My daughter is 3 months old and she has a super soft little blanket it's a "lovie" type thing, only about an 8 inch square with a bunny's head...know what I'm talking about? Anyway, she likes to hold it when she's sleeping, right now I take it away when she goes to sleep but she wants it when she wakes up...when can I let her sleep with it?
2006-11-27 06:32:50 · 9 answers · asked by totspotathome 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
From all the books that I have read, they all recommend that you keep the crib free and clear of all blankets, pillows and stuffed animals until the baby is one year old. Personally, I think that as long as your child can lift his or her head and can roll over from front to back and back to front that it would be okay.
2006-11-27 06:54:49 · answer #1 · answered by Julie F 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's hard to say... its a choking hazard but then again its a comfort to your baby. there is nothing in my baby's crib.. at least no near her head. I have a blanket tucked in all around the top of it so she can smell me when shes sleeping ( that's the only way she will sleep) I think that if shes able to move it around at 3 months so that if she does start to choke on it she will be able to move it but i don't know many babies that could think like that. I think it would be better for you to just keep doing what your doing. Good luck!!
2006-11-27 06:37:09 · answer #2 · answered by scottliz2005 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My toddler is 4 months and that i've got been swaddling her from the beginning up. I sleep next to her so i be responsive to if she wakes and pulls the blanket over her head. She sleeps in an toddler co sleeper. while she starts to roll around greater i will positioned her in a blanket sleeper. i take advantage of a wedge under her head this is angled because of the fact she could no longer sleep flat with the aid of reflux. She's growing to be too vast for it so i gets a flat pillow. so some distance as smothering, she could smother with the help of making use of rolling over because of the fact of that i'm an extremely mild sleeper. And as for the submit that suggested the SIDS companies is going between tummy sleep and returned sleep each few years is incorrect. they have been doing the returned to sleep marketing campaign for some years now and function decreased the occurrence of SIDS by making use of over 75%.
2016-12-13 15:13:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as it isn't "fluffy" it should be OK, particularly if she can roll over both ways on her own. I think I know the exact toy you are talking about, I have one. I would try to find a similarly satiny blanket instead as I think a blanket is safer than a stuffed toy.
Ultimately though you know your child best. Is she likely to end up with it covering her face? Will she end up jammed in a crease with it under her face? (Will it effect her breathing in some way). Do what you think is best.
2006-11-27 06:38:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's up to you. I usually just go by the rule that if they can hold their head up on their own, they can have a blanket.
If you feel uneasy about it, then take that as a warning. If you feel comfortable letting her sleep with it, then let her sleep with it.
2006-11-27 06:36:36 · answer #5 · answered by Jocelyn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would wait about 2 more months for that one. Just wake up a little bit before her and put it back in her crib.
2006-11-27 06:37:16 · answer #6 · answered by iceniequeen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now I let my baby have a small blanket when she was a newborn just make sure its not where she can suffocate herself and she should be okay.
2006-11-27 06:37:08 · answer #7 · answered by babygyrl11 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if she can roll over or lift her head... she is probably old enough to sleep with a blanky as long as there isnt alot of other bedding in her crib
2006-11-27 06:37:11 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My daughter LOVED sleeping with her blankie. I would roll it up real tight and put it next to her cheek, that way she could have it close to her and it wasn't covering her face.
2006-11-27 06:37:29 · answer #9 · answered by deerogre 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋