey, it's a blanket, it helps him sleep and everyone needs J to sleep as well as he can so I let him sleep with his lovey. He's 7.5 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390864 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:43:27 +0000 JennyLayneAZ 2390864@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm still pregnant, but won't be using a blanket until at least a year. My sisters best friend lost a baby to SIDS at 9 months while he was napping with a blanket. Obviously there was nothing to say that the blanket was the culprit, but, still. Too heartbreaking. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390286 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:28:41 +0000 snowjewelz 2390286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We bedshare so she's probably had some kinda blanket draped over her since 9 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390206 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:48:59 +0000 red_seattle 2390206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We only introduced blankets once DS was too big for the sleep sacks we owned, and was climbing out of his crib. It just didn't seem like a blanket was needed until he was moved into a big boy bed around 22 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390178 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:35:09 +0000 runnerd 2390178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started giving him an A&amp;A swaddled around 9 or 10 months, now he sleeps with a thicker blanket in cold weather </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390161 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:29:02 +0000 SweetiePie 2390161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At 1 year my ped said its fine to put whatever we want in the crib. He still uses a sleep sack (I like them and I think it helps with his bedtime routine) but I started also putting a light Aden &amp; Anais blanket over him as well. Mostly to get him used to the idea of a blanket for when the time comes to get rid of sleep sacks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390148 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:21:48 +0000 Littlebit 2390148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He just got his first lovey at 15 months. Ha! I'm not sure when I'll feel comfortable giving him a blanket. He moves all over the place so definitely not any time soon. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390136 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 08:08:00 +0000 Foodnerd81 2390136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We gave her tiny loveys maybe around six months but no blankets until more like 18 months. She was in a sleep sack before that and didn't mind it until she started trying to walk in the crib and tripping on it. Then it was summer and we didn't really give her anything so real blankets didn't start until 18 months just because of the temps. Even when it was just the thin A&amp;A blankets I was so paranoid she would wrap it around her neck or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390125 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 07:58:07 +0000 winniebee 2390125@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I gave them each small lovies at 5/6 months and an angel dear blanket after a year. They use(d) sleep sacks for actual warmth though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390106 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 07:38:42 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2390106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son is 21 months and hates blankets. We tried and he said help!! Around 18 months. Even now if we cuddle on the couch with one he wants it off. He's still in his sleep sack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390098 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 07:27:09 +0000 Adira 2390098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think we didn't give Xander a loose blanket until closer to 18 months, but with Logan, I just gave him one at 12 months. He loves blankets so much, I thought he'd enjoy having one with him to sleep with, and he definitely does. It's an A&amp;A swaddle blanket though - very breathable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390084 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 06:47:04 +0000 MsHangry 2390084@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A&amp;A muslin blanket from about 4months when we realized he liked to rub it on his face to self-soothe. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390065 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 05:16:03 +0000 shopaholic 2390065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD I was more paranoid, started I think close to 18months with a Dream Blanket. She always had sleepsack though.</p> <p>DS I've been less paranoid, but he also is very noisy and doesn't move a lot in his sleep. He's been using a blanket since the first month. Started with A&amp;A muslin, then Dream Blankets, and now a heavier knit blanket since its gotten colder. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390063 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 05:09:40 +0000 Pumuckl 2390063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started with real blanket after a year but had a muslin cloth in there as soon as LO1 was out of the swaddle. He needed it for self soothing and still has it until this day (he's 2.5). LO2 doesn't really have anything in her crib because she would just play with it and not go to sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390060 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 05:04:21 +0000 lamariniere 2390060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS around 9 months it was blanket and sleep sack, but he didn't move much in his sleep at that age.<br /> DD after a year, but I don't remember when!</p> <p>Both of their first blankets were AA Dream Blankets, which I find to be very breathable and don't knot up easily. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390050 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 03:49:54 +0000 Kemma 2390050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both my kids have slept under a wool cot duvet or woollen blankets right from day dot. The duvet is tucked under the foot of the mattress so LO can't untuck it and I only use lightweight woollen or cotton blankets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390033 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:54:48 +0000 PurplePeony 2390033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put an A&amp;A swaddle blanket over her for naps sometime after she turned one, but didn't start using loose blankets at night until this fall when she was 20-21 months old. I still prefer to put her in a sleepsack because she kicks blankets off and gets cold, but if she fights it, I cover (and then re-cover) her with a crocheted blanket and an A&amp;A. The combo is pretty warm but both are breathable. I'm hoping to get her used to regular bedding in the near future, now that she's two. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390025 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:41:28 +0000 mrsbubbletea 2390025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh yeah. Much earlier than 1 (he's not even one yet!). We never used sleep sacks and I started with just a Muslin blanket cause it's so easy to breathe through but now that it's colder I've been putting another cozy blanket on top up to his waist or so. I would put the Muslin blanket all the way to his shoulders but he moves it when he moves his arms too much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390015 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:13:45 +0000 HLK208 2390015@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD started using one at 13 months but she pretty much slept in the same place all night. DD2 is active while she sleeps so I don't think a blanket would keep her warm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390011 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 01:08:45 +0000 MrsStar 2390011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used a blanket with lo1 at around 18 months she would get used to it before she moved to a bed, I used sleep sacks up until then. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390008 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:54:12 +0000 macintosh 2390008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well he woke up before midnight anyway so I guess it doesn't matter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/diddo-you-use-a-blanket-in-your-older-babys-crib#post-2390006 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:43:46 +0000 macintosh 2390006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 7.5 months and very mobile. He rolls both ways and is almost crawling. Tonight he was all out of sorts and worked up before bed (who knows why :silly: ) so he got hot and I took off his sleep sack. I finally got him to sleep and I put a crocheted blanket (loose weave) over him in the crib. I'm pretty comfortable with it, but I'll probably keep using the sleep sacks. </p> <p>I've read that you're not supposed to do loose blankets until after a year old. Not looking for advice, I'm just curious, what age did you start using blankets in the crib? Any special reason? </p>