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wait, wtf is blanket training??

Re: wait, wtf is blanket training??

  • manda_mullinsmanda_mullins member
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanket_training
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  • adamwifeadamwife

    I train Gabe to sit quietly on a blanket.  It's teaching him self-control and how to entertain himself.  He gets one toy while he is there to play with.

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    This is a good way to keep small children safely entertained at your feet while you are busy doing other things.

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  • Miss.ModularMiss.Modular member

    i do not understand it. you """train""" a baby to stay on a blanket?  WHY?  so you can leave the room with them and think they are 100% safe?  talk about a false sense of security.  this is up there with 'elimination communication' in terms of nuttiness.

     

     

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  • adamwifeadamwife
    imageMiss.Modular:

    i do not understand it. you """train""" a baby to stay on a blanket?  WHY?  so you can leave the room with them and think they are 100% safe?  talk about a false sense of security.  this is up there with 'elimination communication' in terms of nuttiness.

     

     

    No.  I don't do it with babies.  I started with Gabe when he turned 2.

    And it's not for leaving the room.  Like I said, it's to keep them entertained at your feet while you are doing other things. 

    This will come in handy for homeschooling.  I can teach older ones while younger ones play at my feet.

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  • Miss.ModularMiss.Modular member
    one toy while stuck on a 2 x 2 blanket? sounds enticing!
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  • adamwifeadamwife

    imageMiss.Modular:
    one toy while stuck on a 2 x 2 blanket? sounds enticing!

    That's where a healthy imagination comes in handy. 

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  • TheNerdyKatieTheNerdyKatie
    imageadamwife:

    I train Gabe to sit quietly on a blanket.  It's teaching him self-control and how to entertain himself.  He gets one toy while he is there to play with.

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    This is a good way to keep small children safely entertained at your feet while you are busy doing other things.

    PD has that blanket.

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  • emiliemadisonemiliemadison member
    I've got my kids house trained. They are trained to stay inside the house. They get several baskets full of toys and even a television sometimes. Amazing, right?
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  • Cassandra1028Cassandra1028

    imageemiliemadison:
    I've got my kids house trained. They are trained to stay inside the house. They get several baskets full of toys and even a television sometimes. Amazing, right?

    This made me literally LOL!

    AW - Not saying what you're doing is nutty, but this response was funny!

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  • adamwifeadamwife

    imageemiliemadison:
    I've got my kids house trained. They are trained to stay inside the house. They get several baskets full of toys and even a television sometimes. Amazing, right?

    Yep.  My kids have that too.

    But what is even more wonderful is when you head to someone else's house - say a friend who doesn't have kids and doesn't have their house childproofed.  I can throw my toddler on a blanket with a toy and know that he isn't going to break anything or get into any trouble.  Then, I can sit back and relax, have a conversation with my friend without having to say "no.  on't touch that." every other second.

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  • TheNerdyKatieTheNerdyKatie
    imageadamwife:

    imageemiliemadison:
    I've got my kids house trained. They are trained to stay inside the house. They get several baskets full of toys and even a television sometimes. Amazing, right?

    Yep.  My kids have that too.

    But what is even more wonderful is when you head to someone else's house - say a friend who doesn't have kids and doesn't have their house childproofed.  I can throw my toddler on a blanket with a toy and know that he isn't going to break anything or get into any trouble.  Then, I can sit back and relax, have a conversation with my friend without having to say "no.  on't touch that." every other second.

    Ok, it that sounds pretty nice to not  have that worry.

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  • emiliemadisonemiliemadison member
    imageadamwife:

    imageemiliemadison:
    I've got my kids house trained. They are trained to stay inside the house. They get several baskets full of toys and even a television sometimes. Amazing, right?

    Yep.  My kids have that too.

    But what is even more wonderful is when you head to someone else's house - say a friend who doesn't have kids and doesn't have their house childproofed.  I can throw my toddler on a blanket with a toy and know that he isn't going to break anything or get into any trouble.  Then, I can sit back and relax, have a conversation with my friend without having to say "no.  on't touch that." every other second.

    Interesting. I'm able to do the same thing by bringing a few books and toys with me and simply telling them not to run around grabbing stuff. And they do it. I have them voice trained, too I guess.

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  • adamwifeadamwife
    imageemiliemadison:
    imageadamwife:

    imageemiliemadison:
    I've got my kids house trained. They are trained to stay inside the house. They get several baskets full of toys and even a television sometimes. Amazing, right?

    Yep.  My kids have that too.

    But what is even more wonderful is when you head to someone else's house - say a friend who doesn't have kids and doesn't have their house childproofed.  I can throw my toddler on a blanket with a toy and know that he isn't going to break anything or get into any trouble.  Then, I can sit back and relax, have a conversation with my friend without having to say "no.  on't touch that." every other second.

    Interesting. I'm able to do the same thing by bringing a few books and toys with me and simply telling them not to run around grabbing stuff. And they do it. I have them voice trained, too I guess.

    You win the Better Mommy Award.  I must just suck. 

    ETA - it's also about character training.  It's learning self control, but whatevs.

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  • goodheartedmommygoodheartedmommy member
    Ah, character training. My kids will have no character. Or is it just BAD character that they'll have?
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  • Miss.ModularMiss.Modular member

    "learning self-control"

    ay yi yi

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  • adamwifeadamwife

    imagegoodheartedmommy:
    Ah, character training. My kids will have no character. Or is it just BAD character that they'll have?

    Not what I meant - I'm sure you will have other ways to teach your child self control.  This is just one way I choose to do it with my children.

     

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  • emiliemadisonemiliemadison member
    imageadamwife:
    imageemiliemadison:
    imageadamwife:

    imageemiliemadison:
    I've got my kids house trained. They are trained to stay inside the house. They get several baskets full of toys and even a television sometimes. Amazing, right?

    Yep.  My kids have that too.

    But what is even more wonderful is when you head to someone else's house - say a friend who doesn't have kids and doesn't have their house childproofed.  I can throw my toddler on a blanket with a toy and know that he isn't going to break anything or get into any trouble.  Then, I can sit back and relax, have a conversation with my friend without having to say "no.  on't touch that." every other second.

    Interesting. I'm able to do the same thing by bringing a few books and toys with me and simply telling them not to run around grabbing stuff. And they do it. I have them voice trained, too I guess.

    You win the Better Mommy Award.  I must just suck. 

    ETA - it's also about character training.  It's learning self control, but whatevs.

    I simply dont believe my kids need a blanket to learn self control. My children are polite, say please and thank you, they are imaginative and inventive, they share and take turns, they are age appropriately self controlled the majority of the time and all of this happened with out sitting on a blanket. 

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  • adamwifeadamwife
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    imageadamwife:

    imageemiliemadison:
    I've got my kids house trained. They are trained to stay inside the house. They get several baskets full of toys and even a television sometimes. Amazing, right?

    Yep.  My kids have that too.

    But what is even more wonderful is when you head to someone else's house - say a friend who doesn't have kids and doesn't have their house childproofed.  I can throw my toddler on a blanket with a toy and know that he isn't going to break anything or get into any trouble.  Then, I can sit back and relax, have a conversation with my friend without having to say "no.  on't touch that." every other second.

    Interesting. I'm able to do the same thing by bringing a few books and toys with me and simply telling them not to run around grabbing stuff. And they do it. I have them voice trained, too I guess.

    You win the Better Mommy Award.  I must just suck. 

    ETA - it's also about character training.  It's learning self control, but whatevs.

    I simply dont believe my kids need a blanket to learn self control. My children are polite, say please and thank you, they are imaginative and inventive, they share and take turns, they are age appropriately self controlled the majority of the time and all of this happened with out sitting on a blanket. 

    Once again - good for you.  You win the Mommy Award.

     

     

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  • ToledoDeuxToledoDeux member
    I would have to literally break my toddler's legs to get her to stay on a little blanket with one toy.  LOL.  I'll pass.
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  • adamwifeadamwife

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    I would have to literally break my toddler's legs to get her to stay on a little blanket with one toy.  LOL.  I'll pass.

    This is where the self-control comes in.  Gabe is a very active little monkey who would prefer dancing on the table most days.  I know he doesn't want to sit still like that, but he will. 

    It has worked well for us.  It's not for everyone, but whatever.

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  • BetchySproutBetchySprout member
    imagejanineb:

    Harvey Karp actually advocates something similar in Happiest Toddler on the Block. He recommends practicing controlled breathing and teaching them patience waiting (make them wait for something they want at increasingly longer intervals every day until they can wait 5+ minutes). Sounds like this is just another way to teach patience. And that is age appropriate for a toddler to learn that.

    His philosophy stems from the fact as toddlers, our job is to teach them to move from the "i" stage of life to living in a world full of other people who are just as important.

    I don't understand why everyone is jumping on AW for this one. This hardly sounds revolutionary.

    Janine, I think it might involve the fact that it sometimes, not always, involves hitting, sometimes VERY young children. Not everyone waits until the child is 2 to do it. 

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