Blankets in crib?

FinallyMrs.G · September 2011

Does anyone plan on covering LO with a blanket with winter coming? I have been putting DD in footy jammies but she woke up with very cold hands this morning so Im tempted to start covering her with a blanket. Is it still too soon? We keep our house at 71 degreess so it's certainly not cold.

gisa886 · September 2011

We covered DD with a blanket from birth because she slept better with one. We kept it pretty low on her body and it was crocheted. Now she sleeps with a light quilt.

sawyerthedestroyer · September 2011

I've been giving DS a blanket for a few months now. He won't sleep without one; laying it over him has actually become part of the bed/nap time routine. He just rolls around with it and hasn't had any trouble.

Brit710 · September 2011

I would if he would keep it on. However, I'm pretty sure he runs laps in his crib before finally falling asleep so it would never stay on.

We will continue to just layer his clothes.

RedCardinal · September 2011

After my boys fell asleep I would cover them up and tuck them in below their arms.

matzke227 · September 2011

It has been gettig cold here at night so we started to put a blanket on our LO and footy jammies. We havent had a problem and I am not too worried because I dont go to bed until about 1 in the morning because of school and so I check on him and the blanket is usually where I put it hours before. You could always try it and just check in and see how your LO is doing and go from there...

cynnichinny13 · September 2011

I don't think it's too early. DS sleeps with a blanket which he usually bunches up under his body as extra cushion/pillow. The no blanket rule really applies to babies that cannot efficiently use their neck or move their heads to breathe accordingly during the night. That's my understanding of it.

Amaryllis619 · September 2011

cynhamilton:
I don't think it's too early. DS sleeps with a blanket which he usually bunches up under his body as extra cushion/pillow. The no blanket rule really applies to babies that cannot efficiently use their neck or move their heads to breathe accordingly during the night. That's my understanding of it.

This. We've let LO use a blanket at night and at naps for a few months now.

karen_loy · September 2011

DS has been sleeping with a blanket or quilt for a few months

eb1113 · September 2011

My DD occasionally gets a blanket on her at naptime, but not at night. She moves around so much, so it doesn't stay on. During naps, it usually gets bunched up in one corner of her crib, or it gets tossed out with her socks. Sometimes she, too, wakes up with cold hands, but I don't know how to keep them warm.

KaylaO1024 · September 2011

I read the recommended age is 12 months but I just started using one, I tuck it in at the bottom of the bed so it would make it harder for him to pull over his face.