Sleeping with Toys/Mini Blankets

[puffandstuff]

It's not recommended, but if you feel comfortable doing it than do it. I let DD1 sleep with a burp clothe a couple of times.

[daisylola11]

I thought that's what they were for, small so it's safe to have in the crib. Whelp I let DS have one with him and his wubanub so I say go for it.

[those3words]

I think the official answer is no. But, I let DS fall asleep with a similar lovee (otherwise he has been flipping out when we put him down). I take it away after he gets in a good sleep.

[professorbinns]

I am a rebel and let DS sleep with his sock monkey. It is small and very comforting to him. If he drops it on his face able to move it off very easily. I am generally abiding by the SIDS guidelines but this one I let go. I am actually more comfortable with the sock monkey that a blanket.

[prairiegirl]

LO has been sleeping with a stuffed dog since about 4 months, and his dog and a dinosaur since Christmas. He loves them. I think the 'official' stance is nothing in his crib. But his hands were so damn distracting for a while that I gave him the puppy to keep his hands busy. He loves the dog and the Dino is a close second. He flings them around While he's falling asleep. I'd much rather he have those than a paci or sucking his thumb. He easily finds them in the night and goes right back to sleep.

[acarpediem]

Jan 29, 2015 15:53:51 GMT -5 messica said:

Flame away but I let LO sleep with a full on blanket. She will not sleep if she doesn't have the weight of a blanket on top of her. I've seen her move it around in her sleep so I feel comfortable with it. I think it's all about your comfort level.

+1
LO needs some kinda cover so I have a very light weight blanket in the crib with him and a lovey.

[professorbinns]

This is what I was talking about.

[silvermelody]

We're going to start transitioning to a similar toy. We were using a receiving blanket underneath him since around Christmas but now he rolls all over the crib and I don't want it tangling him up.

Last night he somehow pulled down a blanket I had up on the crib rail and it was on top of him. I had tossed it there months ago but it's now folded up elsewhere.

I'm also debating mesh bumpers because he keeps sticking his legs through the rails, falling asleep, then getting mad when he wakes up and is "stuck".

[kat5040]

DD has had a similar love since she was about 4 months. In the beginning I would take it away after she was sleeping, but now I just leave it with her. She likes to beat it up a bit and then will rub it on her face while going to sleep. It doesn't worry me because she is able to move it really well.

[Deleted]

You ladies are setting my mind at ease. I have been removing the lovie before I go to bed. Two nights ago, out of desperation, I gave it back to him when he was fussing at midnight and he went right back to sleep and had no more wakeups just to fuss. Last night I let him sleep with it all night and we had NO wake ups just to fuss! We do have a couple lovies and I used the one that is a thinner muslin.

[mrsnorris]

LO has no interest in lovies but if/when she does, like @becominggold I'd probably try to use something that was the thin fabric like our A&A blankets. I'd probably also want something fairly small.

[jlynn62511]

I've covered LO with a receiving blanket since we stopped swaddling. I guess I never thought anything of it. 4 months later and we have never gone in and seen it over face.

[weeklyplanner]

Jan 29, 2015 16:45:01 GMT -5 mrsnorris said:

LO has no interest in lovies but if/when she does, like @becominggold I'd probably try to use something that was the thin fabric like our A&A blankets. I'd probably also want something fairly small.

They make A&A lovies wih the little head on top. Unfortunately they do not help DS nap at all. At night, he's all about his fingers.

OP, I think it depends on your LOs ability to manipulate objects. Until very recently, my guy would get his bib up over his face and then just shove his fingers and the bib in his mouth. He's just re walked recently he can actually move the bib away.

[merry]

DS sleeps with his lamb and has since we stopped swaddling in November... He loves to snuggle with it as he falls asleep then sometimes tosses it off to the side. When he wakes up he snuggles with it and buries his face in it. I just shared a pic of him with it the other day but I have lots so here ya go

** oh and in this pic he is also sleeping on a receiving blanket because his other sheet was not very soft or warm and he did not like it!

[gingy]

I give DD a A+A lovey blanket square kinda thing. I put it on her chest when I set her down so when she rolls it's under her and I don't worry about it. I also have mesh bumpers because she spins around like a break dancer in there.
My understanding of the lovey is that it provides comfort to help them put themselves to sleep. If they wake up MOTN and they're not hungry, in theory they should be able to reach for their lovey to help put themselves back to sleep. If you take it away after they fall asleep then they can't do that.

[cdseno]

I think this is a go what you're comfortable with scenario. I give Max a lovey to sleep with but he moves around so much it is rarely anywhere near him. But I personally am not comfortable with a blanket and when he is in bed with me I make sure our covers are nowhere near him. My mom is an ER nurse though so I am even surprised I co-sleep.

[prairiegirl]

That's the puppy LO sleeps with, the Dino is in the back corner, it's about the same size. He was covering his face with it because the light was bright lol if I notice in the monitor that his face is right buried in it before we go to bed I'll move it a bit. But he flings them all over his crib. Yes, we also have bumpers on the crib. Have for 2'ish months now.

[Deleted]

DD has been tummy sleeping since 6 weeks with a snuza.
I like to put her down for naps with a wubba nub and/or taggie blanket and/or a little blankie with a rattle. She likes to hold.
At night, i put a light blanket on her. There's a sound searhorse in her crib & a few other toys for when she wakes up in the morning.
She's not rolling yet but I'm not paranoid about any of these items.

[Aaemommy]

I've been using one like you're describing. My LO is 5.5 months. We have a video monitor so I can keep an eye on him and I go move it if it's close to his face. It helps SO MUCH!!!!!!

[DVMmomma]

Oof. Mine sleeps with a lovey plastered over her face (I moved it away once and never made that mistake again), on top of a thick blanket, with a fleece and a twilight turtle. MOTY?

[mandapanda1382]

My son has a blanket like you describe. He likes it to touch his face. Nothing else is in the crib. He wears a halo sleep sack. He rolls all over the place. It doesn't worry me.

[HazyGrey]

I feel like it's 6 months old. My daughter has been using a lovey since she was almost 5 months. What I did in the beginning was tied s rubber band around the middle of it so it was just a loose piece of blanket that could go over her face. Since she can take a blanket off of her face when covered I felt fine about it. Especially since it helped her sleep (She's never taken a pacifier). I have a video monitor too so I can always spy on her. Totally up to your comfort level though.

[krisleico]

Our LO sleeps with a lovey... and has for a while. He actually purposely puts it over his face and then pulls it off, like playing peek-a-boo. He also sometimes covers his face to sleep, but I go in and pull it off after he drifts off. I have been taking it away at night lately, less out of suffocation concerns, and more because he likes to wake up at 3am and talk/sing to it...

[mislogis]

messica my V sleeps with a blanket every night. It's friggin cold here! Sleep sack or not, she pulls it up and down throughout the night.