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Blanket training?

34 replies

vanillay · 23/12/2019 17:47

Has anyone successful done blanket training?

My little girl is 10 months and I'm 10 weeks along with no.2.
I saw it mentioned on another thread yesterday and after looking it up I think it sounds like it could be useful for once new baby is here.

The main concern people have with it is that it was originally intended to be used in conjunction with corporal punishment, which obviously I have do not condone and have no interest or intention of using on my children.
I was thinking I would have special toys that were only to be played with on the blanket and that would be put away as soon she goes off the blanket. And also once she is a bit older a little reward, like a piece of chocolate maybe, if she stays on the blanket until a timer was finished.

The other concern people had was that it probably doesn't it actually teach them better self control later in life but I'm not too concerned about that.
If it does it's a bonus but I just want to know I can leave her to play happily while I see to the baby.

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ToTheRegimentIWishIWasThere · 23/12/2019 17:48

Get a playpen.

housinghelp101 · 23/12/2019 18:08

OP if you aren't prepared to do it the way it was intended (corporporal punishment to inflict pain) then it will take absolutely ages. A toddler is naturally inquisitive; they will want to move off if something catches their eye or they get bored. That is completely normal. It is not normal or healthy for a baby to not move off a very restricted area for fear of being hit with a metal ruler (the recommended 'correction device') Just make life easy for everyone and get a playpen if you need to do something urgent with the baby. Wouldn't recommend it for long periods though.

MildDrPepperAddiction · 23/12/2019 18:09

Are you for real? You do realise that you are expecting behavior of a 10 month old that they are not capable of at that age?

Exploration is how children learn. Either babyproof or get a playpen.

Selfsettling3 · 23/12/2019 18:10

Toddlers and young children don’t have impulse control so it won’t work.

megletthesecond · 23/12/2019 18:13

It's nuts.
Get a playpen instead.

mindutopia · 23/12/2019 18:15

Just make your house a safe place to explore. If you can’t manage two young children together in a loving and nurturing way, you shouldn’t have two so close in age.

Soubriquet · 23/12/2019 18:16

I have never heard of this...

But why would you do this?!

A playpen is easier and safer

You can wander off to the kitchen to make a cup of tea without wondering if toddler is up to mischief

TheClausSeason · 23/12/2019 18:20

Just toddler-proof your house, because really they're too old for playpens after about 18 months anyway (I put mine away at about 15 months). Then you get them to follow you around and 'help'. E.g. 'get me a nappy please, push the rocker for me please, hold this for me please etc'

HoneysuckIejasmine · 23/12/2019 18:23

Omg why??? Just let them be, they are so young, don't be cruel. And yes, even if you don't do the corporal bit, it's still cruel.

Pinkflipflop85 · 23/12/2019 18:32

Bloody bonkers idea.

Get a playpen or make your home safe.

CherryPlum · 23/12/2019 18:32

Your DD is a child not a dog! It will take ages to 'train' her to sit in one spot.

Honestly, I don't think you're going to get many people supporting your plan to blanket train.

JoshLymanIsHotterThanSam · 23/12/2019 18:32

Don’t...just get a pack and play travel cot for if you need to put her somewhere safe.

CallMeOnMyCell · 23/12/2019 18:52

WTF! You need to baby proof and buy a playpen or travel cot.

Thesearmsofmine · 23/12/2019 18:54

Horrible, she is a child not an animal to train and I think if you believe this is a good idea you are in for a shock!

VeraPamil · 23/12/2019 19:00

Wtf are you doing having two so close together if you can’t imagine how you will supervise the two of them without ‘blanket training’?

Namechangeymcnamechange11 · 23/12/2019 19:00

Absolutely batshit.

Why? Just to keep them in one place? Get a playpen or baby proof. Children are naturally curious.

TheClausSeason · 23/12/2019 19:11

Or you could toddler proof a room and stick a stairgate on the doorway.

TheClausSeason · 23/12/2019 19:15

I hadn't heard of this so I've googled it. Apparently, 'Blanket training, also known as 'blanket time,' is a method adapted from the methods encouraged in To Train Up a Child, a controversial[1] parenting book [2] which includes and advocates techniques that have been linked to multiple child deaths.'

I mean, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence...

RhymingRabbit3 · 23/12/2019 19:15

I've never heard of it but it doesnt sound like it would work. Get a playpen or a stair gate on her bedroom door or the living room door.

MrsTerryPratchett · 23/12/2019 19:21

I can 100% guarantee that this method would have been a total failure with DD. Because she is energetic, inquisitive, active and fearless. All qualities I'm not really interested in training out of her Hmm

We're growing effective adults not training children.

HoHoHoik · 23/12/2019 19:24

Get a stair gate, tether heavy furniture to the wall, and make sure you have no dangling blind cords or other obvious hazards. That's all the baby proofing you need. Put a travel cot somewhere downstairs and keep the bars up on your toddler's cot upstairs so that upstairs or downstairs, you have a safe/contained space to put them if you need to although it often easier to put the baby in the cot as they don't tend to shout about it like a toddler does.

Why di you want to do blanket training, OP? Is it worry about juggling two? Because you'll learn really quickly how to manage them both once the baby is here, I had three under the age of five and then four under the age of seven, everyone has that period of worry about how they'll manage but you will manage in the end. Your 10mo is going to change so much over the next 6/7 months and become more and more independent, you have a baby right now but she isn't going to be a baby when this new one arrives as she will be walking, starting to talk more clearly, able to feed herself, follow basic instructions, etc.

TeaAndStrumpets · 23/12/2019 19:33

Sorry OP this is nuts. Please step away from the internet Shock

As others have RIGHTLY said, baby- proof your home and don't treat your child worse than a dog.

housinghelp101 · 23/12/2019 20:00

The whole point of blanket training is to begin to break their spirit in order to raise them up into Godly individuals who follow and obey without question. I remember reading about one baby who was six months old and was managing 30 minutes at a time of not moving. I wonder how many times it got it before that happened 😭
To be fair to OP maybe she didn't realise the reasoning behind it.

TeaAndStrumpets · 23/12/2019 21:08

If I heard of anyone trying to "break a child's spirit" I would be on the phone to Social Services straight away.

I am just horrified.

littlestrawby · 23/12/2019 22:00

I've just had a quick read about this and it actually made me feel sick. Please drop this idea OP! You'll soon learn how to safely juggle two.

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