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Blanket over baby’s face!

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Ns19 · 12/01/2019 18:47

My son is 3 weeks old. I have been swaddling him with receiving blankets from the hospital. The other night I woke up to see the swaddle had come undone and was resting over his face. I quickly grabbed him and seen he was red. I didn’t check for breathing at that exact moment because I was so anxious to wake him up. It took a little bit but he woke up, drank his bottle, and has been fine ever since. I feel like a terrible mom and I can’t help but think he wasn’t breathing or has suffered some kind of brain damage? His doctor said if he did I would have known and I would of been in the hospital or performing cpr. My family thinks I’m crazy. Please help me move on from this. Am I crazy to think he has brain damage now that this has happened?

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Spudlet · 12/01/2019 19:31

It makes me laugh now as well. It didn't at the time though! Putting him on there seemed such a good idea at the time...

We all do these things (well most people probably have more sense than to put their babies in the laundry but I REALLY NEEDED A WEE and I had nowhere to put him in the bathroom, soooo... )!

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Ns19 · 12/01/2019 19:32

I have but I’m afraid of even a false alarm. Plus my DH says I shouldn’t get one right now maybe when I start to feel better I will

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Ns19 · 12/01/2019 19:33

My sister said that too.

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Ns19 · 12/01/2019 19:36

Yes at the time not funny! Haha trust me I understand. I have to jump through hoops to use the bathroom, eat, or do anything! They are so worth it though.

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pajamallama · 12/01/2019 19:37

You are sleep deprived and probably still a little hormonal. Cut yourself some slack! It does get easier. This too shall pass! I don't remember my sons first month on the planet because I was so bloody tired!

TopicalUseOnly · 12/01/2019 19:40

My DD has always loved sleeping with a blanket over her mouth and nose. She finds it reassuring.

Funnily enough my 70-something mum is exactly the same - I never knew this until I mentioned my DD's habit to her.

Neither of them seem to suffer any ill effects.

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Ns19 · 12/01/2019 19:40

You are right about that. I am tired. I need to relax. This is helping. Thank you.

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Ns19 · 12/01/2019 19:42

When did your baby start doing that? Just curious I have heard of a lot of babies doing that

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Ns19 · 12/01/2019 19:43

When did your LO start doing that? Just curious because I’ve heard of a lot of babies doing that

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TopicalUseOnly · 12/01/2019 19:55

As soon as she could... she was in sleeping bags at first, but would always try to nuzzle her face into something or pull her little comfort blanket over her face. Later she had another particular blanket which she would always cover her mouth and nose with in bed (so we always had to pack it to take on holiday... even though it's bulky and I would rather leave it behind!!). Now she is 10 and still loves it.

I couldn't stand that feeling myself, but apparently it makes her happy!

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Ns19 · 12/01/2019 20:01

Haha that makes me feel better. It seems a lot of these LOs like doing that. Little stinkers =)

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TopicalUseOnly · 12/01/2019 20:18

Yes, I see her sometimes with her duvet right over her face, happy as Larry, and it still gives me a turn! Strange little critters they are

Bluebearbell12 · 12/01/2019 20:41

My little man did this at 3 or 4 months, when in and he'd kicked the blanket over his face :0 happy as Larry now, 9 months and doing fine, I'm a super over anxious mum, I think it's normal :) I actually panicked that pushing the stroller over bumps would cause brain damage or shaken baby syndrome 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️looking back I can see how ridiculous I was ! Your baby is fine op x

RebelWitchFace · 12/01/2019 21:00

When DD was 3 months old she rolled off our bed. How a supposedly immobile baby in the middle of a king sized bed managed to do that I still don't know. Rushed to hospital,they checked her over and said she was fine. I could also see she was fine...eating properly,settling etc. However I still stayed up all night poking and prodding her every few hours because i was terrified they might've missed a concussion and she won't wake up. The panic is hen she wouldn't wake up straight away.
She's nearly 7 now and completely fine (she also slept like shit for a year or two so she got her revenge )

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Ns19 · 12/01/2019 21:37

Can’t wait until that happens! Thanks for sharing that with me.

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tryinganewname · 12/01/2019 21:42

DD (6 months) routinely sleeps with something over her face - because that's the only way she will go to sleep! She's done this since 6 weeks old, I have managed to get this to being a chiffon material square and I do take it off her once she's in deep sleep.

I can imagine it was really scary for you - most things are at 3 weeks old. I'll bet he was red because he was warm more than anything. As others have said, if he wasn't breathing, he'd have been blue.

silkpyjamasallday · 12/01/2019 21:46

I used to pull blankets over my face to sleep as a baby, my DM just swapped to breathable muslins. Apparently got lots of disapproving looks from people but I was and am totally fine! You can't stay up and watch them 24 hours a day, and all you can do is make the safest sleep space possible according to the guidelines.

Beansprout30 · 12/01/2019 21:55

He sounds just fine try to stop worrying. Also I’d imagine he was in cellular blankets? So able to breath through the holes. I remember in the early weeks of having my first dd I used to have horrible thoughts going through my head of cars crashing into her pram. I think hormones mess our heads up for a while post birth

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Ns19 · 12/01/2019 21:57

Yeah I had a friend who dropped her baby and she’s totally fine! I’m sure those things happen all the time. My blanket accident I’m not so sure of.

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tattsloveM · 13/03/2020 07:27

So I was breastfeeding my daughter and she has stopped but fallen asleep in my arms as I was watching something and Didn’t notice she tilted her head more towards my arm and I didn’t know if her nose was covered but I held her up and she woke up but made a choking sound and I started crying. Idk of her nose was covered or not I didn’t check right away for breathing I felt as if she was covered but she is normal just sleeping again . But I feel HORRIBLE and am also worried about her.

hanmif · 25/10/2023 09:17

I just want to say - I know you wrote this response years ago, but I've just come across it after a similar incident happened with my newborn, and I found your answer so incredibly useful, so thank you!

Anumosama · 16/12/2023 01:54

Hello, I know its a very old post. But just want to know how's your baby? Hope he is doing well. Same thing just happened to my 4 months old. I was breastfeeding her in the night and slept while doing it. Woke up to find my blanket on her face. She wasn't blue or red. Was just sleeping peacefully. Feeding is fine too. But I'm so worried now.

Anumosama · 16/12/2023 01:59

How's your baby now?

coxesorangepippin · 16/12/2023 02:23

Definitely get a sleeping sack

Spudlet · 16/12/2023 17:11

Given that child’s about to start school, probably a bit big for a sleep sack. This is from
2019…

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